November 2007 Archives by date
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- "ironwork" as wielding an erect penis?
Joel S. Berson
- Nominating Committee Report
Grant Barrett
- noncents
James Harbeck
- noncents
James Harbeck
- noncents
Paul
- "ironwork" as wielding an erect penis?
Jesse Sheidlower
- "ironwork" as wielding an erect penis?
Jonathan Lighter
- star in
Kate Daly
- BBQ Crabs (1930s, from Sabine Pass, Texas)
Barry Popik
- "ironwork" as wielding an erect penis?
Joel S. Berson
- "ironwork" as wielding an erect penis?; Coon's Posterior Sandwich
Barry Popik
- star in
Dennis R. Preston
- The "Hooligan" Boys 1896
Stephen Goranson
- Wilson's St. Louis vowels . . .
Charles Doyle
- . . . plus c'est la meme chose.
Laurence Urdang
- . . . plus c'est la meme chose.
Jesse Sheidlower
- . . . plus c'est la meme chose.
Grant Barrett
- jerry builing 1832; jerry built 1844; jerry builder 1833
Stephen Goranson
- cancellation
Laurence Urdang
- cancellation
John Bridell
- . . . plus c'est la meme chose.
Dave Wilton
- DLTDHYOTWO (Don't Let The Door Hit You On The Way Out)
Barry Popik
- DLTDHYOTWO (Don't Let The Door Hit You On The Way Out)
Wilson Gray
- what is going on?
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Wilson's St. Louis vowels . . .
Michael H Covarrubias
- Eggcorn? Don't backmouth me
Mark Peters
- Wilson's St. Louis vowels . . .
Wilson Gray
- Eggcorn? Don't backmouth me
Arnold M. Zwicky
- lilac
Charles Doyle
- lilac
Benjamin Zimmer
- Proposal: An separate antedatings list
Grant Barrett
- lilac
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Proposal: An separate antedatings list
Jesse Sheidlower
- Proposal: A separate antedatings list
Grant Barrett
- Proposal: An separate antedatings list
Barry A. Popik
- ADS the list
Bethany K. Dumas
- ADS the list
Alice Faber
- Proposal: An separate antedatings list
Dave Wilton
- ads-l
William Salmon
- Adding "ADS" to all list messages
Jesse Sheidlower
- Proposal: An separate antedatings list
Jesse Sheidlower
- ADS the list
Jesse Sheidlower
- Wilson's St. Louis vowels . . .
Tom Zurinskas
- doing blades==hot knifing
Sarah Lang
- "ironwork" as wielding an erect penis?
Jonathon Green
- several "new" 1966 "the whole nine yards" uses
Stephen Goranson
- Proposal: A separate antedatings list
David Bowie
- "ironwork" as wielding an erect penis?
Joel S. Berson
- "ironwork" as wielding an erect penis?
Jesse Sheidlower
- The "Hooligan" Boys 1896
Wilson Gray
- ironwork
Jonathon Green
- star in
Damien Hall
- ADS the list
Damien Hall
- My ADS-L solution
Bethany Dumas
- ironwork
Joel S. Berson
- My ADS-L solution
Joel S. Berson
- My ADS-L solution
Grant Barrett
- My ADS-L solution
Bethany Dumas
- ironwork
Jonathon Green
- My ADS-L solution
Benjamin Zimmer
- My ADS-L solution
Benjamin Zimmer
- Washoe dies at 42 without signing good-bye
Dennis Baron
- Competing forms: tased vs. tasered
Clai Rice
- he-vage = male cleavage
James Harbeck
- Washoe dies at 42 without signing good-bye
Joel S. Berson
- Washoe dies at 42 without signing good-bye
Paul
- Proposal: An separate antedatings list
Scot LaFaive
- [Technical issue] changing email address
Scot LaFaive
- "Moist": sexually aroused, of a woman
Wilson Gray
- ADS the list
Your Name
- The "Hooligan" Boys 1896
Your Name
- ADS the list
Towse
- [Technical issue]
Scot LaFaive
- Notable Quotations of 2007
Shapiro, Fred
- The "Hooligan" Boys 1896
Jonathan Lighter
- The "Hooligan" Boys 1896
George Thompson
- Competing forms: swiffed vs swiffered (was: tased vs tasered)
Damien Hall
- "bride-elect" -- an odd term
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- gut = "gut feeling"
Jonathan Lighter
- Proposal: An separate antedatings list
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- "bride-elect" -- an odd term
Wilson Gray
- several "new" 1966 "the whole nine yards" uses
Wilson Gray
- what is going on?
Mark Mandel
- Proposal: A separate antedatings list
Mark Mandel
- lilac
Wilson Gray
- "bride-elect" -- an odd term
Mark Mandel
- Notable Quotations of 2007
Wilson Gray
- "bride-elect" -- an odd term
Benjamin Zimmer
- "bride-elect" -- an odd term
Joel S. Berson
- Proposal: A separate antedatings list
Joel S. Berson
- "bride-elect" -- an odd term
Mark Mandel
- Proposal: A separate antedatings list
Mark Mandel
- Proposal: A separate antedatings list
Benjamin Zimmer
- Proposal: A separate antedatings list
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- My ADS-L solution
Evan Morris
- Texas Coffee & Texas Toast (1944); O.T.: Election wagering
Barry Popik
- Notable Quotations of 2007; ADS-L issues; Coon's Posterior Sandwich (Coon-ass)
Barry Popik
- Proposal: A separate antedatings list
Dennis Preston
- antedating of capitalism
JAMES A. LANDAU Netscape. Just the Net You Need.
- My ADS-L solution
Kate Daly
- Proposal: A separate antedatings list
Jesse Sheidlower
- Proposal: A separate antedatings list
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- antedating of capitalism, Google's help with
Joel S. Berson
- Proposal: A separate antedatings list
Jesse Sheidlower
- Notable Quotations of 2007; ADS-L issues; Coon's Posterior Sandwich (Coon-ass)
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Proposal: A separate antedatings list
Lynne Murphy
- Proposal: A separate antedatings list
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Notable Quotations of 2007
Clai Rice
- Proposal: A separate antedatings list
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- Competing forms: swiffed vs swiffered (was: tased vs tasered)
Clai Rice
- what is going on?
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- Notable Quotations of 2007; ADS-L issues; Coon's Posterior Sandwich (Coon-ass)
Wilson Gray
- Proposal: A separate antedatings list
Barry A. Popik
- Waterless words . . .
Charles Doyle
- Proposal: A separate antedatings list
Alice Faber
- Proposal: A separate antedatings list
Mark Mandel
- "scumble" [Was: Inconsistent taboos on Fox News]
Mark Mandel
- Clarification of "Capitalism"
Shapiro, Fred
- [Speech note] Pronouncing Oregon
Scot LaFaive
- Proposal: A separate antedatings list
Paul Johnston
- Notable Quotations of 2007
Tom Zurinskas
- Proposal: A separate antedatings list
Jesse Sheidlower
- [Speech note] Pronouncing Oregon
Wilson Gray
- Proposal: A separate antedatings list
Shapiro, Fred
- Proposal: A separate antedatings list
David Bowie
- Proposal: A separate antedatings list
Benjamin Zimmer
- Proposal: A separate antedatings list
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Adspeak Word: Epsonality
Doug Harris
- Proposal: A separate antedatings list
Benjamin Zimmer
- Proposal: A separate antedatings list
Lynne Murphy
- Proposal: An separate antedatings list
Joanne M. Despres
- Proposal: A separate antedatings list
George Thompson
- "Drouth"
Wilson Gray
- "Drouth"
Charles Doyle
- [Speech note] Pronouncing Oregon
Tom Zurinskas
- [Speech note] Pronouncing Oregon
Benjamin Barrett
- [Speech note] Pronouncing Oregon
Alice Faber
- Eggcorn: *mooted* > *muted*
Arnold M. Zwicky
- doing blades==hot knifing
Douglas G. Wilson
- Proposal: A separate antedatings list
Mark Mandel
- Proposal: A separate antedatings list
Sam Clements
- [Speech note] Pronouncing Oregon
Benjamin Barrett
- Drouth
sagehen at westelcom.com
- Sorry, Dr. House. Study correlates neat handwriting with academic success
Dennis Baron
- [Speech note] Pronouncing Oregon
Bradley A. Esparza
- [Speech note] Pronouncing Oregon
Benjamin Barrett
- [Speech note] Pronouncing Oregon
Bradley A. Esparza
- seven 1966 "the whole nine yards" in Wings of the Tiger
Stephen Goranson
- Proposal: A separate antedatings list
David Bowie
- seven 1966 "the whole nine yards" in Wings of the Tiger
Jesse Sheidlower
- "Drouth"
Wilson Gray
- [Speech note] Pronouncing Oregon
Wilson Gray
- [Speech note] Pronouncing Oregon
Susan Rosine
- [Speech note] Pronouncing Oregon
Bradley A. Esparza
- AD: card game terms from 1734 (finesse, remise)
Joel S. Berson
- AD: card game terms from 1734 (finesse, remise) (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Proposal: A separate antedatings list
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- Proposal: A separate antedatings list
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- Eggcorn: *mooted* > *muted*
Damien Hall
- Eggcorn: *mooted* > *muted*
Benjamin Zimmer
- Eggcorn: *mooted* > *muted*
Arnold M. Zwicky
- lilac
David Donnell
- "Blue Laws" in 1755
George Thompson
- Texas Coffee & Texas Toast (1944); O.T.: Election wagering
Wilson Gray
- AD: card game terms from 1734 (finesse, remise)
Joel S. Berson
- "Blue Laws" in 1755
Joel S. Berson
- "Blue Laws" in 1755
Alice Faber
- Another newspaper archive
Michael Quinion
- "Drouth"
Charles Doyle
- "Drouth"
Dennis Preston
- Texas Coffee & Texas Toast (1944); O.T.: Election wagering (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- "Blue Laws" in 1755
Joel S. Berson
- "Drouth"
Laurence Horn
- Texas Coffee & Texas Toast (1944); O.T.: Election wagering (UNCLASSIFIED)
Laurence Horn
- "Blue Laws" in 1755
Joel S. Berson
- "Drouth"
James Smith
- Putative "jazzbo" in 1918 NYT?
Jesse Sheidlower
- Putative "jazzbo" in 1918 NYT? (solved)
Jesse Sheidlower
- "Drouth"/Drouthy
William Salmon
- "Drouth"
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- AD: to run (a candidate) 1765 antedates 1789-
Joel S. Berson
- "Railway"
Wilson Gray
- "Drouth"
Laurence Horn
- jasbo band (1914)
Benjamin Zimmer
- "Drouth"
Charles Doyle
- unfortunate Gapping
Arnold M. Zwicky
- "Railway"
Jesse Sheidlower
- Hi!
Wilson Gray
- Hi!
Jesse Sheidlower
- Hi! (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- "Railway" (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Hi!
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- "Drouth"
Charles Doyle
- "Drouth"
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- "Drouth"
Laurence Horn
- "Drouth"
Laurence Horn
- unfortunate Gapping
Joel S. Berson
- "Railway" (UNCLASSIFIED)
Wilson Gray
- Hawking red-hot newspapers [Was "Blue Laws"] in 1755
Joel S. Berson
- jasbo band (1914)
George Thompson
- Dan'l Schorr's"dubious Congress"
sagehen at westelcom.com
- Dan'l Schorr's"dubious Congress"
Benjamin Zimmer
- NYT on Daniel Cassidy
Benjamin Zimmer
- NYT on Daniel Cassidy
Barry A. Popik
- "Railway"
Lynne Murphy
- "Railway"
Michael Quinion
- "Railway"
Landau, James
- "Railway" (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- NYT on Daniel Cassidy
Arnold M. Zwicky
- "Drouth"
Doug Harris
- NYT on Daniel Cassidy
Grant Barrett
- NYT on Daniel Cassidy
Wilson Gray
- NYT on Daniel Cassidy
George Thompson
- cheap access to digitized newspapers
George Thompson
- "Drouth"
Wilson Gray
- NYT on Daniel Cassidy
Joel S. Berson
- NYT on Daniel Cassidy
Joel S. Berson
- NYT on Daniel Cassidy
Arnold M. Zwicky
- cheap access to digitized newspapers
Joel S. Berson
- Lebanese iced tea (from Baton Rouge or New Orleans?)
Barry Popik
- NYT on Daniel Cassidy
Charles Doyle
- "Railway"
Wilson Gray
- NYT on Daniel Cassidy
Wilson Gray
- cheap access to digitized newspapers
Shapiro, Fred
- NYT on Daniel Cassidy
Laurence Horn
- Ezine for phones (perhaps OT)
Benjamin Barrett
- Ezine for phones (perhaps OT)
Benjamin Zimmer
- cheap access to digitized newspapers
George Thompson
- cheap access to digitized newspapers
George Thompson
- Can you imagine that you are healthy?
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Ezine for phones (perhaps OT)
Benjamin Barrett
- Can you imagine that you are healthy?
Laurence Horn
- Can you imagine that you are healthy?
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- Bandit Signs (Street Spam; Vertical Litter; Snipe Signs; Stuff On a Stick or SOS)
Barry Popik
- Language Log/eggcorn database media sighting
David Bowie
- Eggcorn lexicalization?
David Bowie
- NYT on Daniel Cassidy
Michael Quinion
- Eggcorn lexicalization?
Kate Daly
- Eggcorn lexicalization?
Charles Doyle
- NYT on Daniel Cassidy
Grant Barrett
- "Railway"
Wilson Gray
- NYT on Daniel Cassidy
Wilson Gray
- NYT on Daniel Cassidy
Michael Quinion
- fraudulate
Arnold M. Zwicky
- NYT on Daniel Cassidy
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- "Railway"
Lynne Murphy
- NYT on Daniel Cassidy (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- NYT on Daniel Cassidy (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- NYT on Daniel Cassidy (UNCLASSIFIED)
Benjamin Zimmer
- NYT on Daniel Cassidy
Grant Barrett
- Fwd: NYT on Daniel Cassidy
Grant Barrett
- NYT on Daniel Cassidy
Arnold M. Zwicky
- fraudulate
Joel S. Berson
- Putative "jazzbo" in 1918 NYT?
Mark Mandel
- NYT on Daniel Cassidy (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mark Mandel
- NYT on Daniel Cassidy
Wilson Gray
- NYT on Daniel Cassidy
James Harbeck
- NYT on Daniel Cassidy
James Harbeck
- vl cluster spotting
Benjamin Barrett
- Texas Bird of Paradise (two different birds -- plus a plant!)
Barry Popik
- NYT on Daniel Cassidy
Grant Barrett
- vl cluster spotting
Joel S. Berson
- NYT on Daniel Cassidy
George Thompson
- vl cluster spotting
Laurence Horn
- vl cluster spotting
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- vl cluster spotting
Laurence Horn
- vl cluster spotting
Benjamin Barrett
- NYT on Daniel Cassidy--("Big Onion" = NYC)
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- vl cluster spotting
Dennis Preston
- NYT on Daniel Cassidy
Wilson Gray
- vl cluster spotting
Wilson Gray
- Re: [ADS-L] vl clus ter spotting
RonButters at AOL.COM
- vl cluster spotting
RonButters at AOL.COM
- vl cluster spotting
RonButters at AOL.COM
- vl cluster spotting
Benjamin Barrett
- NYT on Daniel Cassidy--("Big Onion" = NYC)
Wilson Gray
- vl cluster spotting
Benjamin Zimmer
- vl cluster spotting
Laurence Horn
- Cautions in using datings from Early American Newspapers
Joel S. Berson
- vl cluster spotting
Joel S. Berson
- vl cluster spotting
Benjamin Barrett
- vl cluster spotting
James Harbeck
- vl cluster spotting
Joel S. Berson
- vl cluster spotting
Benjamin Barrett
- vl cluster spotting
Benjamin Zimmer
- vl cluster spotting
Dennis Preston
- Language Log/eggcorn database media sighting
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Ranch Dressing (in M-W but not OED?)
Barry Popik
- Ranch Dressing (in M-W but not OED?)
Doug Harris
- Is it true what they say about Dixie?
Jonathan Lighter
- Is it true what they say about Dixie?
Barry Popik
- Is it true what they say about Dixie?
Jim Parish
- Is it true what they say about Dixie?
Wilson Gray
- vl cluster spotting
Wilson Gray
- NYT--slightly OT--Gaelic
Geoff Nathan
- NYT on Daniel Cassidy--("Big Onion" = NYC); first follow-up
Gerald Cohen
- NYT on Daniel Cassidy--("Big Onion" = NYC); second follow-up
Gerald Cohen
- NYT on Daniel Cassidy--("Big Onion" = NYC); second follow-up
Douglas G. Wilson
- NYT on Daniel Cassidy--("Big Onion" = NYC); second follow-up
Wilson Gray
- vl cluster spotting
Charles Doyle
- Buy the farm
neil
- Buy the farm
Jonathan Lighter
- Buy the farm
Jesse Sheidlower
- buy the farm
Jonathon GREEN
- Is it true what they say about Dixie?
Jonathan Lighter
- Curliness eggcorn?
neil
- AD: "lobby man" 1827 antedates 1938; also "lobby member", "lobby manager"
Joel S. Berson
- unbrick, v.
Chris F Waigl
- "Locavore" is Oxford Word-of-the-Year
Barry Popik
- [Antedating] "All nine yards" [1962]
Bonnie Taylor-Blake
- ranchburger, Big Onion antedating (sort of), eggcorns
JAMES A. LANDAU Netscape. Just the Net You Need.
- Buy the farm
George Thompson
- [Antedating] "All nine yards" [1962]
Sam Clements
- [Antedating] "All nine yards" [1962]
Shapiro, Fred
- "Locavore" is Oxford Word-of-the-Year
Benjamin Zimmer
- Buy the farm
Dave Wilton
- [Antedating] "All nine yards" [1962]
Bonnie Taylor-Blake
- [Antedating] "All nine yards" [1962]
Bonnie Taylor-Blake
- [Antedating] "All nine yards" [1962]
Douglas G. Wilson
- NYT--slightly OT--Gaelic
Mark Mandel
- thee for the
James Harbeck
- [Antedating] "All nine yards" [1962]
Benjamin Zimmer
- Buy the farm
neil
- Standing novation
Grant Barrett
- Standing novation
Wilson Gray
- Buy the farm
Wilson Gray
- OT: Cassidy and Academic malpractice
Amy West
- "... Hit with _the ugly stick_."
Wilson Gray
- "... Hit with _the ugly stick_."
Dennis R. Preston
- "Locavore" is Oxford Word-of-the-Year
Clai Rice
- thee for the
Wilson Gray
- "... Hit with _the ugly stick_."
Jim Parish
- Language Log/eggcorn database media sighting
James Smith
- OT: Cassidy and Academic malpractice
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Heard on the Judges
Wilson Gray
- Language Log/eggcorn database media sighting
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Standing novation
Laurence Horn
- thee for the
Laurence Horn
- "chomp at/on the bit": eggcorn?
Joel S. Berson
- thee for the
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- thee for the
Mark Mandel
- OT: Cassidy and Academic malpractice
Benjamin Zimmer
- contrastive stress on "an"
Dennis R. Preston
- thee for the
Matthew Gordon
- thee for the
Dennis R. Preston
- "chomp at/on the bit": eggcorn?
Arnold M. Zwicky
- thee for the
Laurence Horn
- thee for the
Arnold M. Zwicky
- contrastive stress on "an"
Laurence Horn
- thee for the
Benjamin Zimmer
- "chomp at/on the bit": eggcorn?
Wilson Gray
- contrastive stress on "an"
Charles Doyle
- thee for the
David Donnell
- contrastive stress on "an"
Dennis R. Preston
- contrastive stress on "an"
Dennis R. Preston
- NYT on Daniel Cassidy---( "big shot")
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- thee for the
Joel S. Berson
- contrastive stress on "an"
Wilson Gray
- contrastive stress on "an"
Charles Doyle
- ranchburger, Big Onion antedating (sort of), eggcorns
Wilson Gray
- Irish accents [Was: NYT on Daniel Cassidy ...]
Joel S. Berson
- ranchburger, Big Onion antedating (sort of), eggcorns
Doug Harris
- contrastive stress on "an"
Mark Mandel
- contrastive stress on "an"
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- thee for the
Alice Faber
- contrastive stress on "an"
Dennis Preston
- contrastive stress on "an"
Dennis Preston
- "... Hit with _the ugly stick_."
James Harbeck
- thee for the
James Harbeck
- thee for the
David Bergdahl
- Irish accents [Was: NYT on Daniel Cassidy ...]
James Harbeck
- Irish accents [Was: NYT on Daniel Cassidy ...]
James Harbeck
- thee for the
Gordon, Matthew J.
- Irish accents [Was: NYT on Daniel Cassidy ...]
Mark Mandel
- Irish accents [Was: NYT on Daniel Cassidy ...]
James Harbeck
- Irish accents [Was: NYT on Daniel Cassidy ...]
James Harbeck
- thee for the
David Bergdahl
- Irish accents [Was: NYT on Daniel Cassidy ...]
Jesse Sheidlower
- Irish accents [Was: NYT on Daniel Cassidy ...]
James Harbeck
- thee for the
Laurence Horn
- Irish accents [Was: NYT on Daniel Cassidy ...]
Joel S. Berson
- Three Sisters (Corn, Beans, Squash)
Barry Popik
- WD-40 (White Democrat, over 40)
Barry Popik
- WD-40 (White Democrat, over 40)
Barry Popik
- Irish accents [Was: NYT on Daniel Cassidy ...]
Grant Barrett
- Heard on the Judges
Wilson Gray
- Irish accents [Was: NYT on Daniel Cassidy ...]
Wilson Gray
- "Locavore" is Oxford Word-of-the-Year
Wilson Gray
- "Locavore" is Oxford Word-of-the-Year
Charles Doyle
- Heard on the Judges
Doug Harris
- Heard on the Judges (SWANG)
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- "Locavore" is Oxford Word-of-the-Year
Laurence Horn
- Contact info for John McWhorter?
Grant Barrett
- Turducken & Churkendoose; WD-40
Barry Popik
- "Locavore" is Oxford Word-of-the-Year
Tom Zurinskas
- "Locavore" is Oxford Word-of-the-Year
Michael H Covarrubias
- "Locavore" is Oxford Word-of-the-Year
Dennis R. Preston
- Turducken & Churkendoose; WD-40
Charles Doyle
- Turducken & Churkendoose; WD-40
Paul
- "Locavore" is Oxford Word-of-the-Year
Wilson Gray
- No mo' "ho ho ho"
Charles Doyle
- Turducken & Churkendoose; WD-40
Arnold M. Zwicky
- No mo' "ho ho ho"
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Turducken & Churkendoose; WD-40
Laurence Horn
- Turducken & Churkendoose; WD-40
Laurence Horn
- "Locavore" is Oxford Word-of-the-Year
Laurence Horn
- Turducken & Churkendoose; WD-40
Dennis R. Preston
- Turducken & Churkendoose; WD-40
Joel S. Berson
- "Locavore" is Oxford Word-of-the-Year
Dennis R. Preston
- Turducken & Churkendoose; WD-40
Dennis R. Preston
- No mo' "ho ho ho"
Wilson Gray
- Contact info for John McWhorter?
Wilson Gray
- fruitist
Charles Doyle
- Contact info for John McWhorter?
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Contact info for John McWhorter?
Dennis R. Preston
- Turducken & Churkendoose; WD-40
Arnold M. Zwicky
- "Locavore" is Oxford Word-of-the-Year
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- "Locavore" is Oxford Word-of-the-Year
Laurence Horn
- Turducken & Churkendoose; WD-40
Joel S. Berson
- China "Toycott" (toy + boycott)
Barry Popik
- No mo' "ho ho ho"
Dennis R. Preston
- No mo' "ho ho ho"
Doug Harris
- No mo' "ho ho ho"
Wilson Gray
- No mo' "ho ho ho"
Wilson Gray
- No mo' "ho ho ho"
Laurence Horn
- No mo' "ho ho ho"
David A. Daniel
- No mo' "ho ho ho"
Wilson Gray
- China "Toycott" (toy + boycott)
Benjamin Zimmer
- The ZeuSeugoose (me) [Was: ... Churkendoose]
Joel S. Berson
- No mo' "ho ho ho"
Jonathan Lighter
- "Elope" from a nursing home?
Joel S. Berson
- "Elope" from a nursing home?
Laurence Horn
- "Elope" from a nursing home?
Charles Cunningham
- "Elope" from a nursing home?
James Harbeck
- "Elope" from a nursing home?
John McChesney-Young
- No mo' "ho ho ho"
Arnold M. Zwicky
- "Elope" from a nursing home?
Joel S. Berson
- "Elope" from a nursing home?
Laurence Horn
- Heard on the Judges
Wilson Gray
- "Heynabonics. Kina funny, hey na?"
Wilson Gray
- Sniplet
Benjamin Barrett
- "Heynabonics. Kina funny, hey na?"
Benjamin Zimmer
- "Heynabonics. Kina funny, hey na?"
Wilson Gray
- Pasta monster gets academic attention - Science- msnbc.com
Paul
- "high yeller" revisited
Laurence Horn
- "Heynabonics. Kina funny, hey na?"
Wilson Gray
- New "lumpkin," "girney"
Jonathan Lighter
- New "lumpkin," "girney"
Dennis Preston
- Nominate your 2007 Word of the Year
Grant Barrett
- "Onions and garlic"?
Joel S. Berson
- New "lumpkin," "girney"
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- New "lumpkin," "girney"
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- "Onions and garlic"?
Evan Bradley
- New "lumpkin," "girney"
Laurence Horn
- "Ropers and Dopers" (Austin & Willie Nelson); "Rope-a-Dope" (Mohammad Ali)
Barry Popik
- "Heynabonics. Kina funny, hey na?"
Benjamin Zimmer
- Spoken by a football-game commentator
Wilson Gray
- Turn-of-Century (20th) Dude Siting
Doug Harris
- Query: "like the nitrous"
RonButters at AOL.COM
- "sucks to high heaven"
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Query: "like the nitrous"
Benjamin Zimmer
- Query: "like the nitrous"
Douglas G. Wilson
- Spoken by a football-game commentator
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Spoken by a football-game commentator
Laurence Horn
- Velvet Rut (1950s, from The New Yorker?)
Barry Popik
- Spoken by a football-game commentator
Alice Faber
- I say persona, he says personum?
Joel S. Berson
- Query: "like the nitrous"
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- I say persona, he says personum?
Benjamin Barrett
- I say persona, he says personum?
Laurence Horn
- ANTEDATING OF "ZERO POPULATION GROWTH"
Shapiro, Fred
- "Onions and garlic"?
Douglas G. Wilson
- "Onions and garlic"?
Joel S. Berson
- "comma intonation" cite, anyone?
Laurence Horn
- "comma intonation" cite, anyone?
Stephen Goranson
- Hi!
Wilson Gray
- Hi!
Kate Daly
- Hi!
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- "Heynabonics. Kina funny, hey na?" (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- New "lumpkin," "girney"
Charles Doyle
- New "lumpkin," "girney"
Arnold M. Zwicky
- ANTEDATING OF "ZERO POPULATION GROWTH"
Word Crafter
- New "lumpkin," "girney"
Laurence Horn
- The Onion on U.K. slang
Arnold M. Zwicky
- The Onion on U.K. slang
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- The Onion on U.K. slang
Doug Harris
- The Onion on U.K. slang
Joel S. Berson
- "onions and garlic"
Amy West
- The Onion on U.K. slang
Arnold M. Zwicky
- ANTEDATING OF "ZERO POPULATION GROWTH"
Benjamin Zimmer
- The Onion on U.K. slang
Joel S. Berson
- The Onion on U.K. slang
Jesse Sheidlower
- The Onion on U.K. slang
Michael Quinion
- FW: [ADS-L] The Onion on U.K. slang
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Biblical source for "onions and garlic"
Joel S. Berson
- "onions and garlic"
William Salmon
- I say persona, he says personum?
Wilson Gray
- The Onion on U.K. slang
Joel S. Berson
- "onions and garlic"
Joel S. Berson
- The Onion on U.K. slang
Chris F Waigl
- Heard on The Judges
Wilson Gray
- "onions and garlic"
Charles Doyle
- Biblical source for "onions and garlic"
David Bergdahl
- "Locavore" is Oxford Word-of-the-Year
Mark Mandel
- "Elope" from a nursing home?
Mark Mandel
- Pasta monster gets academic attention - Science- msnbc.com
Mark Mandel
- Heard on the Mad Dog
Laurence Horn
- Biblical source for "onions and garlic"
Joel S. Berson
- Heard on the Mad Dog
Doug Harris
- The Onion on U.K. slang
Michael Quinion
- Pasta monster gets academic attention - Science- msnbc.com
David Bowie
- gnarly (was Re: Pasta monster gets academic attention - Science- msnbc.com)
Benjamin Zimmer
- The Onion on U.K. slang
Lynne Murphy
- The Onion on U.K. slang
Damien Hall
- gnarly (was Re: Pasta monster gets academic attention - Science- msnbc.com)
Wilson Gray
- gnarly (was Re: Pasta monster gets academic attention - Science- msnbc.com)
Mark Mandel
- The Onion on U.K. slang
Seán Fitzpatrick
- The Onion on U.K. slang
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- Big Onion (Re: The Onion on U.K. slang)
Barry Popik
- Name of the year
Terry Irons
- Heard on the Mad Dog
James Harbeck
- The Onion on U.K. slang
James Harbeck
- Antedating of "Filmography"
Shapiro, Fred
- SPLASH or SLASH?
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Heard on the Mad Dog
Laurence Horn
- An eggcorn that's been lying doormat?
Mark Peters
- I say persona, he says personum?
Joel S. Berson
- New "lumpkin," "girney"
Charles Doyle
- New "lumpkin," "girney"
Mark Mandel
- New "lumpkin," "girney"
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- I say persona, he says personum?
Benjamin Barrett
- New "lumpkin," "girney"
Joel S. Berson
- New "lumpkin," "girney"
Charles Doyle
- Big Onion (Re: The Onion on U.K. slang) (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Big Onion (Re: The Onion on U.K. slang) (UNCLASSIFIED)
Barry A. Popik
- New "lumpkin," "girney"
Joel S. Berson
- SPLASH or SLASH?
Jonathan Lighter
- Big Onion (Re: The Onion on U.K. slang) (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- dates of "make money"
Mark Mandel
- Big Onion (Re: The Onion on U.K. slang) (UNCLASSIFIED)
Barry Popik
- An eggcorn that's been lying doormat?
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Semi-OT: Wikipedia's "Big Apple" vandalized again
Barry Popik
- Semi-OT: Wikipedia's "Big Apple" vandalized again
Douglas G. Wilson
- Semi-OT: Wikipedia's "Big Apple" vandalized again
James Harbeck
- SPLASH or SLASH? [brass tacks]
neil
- Semi-OT: Wikipedia's "Big Apple" vandalized again
David Bowie
- SPLASH or SLASH?
Douglas G. Wilson
- SPLASH or SLASH? [brass tacks]
Benjamin Zimmer
- Good Food Movement (1966, at Berkeley?; 1985, at Farm Aid?)
Barry Popik
- SPLASH or SLASH? [brass tacks]
Benjamin Zimmer
- SPLASH or SLASH? [brass tacks]
Jonathan Lighter
- SPLASH or SLASH? [brass tacks]
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- Mess Wagon/Mess Box = Chuck Wagon/Chuck Box
Barry Popik
- ADS luncheon speaker
Allan A Metcalf
- SPLASH or SLASH? [brass tacks]
Arnold M. Zwicky
- SPLASH or SLASH? [brass tacks]
Douglas G. Wilson
- Transitive "think"
Alice Faber
- Not just freedom fries at this English-only drive-in?
Dennis Baron
- Big Onion; Origin of "Paul Bunyan" (1904? 1906?)
Barry Popik
- Big Onion; Origin of "Paul Bunyan" (1904? 1906?)
Jesse Sheidlower
- "No More Bullshit!" (Norman Mailer's 1969 campaign slogan)
Barry Popik
- Big Onion; Origin of "Paul Bunyan" (1904? 1906?)
Dennis C. During
- [antedating] "snuck" 1881
Jonathan Lighter
- Big Onion; Origin of "Paul Bunyan" (1904? 1906?)
Jonathan Lighter
- "No More Bullshit!" (Norman Mailer's 1969 campaign slogan)
Mark Mandel
- "Mexican Pizza" revisited (1953?)
Barry Popik
- Big Onion; Origin of "Paul Bunyan" (1904? 1906?)
Jonathan Lighter
- Pavarotte lives in infamy
Mark Mandel
- Pavarotte lives in infamy
Laurence Horn
- "Unchartered waters"
Laurence Horn
- "Unchartered waters"
Benjamin Zimmer
- "Unchartered waters"
Chris F Waigl
- "Unchartered waters"
Laurence Horn
- Pavarotte lives in infamy
Jonathan Lighter
- "supposively"
Jonathan Lighter
- "Gotcha!" (or, William Safire is beyond hope)
Barry Popik
- [antedating] "snuck" 1881
Amy West
- [antedating] "snuck" 1881
Stephen Goranson
- "supposively"
Arnold M. Zwicky
- dude = "infected follicle in the rear pelvic or anal area of a member of the genus _Elephas_"
Jonathan Lighter
- you dudes = "you guys"
Jonathan Lighter
- "Gotcha!" (or, William Safire is beyond hope)
Jonathan Lighter
- [antedating] "snuck" 1881
Jonathan Lighter
- [antedating] "snuck" 1881
Arnold M. Zwicky
- [antedating] "snuck" 1881
Jonathan Lighter
- you dudes = "you guys"
Laurence Horn
- you dudes = "you guys"
Arnold M. Zwicky
- [antedating] "snuck" 1881
Douglas G. Wilson
- Pavarotte lives in infamy
Mark Mandel
- you dudes = "you guys"
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- you dudes = "you guys"
Jonathan Lighter
- [antedating] "snuck" 1881
Jonathan Lighter
- "Unchartered waters"
Joel S. Berson
- "Forcing" for "divorcing?"
Dan Goodman
- ADS-L Digest - 24 Nov 2007 to 25 Nov 2007 (#2007-330)
Chris Kern
- "Forcing" for "divorcing?"
Kate Daly
- "Forcing" for "divorcing?"
Charles Doyle
- "Forcing" for "divorcing?"
Benjamin Zimmer
- African-American Women's Language Conf. Mar. 7-8, 2008
Grant Barrett
- [antedating] "snuck" 1881
Wilson Gray
- ADS-L Digest - 24 Nov 2007 to 25 Nov 2007 (#2007-330)
Jonathan Lighter
- [antedating] "snuck" 1881
Jonathan Lighter
- ADS Annual Meeting: Slight Change of Venue - No Change of Plans
Allan A Metcalf
- SPLASH or SLASH? [brass tacks]
Arnold M. Zwicky
- ADS Annual Meeting: Slight Change of Venue - No Change of Plans
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- "Forcing" for "divorcing?"
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- "Al Pastor" (Tacos al pastor; Cabrito al pastor)
Barry Popik
- "Al Pastor" (Tacos al pastor; Cabrito al pastor)
William Salmon
- "Al Pastor" (Tacos al pastor; Cabrito al pastor)
Laurence Horn
- "Unring" Not in OED
Shapiro, Fred
- Fwd: word-watch
Arnold M. Zwicky
- "Unring" Not in OED
Laurence Horn
- "Unring" Not in OED
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- Fwd: word-watch
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- "Unring" Not in OED
Laurence Horn
- recoing
James Harbeck
- recoing
Benjamin Barrett
- recoing
Douglas G. Wilson
- "Unring" Not in OED
Jesse Sheidlower
- recoing
Michael H Covarrubias
- recoing
Charles Doyle
- recoing
Charles Doyle
- unring
Charles Doyle
- unring
Joel S. Berson
- recoing
Joel S. Berson
- recoing
Michael H Covarrubias
- "Unring" Not in OED
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- "Forcing" for "divorcing?" (now going off topic)
Mark Mandel
- "Unring" Not in OED
Jesse Sheidlower
- "Unring" Not in OED
Charles Doyle
- Fwd: -ckx consonant cluster?
Grant Barrett
- Fwd: -ckx consonant cluster?
Jesse Sheidlower
- Fwd: -ckx consonant cluster?
Charles Doyle
- "Unring" Not in OED
Laurence Horn
- Fwd: -ckx consonant cluster?
Laurence Horn
- "Unring" Not in OED
James Smith
- "Unring" Not in OED
Joel S. Berson
- "Unring" Not in OED
Jesse Sheidlower
- "Unring" Not in OED
Shapiro, Fred
- "Unring" Not in OED
Joel S. Berson
- "Unring" Not in OED
Arnold M. Zwicky
- "Unring" Not in OED
Jesse Sheidlower
- "Unring" Not in OED
Jesse Sheidlower
- Fwd: -ckx consonant cluster?
Mark Mandel
- (Phiily? Kyoto? Texas? Mexican?) "Fried Ice Cream," from Philyototexico
Barry Popik
- recoing
James Harbeck
- Fwd: -ckx consonant cluster?
James Harbeck
- [antedating] ghost, v. "to write something anonymously for someone else"
Jonathan Lighter
- Request for assistance on American slang from a Russian colleague
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Fwd: -ckx consonant cluster?
Mark Mandel
- Sope (1947)
Barry Popik
- "Unring" Not in OED
Michael Quinion
- unrUng, etc. and googling
Barnhart
- Fwd: -ckx consonant cluster?
David Bowie
- unrUng, etc. and googling
Laurence Horn
- unrUng, etc. and googling
Barnhart
- unrUng, etc. and googling
Jesse Sheidlower
- Fwd: -ckx consonant cluster?
Wilson Gray
- "Unring" Not in OED
Jesse Sheidlower
- Sope (1947) (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- "Unring" Not in OED
Charles Doyle
- "Unring" Not in OED
Laurence Horn
- wittiness of proverbs
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Fwd: -ckx consonant cluster?
Amy West
- Fwd: -ckx consonant cluster?
Chris F Waigl
- wittiness of proverbs
Baker, John
- wittiness of proverbs
Laurence Horn
- wittiness of proverbs
Charles Doyle
- Fwd: -ckx consonant cluster?
Wilson Gray
- Fwd: -ckx consonant cluster?
James Smith
- Fwd: -ckx consonant cluster?
James Smith
- -ckx consonant cluster?
Paul Johnston
- -ckx consonant cluster?
Paul Johnston
- unrUng, etc. and googling
Shapiro, Fred
- "Miss Television" in 1933
Laurence Horn
- [anecdote] misuse of slang in 1828
Jonathan Lighter
- "Walking Taco" (Taco-in-a-Bag; Frito Pie; Petro's from Knoxville, TN)
Barry Popik
- ADS-L Digest - 27 Nov 2007 to 28 Nov 2007 (#2007-333)
Geoff Nathan
- Mexican Chocolate & Molinillo
Barry Popik
- "Walking Taco" (Taco-in-a-Bag; Frito Pie; Petro's from Knoxville, TN)
Jonathan Lighter
- Heard on "Today on NBC"
Wilson Gray
- [anecdote] misuse of slang in 1828 (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- "Miss Television" in 1933 (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- "Walking Taco" (Taco-in-a-Bag; Frito Pie; Petro's from Knoxville, TN) (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Mexican Chocolate & Molinillo (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Heard on "Today on NBC"
Charles Doyle
- [anecdote] misuse of slang in 1828 (UNCLASSIFIED)
Jonathan Lighter
- Heard on "Today on NBC"
Jonathan Lighter
- "Walking Taco" (Taco-in-a-Bag; Frito Pie; Petro's from Knoxville, TN)
Charles Doyle
- Heard on "Today on NBC"
Jonathan Lighter
- "Miss Television" in 1933 (UNCLASSIFIED)
Laurence Horn
- Heard on "Today on NBC"
Dennis R. Preston
- "Miss Television" in 1933 (UNCLASSIFIED)
William Salmon
- Draft of Checklist of Electronic Resources (Version 4)
James Smith
- Draft of Checklist of Electronic Resources (Version 4)
Shapiro, Fred
- the Cupertino effect
Arnold M. Zwicky
- new "such as" revisited
Laurence Horn
- Slang from WWI (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- [antedtating] slumgully
Jonathan Lighter
- Slang from WWI (UNCLASSIFIED)
Jonathan Lighter
- Slang from WWI (UNCLASSIFIED)
Wilson Gray
- disco ball
James Harbeck
- "Unring" Not in OED
James Harbeck
- Fwd: -ckx consonant cluster?
James Harbeck
- Fwd: -ckx consonant cluster?
James Harbeck
- Heard on "Today on NBC"
Wilson Gray
- Heard on "Today on NBC"
Wilson Gray
- Heard on "Today on NBC"---(meaning of RC)
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Big Onion; Origin of "Paul Bunyan" (1904? 1906?)
Charles Doyle
- Heard on "Today on NBC"
Jonathan Lighter
- Slang from WWI (UNCLASSIFIED)
Joel S. Berson
- Big Onion; Origin of "Paul Bunyan" (1904? 1906?)
Jonathan Lighter
- Slang from WWI (UNCLASSIFIED)
Severinka
- Fwd: Re: early instances of the word "television"
Amy West
- Slang from WWI (UNCLASSIFIED)
Jonathan Lighter
- Fwd: Re: early instances of the word "television"
Jonathan Lighter
- Fwd: Re: early instances of the word "television"
Laurence Horn
- [antedating] "trench coat" [Was Re: Slang from WWI (UNCLASSIFIED)]
Jonathan Lighter
- "whala
sagehen at westelcom.com
- "whala" for voila
sagehen at westelcom.com
- "whala" for voila
Benjamin Zimmer
- Double eggcorn? Raptious
Dave Hause
- Heard on "Today on NBC"
Dave Hause
- "butt-crack" = stupid or obnoxious person
Jonathan Lighter
- Heard on "Today on NBC"
Dave Wilton
- Eggcorn?
Wilson Gray
- Heard on "Today on NBC"
Wilson Gray
- Eggcorn?
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Heard on "Today on NBC"
Wilson Gray
- Eggcorn?
Laurence Horn
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