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- Whiz (UNCLASSIFIED)
Dave Hause
- snowclone: A by B, C by D
Mark Mandel
- Gold Tooth Guy
Mark Mandel
- Major Antedating of "WASP"
Shapiro, Fred
- antedating reinikaboo (1898)
Douglas G. Wilson
- Cup cake (1828)
Barry Popik
- An "ode"
Wilson Gray
- further antedating (?) ranikaboo (1879)
Stephen Goranson
- Laurence Urdang--DSNA Award
Terry Pratt
- Job titles
Wilson Gray
- Reinikaboo (speculative etymology)
Douglas G. Wilson
- Cup cake (1828) -- another 1828
Joel S. Berson
- Y'all Say WHUTTTT? (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Capital Crime
Baker, John
- the 1938 "Bob's yer uncle" story
Stephen Goranson
- "Hunc over de" clubs, NY 1736?
Joel S. Berson
- "Hunc over de" clubs, NY 1736?
Douglas G. Wilson
- "Hunc over de" clubs, NY 1736?
Joel S. Berson
- "Hunc over de" clubs, NY 1736?
Douglas G. Wilson
- "Hunc over de" clubs, NY 1736?
Benjamin Zimmer
- "Hunc over de" clubs, NY 1736?
Joel S. Berson
- "Hunc over de" clubs, NY 1736?
Douglas G. Wilson
- "Hunc over de" clubs, NY 1736?
Douglas G. Wilson
- "Hunc over de" clubs, NY 1736?
Benjamin Zimmer
- "Hunc over de" clubs, NY 1736?
Joel S. Berson
- "Hunc over de" clubs, NY 1736?
Joel S. Berson
- "Hunc over de" clubs, NY 1736?
Wilson Gray
- "Hunc over de" clubs, NY 1736?
Joel S. Berson
- "Hunc over de" clubs, NY 1736?
Wilson Gray
- "Hunc over de" clubs, NY 1736?
Benjamin Zimmer
- "Hunc over de" clubs, NY 1736?
Benjamin Zimmer
- "Hunc over de" clubs, NY 1736?
Joel S. Berson
- "Hunc over de" clubs, NY 1736?
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- "Hunc over de" clubs, NY 1736?
Douglas G. Wilson
- "Hunc over de" clubs, NY 1736?
Joel S. Berson
- "Hunc over de" clubs, NY 1736?
Benjamin Zimmer
- "Hunc over de" clubs, NY 1736?
Douglas G. Wilson
- "Hard times make monkey eat cayenne pepper" (Clarence Thomas's grandfather)
Barry Popik
- Hamburg Sandwich (1898); Taxicab (1906?)
Barry Popik
- bobbery 1784 antedates OED2 1816-
Joel S. Berson
- "Kilroy was here" (AP story, 14 Nov. 1945)
Barry Popik
- antedating (?) "dressed to the nines" (1837)
Stephen Goranson
- antedating (?) "chew scenery" (1891)
Stephen Goranson
- antedating (?) "Johnny-on-the-spot" (1894)
Stephen Goranson
- antedating (?) "the long arm of the law" (18
Stephen Goranson
- antedating (?) "more ways nor one to skin a cat" (1830)
Stephen Goranson
- antedating (?) "Katy, bar the door" (1890)
Stephen Goranson
- antedating (?) "Katy, bar the door" (1890)
Benjamin Zimmer
- antedating (?) "Katy, bar the door" (1890)
Benjamin Zimmer
- antedating (?) "Katy, bar the door" (1890)
Wilson Gray
- antedating (?) "Katy, bar the door" (1890)
Dennis R. Preston
- antedating (?) "Katy, bar the door" (1890)
Benjamin Zimmer
- antedating (?) "Katy, bar the door" (1890)
Benjamin Zimmer
- antedating (?) "Katy, bar the door" (1890)
Beverly Flanigan
- antedating (?) "Katy, bar the door" (1890)
Wilson Gray
- antedating (?) "Katy, bar the door" (1890)
Dennis R. Preston
- antedating (?) "Katy, bar the door" (1890)
Mark Mandel
- antedating (?) "Katy, bar the door" (1890)
Wilson Gray
- antedating (?) "Katy, bar the door" (1890)
Wilson Gray
- antedating (?) "Katy, bar the door" (1890)
Wilson Gray
- antedating (?) "Katy, bar the door" (1890)
Tom Zurinskas
- antedating (?) "Katy, bar the door" (1890)
Dennis Preston
- antedating (?) "Katy, bar the door" (1890)
Mark Mandel
- antedating (?) "Katy, bar the door" (1890)
Wilson Gray
- antedating (?) "Katy, bar the door" (1890)
Laurence Horn
- antedating (?) "Katy, bar the door" (1890)
Laurence Horn
- antedating (?) "Katy, bar the door" (1890)
Charles Doyle
- antedating (?) "Katy, bar the door" (1890)
Laurence Horn
- antedating (?) "Katy, bar the door" (1890)
Wilson Gray
- antedating (?) "Katy, bar the door" (1890)
Wilson Gray
- antedating (?) "Katy, bar the door" (1890)
Wilson Gray
- antedating (?) "Katy, bar the door" (1890)
Dennis Preston
- antedating (?) "Katy, bar the door" (1890)
George Thompson
- antedating (?) "Katy, bar the door" (1890)
Benjamin Zimmer
- antedating (?) "Katy, bar the door" (1890)
Dave Hause
- antedating (?) "Katy, bar the door" (1890)
George Thompson
- antedating (?) "Katy, bar the door" (1890)
Wilson Gray
- antedating (?) "Katy, bar the door" (1890)
Benjamin Zimmer
- antedating (?) "Katy, bar the door" (1890)
Wilson Gray
- equidating "to the nines" (1787-)
Joel S. Berson
- "the X arm of the law" (1792)
Joel S. Berson
- "sharper" and "shark" (nouns)
Joel S. Berson
- Hi! II
Wilson Gray
- antedating (?) "ivory tower" (1894)
Stephen Goranson
- Spear phishing
Landau, James
- Newspaperarchive.com
Joan H. Hall
- "Hamburger" invented and named (of course) in Clarinda, Iowa in 1901 or 1902
Barry Popik
- Spear-phishing
Geoff Nathan
- "rough music"and the OED
Joel S. Berson
- Heard on the Judges
Wilson Gray
- Double Decker, Cannibal Sandwiches (1891); Roast Beef a la Astor House (1893); Bowery Lingo (1899)
Barry Popik
- "Hunc over de" and the Oh-Ee-Dee?
Joel S. Berson
- Cannibal Sandwich (1889) ("hamburgers in the raw")
Barry Popik
- Grilled Cheese Sandwich (1929, 1930) and Toasted Cheese Sandwich
Barry Popik
- Eggcorns?
Wilson Gray
- Coyotes (immigration smugglers) (1923)
Barry Popik
- minor antedating: "bats in his belfry" (1897)
Stephen Goranson
- "Cracker Jack" (1870, 1884...)
Stephen Goranson
- OT: Request for German dictionary of computing terms
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- antedating "fair to middling" (1827)
Stephen Goranson
- further antedating "fair to middling" (1824)
Joel S. Berson
- Domo arigato, Dr. Roboto: Researchers prove rats can't understand Japanese backwards. Can you?
Dennis Baron
- Language-related 2007 Ig Nobel prizes [Was: Domo arigato...]
Joel S. Berson
- The Colbert suffix
Mark Peters
- Mystery of the Texas "Teasippers" nickname
Barry Popik
- a-prefixing dying out? NOT!
Bethany K. Dumas
- paralepsis
Mark Mandel
- Corn Dog and Nachos were invented at Texas State Fair (Houston Chronicle; Independent of London)
Barry Popik
- Another early "Black Friday" (day after Thanksgiving)
Bonnie Taylor-Blake
- antedating "standard of living" (1890)
Stephen Goranson
- antedating "word game" (1885)
Stephen Goranson
- "Until hell freezes over" (1832 & 1859)
Bonnie Taylor-Blake
- Fight like a man
Scot LaFaive
- Query: "gone to Hobbes"
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Unrecorded cuss formation
Jonathan Lighter
- Semantic drift: "khaki"
Jonathan Lighter
- Mystery of "Mr. Bojangles"
Barry Popik
- Does anyone know of this type of German dictionary?
Your Name
- Fwd: Hyphens: Death-Knell. Or Death Knell (NY Times)
Joel S. Berson
- riflerized
Grant Barrett
- murphy's-law-ish text, 1877-8
Stephen Goranson
- AP story on "wide stance"
Benjamin Zimmer
- docent
Landau, James
- Fred Cassidy's centennial
Joan H. Hall
- suspend sub
Beverly Flanigan
- gentleman
Laurence Urdang
- about we
James Harbeck
- delicatessen
George Thompson
- Heel or Boot (end slice of bread); NewspaperArchive not updating?
Russ McClay
- Vick 'em / Gig 'em
Benjamin Zimmer
- Steak Fingers (West Texas drive-in food, 1950s)
Barry Popik
- Wenis
Michael Quinion
- Steak Fingers (West Texas drive-in food, 1950s) (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- palindromic?
Arnold M. Zwicky
- OT (sort of): French youth-speak known as "Verlan"
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- OT: More Verlan (NY Times article)
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Fwd: The "blog" of "unnecessary" quotes
James Harbeck
- Stumped by "a common stumper", 1736
Joel S. Berson
- Iced Tea; Tailgate Picnic; "No Noose Is Good News"
Barry Popik
- Davy Jones's Locker, 1726
Stephen Goranson
- Louisiana vowels
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Iced Tea; Tailgate Picnic; "No Noose Is Good News" (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- "the cat got your tongue?" 1895
Stephen Goranson
- "No noose is good news" (1870)
Barry Popik
- [ADS-L] Louisiana vow els
RonButters at AOL.COM
- "bloodymindedness 1690 (antedates OED2 1789)
Joel S. Berson
- semantic drift: "scream"
Jonathan Lighter
- Taking up an exam
Geoff Nathan
- [ADS-L] semantic drif t: "scream"
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Antedating of Friday the Thirteenth (1869, 1880)
Baker, John
- an AAVE final CC reduction by Sen. Obama?
Mark Mandel
- "hangnail": an eighteenth-century eggcorn
Mark Mandel
- Frings (French Fries + Onion Rings) (1979)
Barry Popik
- Q: "bounce" (n) in the 18th century?
Joel S. Berson
- cigarette girl
Sam Clements
- follow suite >> follow suit
James Harbeck
- glory
Jonathan Lighter
- from the "cocked an inquisitive eyebrow" collection
Laurence Horn
- snowclone: Today ___, tomorrow the world
Mark Mandel
- antedating "cant"
Jonathan Lighter
- Southwest Salad (Southwest Chicken Salad)
Barry Popik
- antedating "duck tape" 1899
Stephen Goranson
- In? On? Google
Barnhart
- semantic drif t: "scream" (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- blaze of glory
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Cowboy Cut (Cowboy Ribeye)
Barry Popik
- Jasm/Jism/Gism
Baker, John
- "Strew" [stru] v. [stro] redux, sort of
Wilson Gray
- "Gray Rape" (from NY Times)
Barry Popik
- "Nachos" (1948, San Antonio Light)
Barry Popik
- antedating "jerry" building 1859; jerry built 1860
Stephen Goranson
- Cowboy Cut (Cowboy Ribeye) (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- "Silver Tsunami" (first "boomer" files for Social Security)
Barry Popik
- Cassidy
David Bergdahl
- AS indexing
Terry Irons
- "Mop sauce" not in revised OED?
Barry Popik
- Say what?
Wilson Gray
- "scream" = 'makes me laugh'
RonButters at AOL.COM
- [ADS-L] "Mop sauce" not in revised OED?
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Digitization of The Guardian (1821-2003), The Observer (1791-2003), Playboy, Rolling Stone
Barry Popik
- National Dictionary Day on ABC World News (must-see!)
Barry Popik
- "yeah"
Jonathan Lighter
- The competitive sport of antedating
Benjamin Zimmer
- Soppin' Sauce
Barry Popik
- Spell the American way on National Dictionary Day
Dennis Baron
- "Vocal cords"?
Wilson Gray
- Wikipedian truthiness
David Bowie
- Denver Sandwich (1903); Western Sandwich (1908); Manhattan Sandwich (1909)
Barry Popik
- Another Google Books screwup & Texas Bilingual Lawyer Joke
Barry Popik
- Learning from the Lessons of Google Books?
Shapiro, Fred
- antedating duck tape 1899
sagehen at westelcom.com
- "I ate so much okra I slid out of bed!" (1930s? East Texas?)
Barry Popik
- "in power"
Jonathan Lighter
- Antedating of Yeah
Baker, John
- Etymology of "dude"
Gerald Cohen
- Recent Nature articles
Scot LaFaive
- Gism (1901): a second thought
Douglas G. Wilson
- "shoestring" (attr) ="spending little; cheap; petty" 1759 antedates 1890-
Joel S. Berson
- OED editing, antedating peril ephemera, was Re: [ADS-L] The competitive sport of antedating
Stephen Goranson
- OED editing, antedating peril ephemera, was Re: [ADS-L] The competitive sport of antedating
Dave Wilton
- OED editing, antedating peril ephemera, was Re: [ADS-L] The competitive sport of antedating
Jesse Sheidlower
- OED editing, antedating peril ephemera, was Re: [ADS-L] The competitive sport of antedating
Jesse Sheidlower
- OED editing, antedating peril ephemera, was Re: [ADS-L] The competitive sport of antedating
Jonathon Green
- OED editing, antedating peril ephemera, was Re: [ADS-L] The competitive sport of antedating
Grant Barrett
- OED editing, antedating peril ephemera, was Re: [ADS-L] The competitive sport of antedating
Baker, John
- OED editing, antedating peril ephemera, was Re: [ADS-L] The competitive sport of antedating
Jesse Sheidlower
- OED editing, antedating peril ephemera, was Re: [ADS-L] The competitive sport of antedating
George Thompson
- OED editing, antedating peril ephemera, was Re: [ADS-L] The competitive sport of antedating
Baker, John
- Balderdash & Piffle (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- "I ate so much okra I slid out of bed!" (1930s? East Texas?) (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Mello Roll ("Up your hole with a mello roll!")
Barry Popik
- Mello Roll ("Up your hole with a mello roll!") (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Re: [ADS-L] Gism (1 901): a second thought
RonButters at AOL.COM
- "Hispanic or Mexican"; Balderdash & Piffle
Barry Popik
- "Bloody Mary"; was: "Hispanic or Mexican"; Balderdash & Piffle
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- My wife's NE PA opinion:
Wilson Gray
- you're not the boss of me (1883)
Benjamin Zimmer
- Sorority Sauce (ranch dressing)
Barry Popik
- gator bag
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- Picky reader
Bonnie Taylor-Blake
- "Jazz" reference --- was: Re: OED editing, antedating peril ephemera,...
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- "Yoot" resurfaces
Jonathan Lighter
- Okratini?
Amy West
- Wet Burrito; NYC Deli Food Joke - "72 hours later, you're hungry again"
Barry Popik
- Jerry's the comedian wife
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- Eggcorn?
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Antedating of "Hobo" (1886)
Sam Clements
- Yiddish in UK English (anecdotal)
Mark Mandel
- "Tavern" sandwiches, revisited (Iowa? Baltimore?)
Barry Popik
- Antedating of "Hobo" (1886); Tavern Sandwich
Barry Popik
- This is almost an eggcorn
Your Name
- Vatican 2.2? Wichita Catholic School goes English-only
Dennis Baron
- "Fried Pickle" ("Frickle") Mystery (Mississippi?)
Barry Popik
- various book scanning projects
Stephen Goranson
- prophesai for prophecy
Benjamin Barrett
- slight antedating of hobo (April 19, 1888)
Stephen Goranson
- Hi!
Wilson Gray
- 'Islamofascism" (coined in 1990?)
Barry Popik
- an old joke
George Thompson
- WTF? Swearing at work is good for business
Dennis Baron
- "Hamburger" (illegible) in Butte Daily Miner (1886)
Barry Popik
- "...lies and statistics" Arthur Balfour 1892
Stephen Goranson
- tidbit versus titbit?
Rachel Sommer
- Hamburger/Steakburger Sandwich, Cheeseburger
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Fry Sauce (UT) (O.T.: my website doesn't work?)
Barry Popik
- Fry Sauce (corrected)
Barry Popik
- trawf (was Re: southmore)
Arnold M. Zwicky
- prophe(s/c)y again
Mark Mandel
- Why "prophesize" ?
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- non-6-sided dice > number cubes
James Harbeck
- "Silver Tsunami"
Russ McClay
- The m-word
Charles Doyle
- "Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics"
Shapiro, Fred
- Media Request
Shapiro, Fred
- Washeteria (January 1936)
Barry Popik
- nasal spray flu shot
James Harbeck
- wage in on
James Harbeck
- Fortune Cookies (1901 for Halloween; 1926, Japanese party in Texas)
Barry Popik
- "Silver Tsunami" (first "boomer" files for Social Security) (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Heard on CSI: Miami
Wilson Gray
- "Dogs don't bark at parked cars"
Charles Doyle
- "a nation who has ..."?
Joel S. Berson
- Hear on the Judges:
Wilson Gray
- "hard (cider)" 1786 antedates OED2 1789-
Joel S. Berson
- The latest in khaki
Joel S. Berson
- wild hair/hare
Benjamin Zimmer
- NYT on "vajayjay"
Benjamin Zimmer
- southmore
Mark Mandel
- Tattoo Parlour Pimping (NOT)
Doug Harris
- Cheese Fries (Chili Cheese F ries; Jalape ño Cheese Fries)
Barry Popik
- "Wham, Bam, Thank You, Ma'am"
Shapiro, Fred
- "Intelligent Design"
Shapiro, Fred
- The Etymology of Caucus
Stephen Goranson
- "Remember the a la mode!" (1958)
Barry Popik
- "Blue laws 1755 antedates 1762; "blue law" (singular) 1792 not in OED2
Joel S. Berson
- "Nosey Parker" 1890?
Sam Clements
- "Blue Laws" in 1755
Shapiro, Fred
- Missouri City, TX has a new motto -- "Show Me"
Barry Popik
- "Red or Green or Christmas?" (chile sauce)
Barry Popik
- Antedating of "Capitalism"
Shapiro, Fred
- Antedating of "Linguistic"
Shapiro, Fred
- More color confusion
Jonathan Lighter
- Inconsistent taboos on Fox News
Jonathan Lighter
- WOTY Season
Grant Barrett
- Antedating of "Capitalism" and "capitalist"
Joel S. Berson
- "scumble" [Was: Inconsistent taboos on Fox News]
Joel S. Berson
- "clapped-out" arrives at the front page of the NY Times
Joel S. Berson
- litcrit "chiasmatic"
Jonathan Lighter
- litcrit "chiasmatic" (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- More color confusion (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Suicide Circuit (1943, rodeo)
Barry Popik
- WOTY preview (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Benjamin Zimmer
- antedating of fiasco (1827ff)
Stephen Goranson
- ADS-L Digest - 29 Oct 2007 to 30 Oct 2007 (#2007-304)
Geoffrey S. Nathan
- Trinity (Louisiana dish of onions, celery, bell peppers)
Barry Popik
- How many words in English and how many does one know?
Tom Zurinskas
- noncents
Landau, James
- Eggcorn: *mooted* > *muted*
Damien Hall
- Snowclone on Language Log (and So Can You!) (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- star in
Damien Hall
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