November 2008 Archives by subject
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- "Acceptance speech"
Joel S. Berson
- "Acceptance speech"
Mark Mandel
- "Acceptance speech"
Joel S. Berson
- "ancestors" redux
Joel S. Berson
- "ancestors" redux
Joel S. Berson
- "bandy-wicket" 1740 antedates 1749-
Joel S. Berson
- "Blue-gum" redux
Wilson Gray
- "call someone out of their name"
Jonathan Lighter
- "call someone out of their name"
Douglas G. Wilson
- "Can / May I ask you a question?"
Wilson Gray
- "Can / May I ask you a question?"
Doug Harris
- "Clean their clocks" (1879)
Douglas G. Wilson
- "coach potato" another possible eggcorn?
Herb Stahlke
- "coach potato" another possible eggcorn?
Laurence Horn
- "coach potato" another possible eggcorn?
Herb Stahlke
- "coach potato" another possible eggcorn?
Benjamin Barrett
- "come and" (V) as quasi-auxiliary
Mark Mandel
- "come and" (V) as quasi-auxiliary
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- "come and" (V) as quasi-auxiliary
Mark Mandel
- "come and" (V) as quasi-auxiliary
Laurence Horn
- "come and" (V) as quasi-auxiliary
Mark Mandel
- "cross-drafting"
Arnold Zwicky
- "cumberbund"
Arnold Zwicky
- "cumberbund"
Chris Waigl
- "cumberbund"
Benjamin Zimmer
- "cumberbund"
Wilson Gray
- "cumberbund"
Marc Velasco
- "cumberbund"
Chris Waigl
- "cumberbund"
Arnold Zwicky
- "cumberbund"
Laurence Horn
- "cumberbund"
Benjamin Barrett
- "cumberbund"
Marc Velasco
- "cumberbund"
Benjamin Barrett
- "cumberbund"
RonButters at AOL.COM
- "cumberbund"
James Harbeck
- "cumberbund"
Joel S. Berson
- "cumberbund"
Randy Alexander
- "cumberbund"
Marc Velasco
- "cumberbund"
Randy Alexander
- "cumberbund"
Laurence Horn
- "cumberbund"
Lynne Murphy
- "cumberbund"
Wilson Gray
- "cumberbund"
Arnold Zwicky
- "cumberbund"
Neal Whitman
- "cumberbund"
Charles Doyle
- "cumberbund"
Randy Alexander
- "cumberbund"
Douglas G. Wilson
- "cumberbund"
Ann Burlingham
- "cumberbund"
Wilson Gray
- "cumberbund"
Jesse Sheidlower
- "cumberbund"
Joel S. Berson
- "cumberbund"
Mark Mandel
- "cumberbund"
Baker, John
- "cumberbund"
Arnold Zwicky
- "cumberbund"
Joel S. Berson
- "don" = to wear; (hence) to bear on the exterior.
Jonathan Lighter
- "don" = to wear; (hence) to bear on the exterior.
Joel S. Berson
- "don" = to wear; (hence) to bear on the exterior.
Wilson Gray
- "empath" as lexicographic lacuna
Laurence Horn
- "empath" as lexicographic lacuna
Benjamin Zimmer
- "empath" as lexicographic lacuna
Laurence Horn
- "empath" as lexicographic lacuna
Jeff Prucher
- "empath" as lexicographic lacuna
Wilson Gray
- "empath" as lexicographic lacuna
Benjamin Zimmer
- "empath" as lexicographic lacuna
RonButters at AOL.COM
- "empath" as lexicographic lacuna
Laurence Horn
- "empath" as lexicographic lacuna (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- "extinguish" 'make extinct'
Arnold Zwicky
- "Hustle [one's] nuts"
Wilson Gray
- "Hustle [one's] nuts"
Scot LaFaive
- "Hustle [one's] nuts"
Wilson Gray
- "Hustle [one's] nuts"
George Thompson
- "Hustle [one's] nuts"
Wilson Gray
- "in/on line"
Arnold Zwicky
- "landslide" antedatings
Benjamin Zimmer
- "landslide" antedatings
Joel S. Berson
- "landslide" antedatings (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- "Let George do it."
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- "Let George do it."
David A. Daniel
- "little/few but" (was: "long from" for "far from")
Laurence Horn
- "little/few but" (was: "long from" for "far from")
Herb Stahlke
- "little/few but" (was: "long from" for "far from")
Laurence Horn
- "long from" for "far from"
Alison Murie
- "long from" for "far from"
Arnold Zwicky
- "long from" for "far from"
Gerald Cohen
- "long from" for "far from"
Laurence Horn
- "long from" for "far from"
Alison Murie
- "make no mistake"
Arnold Zwicky
- "make no mistake"
Laurence Horn
- "make no mistake"
Mark Mandel
- "make no mistake"
Arnold Zwicky
- "many a" -- singular or plural? Or just awkward?
Joel S. Berson
- "many a" -- singular or plural? Or just awkward?
Benjamin Zimmer
- "many a" -- singular or plural? Or just awkward?
Ann Burlingham
- "many a" -- singular or plural? Or just awkward?
Benjamin Zimmer
- "many a" -- singular or plural? Or just awkward?
Joel S. Berson
- "many a" -- singular or plural? Or just awkward?
Neal Whitman
- "many a" -- singular or plural? Or just awkward?
Arnold Zwicky
- "many a" -- singular or plural? Or just awkward?
Ann Burlingham
- "many a" -- singular or plural? Or just awkward?
Arnold Zwicky
- "many a" -- singular or plural? Or just awkward?
Arnold Zwicky
- "many a" -- singular or plural? Or just awkward?
Joel S. Berson
- "many a" -- singular or plural? Or just awkward?
Mark Mandel
- "many a" -- singular or plural? Or just awkward?
Benjamin Zimmer
- "many a" -- singular or plural? Or just awkward?
Arnold Zwicky
- "many a" -- singular or plural? Or just awkward?
Joel S. Berson
- "many a" -- singular or plural? Or just awkward?
Mark Mandel
- "maroonage" not in OED?!
Joel S. Berson
- "maroonage" not in OED?!
Wilson Gray
- "maroonage" not in OED?!
Laurence Horn
- "maroonage" not in OED?!
Joel S. Berson
- "pit X against Y" past and past participle
Arnold M. Zwicky
- "select" = certain (of many)
Jonathan Lighter
- "Thank you"
Jim Parish
- "the financial equivalent of Hurricane Katrina"
James Harbeck
- "the financial equivalent of Hurricane Katrina"
Ann Burlingham
- "the financial equivalent of Hurricane Katrina"
Benjamin Zimmer
- "the financial equivalent of Hurricane Katrina"
Baker, John
- "to executive produce"
Arnold Zwicky
- "to executive produce"
Benjamin Zimmer
- "to executive produce"
Dave Wilton
- "to executive produce"
Arnold Zwicky
- "to line-jump"
Arnold Zwicky
- "trash" 'empty trash containers'
Arnold Zwicky
- "trash" 'empty trash containers'
Doug_Harris
- "unbanked" and the verb "bank" 'cause to have a bank account'
Arnold Zwicky
- "wages" as payment *by* worker
Joel S. Berson
- "wages" as payment *by* worker
Joel S. Berson
- "wages" as payment *by* worker
Doug Harris
- "wait/stand on line" in the UK?
Arnold Zwicky
- "wait/stand on line" in the UK?
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- "wait/stand on line" in the UK?
Chris Waigl
- "wait/stand on line" in the UK?
Joel S. Berson
- "wise, holy, just. and good"
Joel S. Berson
- "wise, holy, just. and good"
Doug Harris
- "wrecked my brain" possible eggcorn?
Herb Stahlke
- "wrecked my brain" possible eggcorn?
Chris Waigl
- Re: [ADS-L] "empath" as lexicographic lacuna
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Re: [ADS-L] animal "produce" (some Google results)?
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Re: [ADS-L] Q: anim al "produce"?
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Abstracts for 2009 conf. in SF posted
Grant Barrett
- Abstracts for 2009 conf. in SF posted
Tom Zurinskas
- Ahh, Shoot!
Doug Harris
- Ahh, Shoot!
Joel S. Berson
- Ahh, Shoot!
Wilson Gray
- all the rage
Arnold Zwicky
- all the rage
Alison Murie
- animal "produce" (some Google results)?
RonButters at AOL.COM
- animal "produce" (some Google results)?
Doug Harris
- animal "produce" (some Google results)?
Laurence Horn
- animal "produce" (some Google results)?
Arnold Zwicky
- animal "produce" (some Google results)?
Laurence Horn
- animal "produce" (some Google results)?
Joel S. Berson
- animal "produce" (some Google results)?
Arnold Zwicky
- animal "produce" (some Google results)?
Joel S. Berson
- animal "produce" (some Google results)?
Arnold Zwicky
- animal "produce" (some Google results)?
Ann Burlingham
- animal "produce" (some Google results)?
Mark Mandel
- animal "produce" (some Google results)?
Arnold Zwicky
- animal "produce" (some Google results)?
Mark Mandel
- animal "produce"?
Joel S. Berson
- An Important Message -- Downsized
Doug_Harris
- An Important Message -- Downsized
Joel S. Berson
- Another one bites the dust?
Wilson Gray
- Antedating of "Money Shot" in Volokh Conspiracy
Shapiro, Fred
- Antedating of "Money Shot" in Volokh Conspiracy
Wilson Gray
- Antedating of "Money Shot" in Volokh Conspiracy
Jesse Sheidlower
- Antedating of "Money Shot" in Volokh Conspiracy
Jesse Sheidlower
- A Sad State for Marriage
Doug_Harris
- a seasonal back-formation: "to holiday-shop"
Arnold Zwicky
- awoken/woken -- passive/active past participles?
Joel S. Berson
- awoken/woken -- passive/active past participles?
Douglas G. Wilson
- awoken/woken -- passive/active past participles?
Joel S. Berson
- awoken/woken -- passive/active past participles?
Wilson Gray
- back and forth
Arnold Zwicky
- back and forth
Arnold Zwicky
- back and forth
Alison Murie
- back and forth
Wilson Gray
- back and forth
Wilson Gray
- bailout/bale out; or: planes, boats, and MW
Joel S. Berson
- bailout/bale out; or: planes, boats, and MW
Benjamin Zimmer
- bailout/bale out; or: planes, boats, and MW
Laurence Horn
- bailout/bale out; or: planes, boats, and MW
Michael Quinion
- Beyond the Pale: White House Hanukkah invite is actually Christmas card
Dennis Baron
- butt dust
James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at netscape.com>
- came very much in handy
James Harbeck
- came very much in handy
Jeff Kallay
- came very much in handy
Arnold Zwicky
- came very much in handy
Laurence Horn
- Celebu-word-palooza
Mark Peters
- Celebu-word-palooza
Benjamin Zimmer
- Circularity in OED
Shapiro, Fred
- Circularity in OED
Jesse Sheidlower
- Circularity in OED
Shapiro, Fred
- Coming full circle on "X is the new Y"
Laurence Horn
- Coming full circle on "X is the new Y"
Arnold Zwicky
- cramp one's style (1781)
Benjamin Zimmer
- cramp one's style (1781)
Joel S. Berson
- cramp one's style (1781)
Joel S. Berson
- cramp one's style (1781)
Mark Mandel
- cramp one's style (1781)
Benjamin Zimmer
- cramp one's style (1781)
Joel S. Berson
- Criminalizing cyberspace: from Myanmar to California, going digital can mean going to jail
Dennis Baron
- Deliberate Speed
Baker, John
- Deliberate Speed
Shapiro, Fred
- Deliberate Speed
Stephen Goranson
- Deliberate Speed
Shapiro, Fred
- democracy is two wolves and a sheep voting on what's for dinner (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- destroyed forever
James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at netscape.com>
- destroyed forever
Doug Harris
- DOE launches usalearns.org to teach English
Tom Zurinskas
- Double import: rare cheesecake
Benjamin Barrett
- Early Use of S.O.L.
Baker, John
- eat my shorts (1973)
Benjamin Zimmer
- Engineering talk -- was: Re: destroyed forever
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Etymology at the Volokh Conspiracy
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Etymology at the Volokh Conspiracy
Baker, John
- Etymology of "Eighty-Six"
Shapiro, Fred
- Etymology of "Eighty-Six"
Jesse Sheidlower
- Etymology of "Eighty-Six"
Michael Adams
- Etymology of "Eighty-Six"
Jesse Sheidlower
- Etymology of "Eighty-Six"
Michael Adams
- Etymology of "Eighty-Six"
Jesse Sheidlower
- Etymology of "Eighty-Six"
John-Patrick
- Etymology of "Eighty-Six"
Paul
- Etymology of "Eighty-Six"
Wilson Gray
- Etymology of "Eighty-Six"
Arnold Zwicky
- Etymology of "Eighty-Six"
Michael Adams
- Etymology of "Eighty-Six"
Dave Wilton
- Etymology of "Eighty-Six"
Alison Murie
- Etymology of "Maverick"?
Shapiro, Fred
- Etymology of "Maverick"?
Dennis Baron
- Etymology of "Maverick"?
Baker, John
- exertion = exercise?
Alison Murie
- exertion = exercise?
Wilson Gray
- exertion = exercise?
Joel S. Berson
- exertion = exercise?
Mark Mandel
- exertion = exercise?
Joel S. Berson
- Friday the 13th and the Templars
Baker, John
- Friday the 13th and the Templars
Mark Mandel
- Friday the 13th and the Templars
Baker, John
- from ADS-L to LLog
Arnold M. Zwicky
- from ADS-L to LLog
Arnold Zwicky
- from ADS-L to LLog
Arnold Zwicky
- Further Antedating of "Suffragette"
Shapiro, Fred
- Fwd: "Antihomonuptial"
Arnold Zwicky
- Fwd: ANN: AAS Regional Academic Seminar
Joel S. Berson
- good nite and
Paul
- Go soak your head
George Thompson
- Go soak your head
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Go soak your head
Joel S. Berson
- Go soak your head
Laurence Horn
- Go soak your head
George Thompson
- guffin, MacGuffin
Stephen Goranson
- Happy Thanksgiving
Josh Macfelder
- Heard on Springer: "my cousin nephew"; "your baby mama"; "Mary,
Josh Macfelder
- Heard on Springer: "my cousin nephew"; "your baby mama"; "Mary,
Arnold Zwicky
- Heard on Springer: "my cousin nephew"; "your baby mama"; "Mary,
Josh Macfelder
- Heard on Springer: "my cousin nephew"; "your baby mama"; "Mary, the girl that I watch her kids", etc.
Wilson Gray
- Heard on Springer: "my cousin nephew"; "your baby mama"; "Mary, the girl that I watch her kids", etc.
Arnold Zwicky
- Heard on Springer: "my cousin nephew"; "your baby mama"; "Mary, the girl that I watch her kids", etc.
Jocelyn Limpert
- Heard on Springer: "my cousin nephew"; "your baby mama"; "Mary, the girl that I watch her kids", etc.
Jocelyn Limpert
- Heard on Springer: "my cousin nephew"; "your baby mama";"Mary, the girl that I watch her kids", etc.
Doug Harris
- Heard on Springer: "my cousin nephew"; "your baby mama"; "Mary, the girl that I watch her kids", etc.
Wilson Gray
- Heard on The Chocolate News:
Wilson Gray
- Heard on The Judges: "gank"
Katharine The Grate
- Heard on The Judges: "gank" con; "blow" cell phone; "an habitual ..."
Wilson Gray
- Heard on The Judges: "gank" con; "blow" cell phone; "an habitual ..."
Mark Mandel
- Heard on The Judges: "gank" con; "blow" cell phone; "an habitual ..."
Grant Barrett
- Heard on The Judges: "re-girlfriend" n.
Wilson Gray
- Heard on The Judges: "re-girlfriend" n.
Laurence Horn
- Heard on The Judges: "re-girlfriend" n.
Wilson Gray
- Heard on The Judges: "show out" = approx., throw a tantrum, blow one's top, etc.
Wilson Gray
- Heard on The Judges: "show out" = approx., throw a tantrum, blow one's top, etc.
Charles Doyle
- Heard on The Judges: BE "nary a"
Wilson Gray
- Heard on The Judges: BE "nary a"
Mark Mandel
- High Court to decide whether F-bomb is ready for prime time
Dennis Baron
- History of American English text books
Patti Kurtz
- History of American English text books
Dave Wilton
- History of American English text books
Herb Stahlke
- hoper you werre able to plow
Paul
- I Believe . . . This Makes NO Sense
Doug_Harris
- I Believe . . . This Makes NO Sense
Benjamin Zimmer
- I Believe . . . This Makes NO Sense
Doug_Harris
- I Believe . . . This Makes NO Sense
Marc Velasco
- I Believe . . . This Makes NO Sense
Doug_Harris
- I Believe . . . This Makes NO Sense
Douglas G. Wilson
- I Believe . . . This Makes NO Sense
Wilson Gray
- Intrusive "of"
Alison Murie
- Intrusive "of"
Arnold Zwicky
- Intrusive "of"
Arnold Zwicky
- Intrusive "of"
Arnold Zwicky
- Intrusive "of"
Arnold Zwicky
- Intrusive "of"
Ann Burlingham
- Intrusive N in Messenger, Passenger etc.
Josh Macfelder
- Intrusive N in Messenger, Passenger etc.
Laurence Horn
- Intrusive N in Messenger, Passenger etc.
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Intrusive N in Messenger, Passenger etc.
Mark Mandel
- Junker/Junko/Junco Partner
sagehen
- KMAG YOYO
Jonathan Lighter
- Lie down with dogs ...
Wilson Gray
- Lie down with dogs ...
Doug_Harris
- Mavericky
Benjamin Barrett
- Mavericky
Benjamin Zimmer
- Mavericky
Laurence Horn
- meat,meats (was animal "produce"?)
RonButters at AOL.COM
- mess gear
Jonathan Lighter
- more back-formation
Arnold Zwicky
- More intrusive "of"
Alison Murie
- More intrusive "of"
Arnold Zwicky
- More meh
Mark Peters
- more on wrap rage
Arnold Zwicky
- more on wrap rage
Benjamin Zimmer
- more on wrap rage
Arnold Zwicky
- more on wrap rage
Arnold Zwicky
- more on wrap rage
Doug_Harris
- more on wrap rage
Chris Waigl
- more on wrap rage
Benjamin Zimmer
- more on wrap rage
Alison Murie
- more seat-of-the-pants etymology for our delectation
Laurence Horn
- more seat-of-the-pants etymology for our delectation
Benjamin Zimmer
- more seat-of-the-pants etymology for our delectation
Laurence Horn
- more seat-of-the-pants etymology for our delectation
Wilson Gray
- more seat-of-the-pants etymology for our delectation
Arnold Zwicky
- more seat-of-the-pants etymology for our delectation
Jesse Sheidlower
- more seat-of-the-pants etymology for our delectation
Joel S. Berson
- more seat-of-the-pants etymology for our delectation
Doug_Harris
- more seat-of-the-pants etymology for our delectation
Laurence Horn
- more seat-of-the-pants etymology for our delectation
Arnold Zwicky
- more seat-of-the-pants etymology for our delectation
Marc Velasco
- more seat-of-the-pants etymology for our delectation
Charles Doyle
- more seat-of-the-pants etymology for our delectation
Benjamin Zimmer
- more seat-of-the-pants etymology for our delectation
Mark Mandel
- Mugglestone History
James Harbeck
- Noah the Lexicographer finds Republican candidates' words lack . . . definition
Wilson Gray
- Nominations for Name(s) of the Year
Cleve Evans
- Non-standard constructions wanted
Geoff Nathan
- Nonliners
Michael Quinion
- Nonliners
D Harris
- Nonliners
Joel S. Berson
- Nonliners
James Harbeck
- Obama and indefinite articles
Bradley A. Esparza
- Obama and indefinite articles
Wilson Gray
- Obama and indefinite articles
Randy Alexander
- Obama and indefinite articles
Arnold Zwicky
- Obama and indefinite articles
Benjamin Barrett
- Obama and indefinite articles
Tom Zurinskas
- Obama and indefinite articles
Mark Mandel
- Obama and indefinite articles
Tom Zurinskas
- Obama and indefinite articles
Benjamin Barrett
- Obama and indefinite articles
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- Obama and the indefinite article
Geoff Nathan
- on principle/in principal blend?
Alison Murie
- on principle/in principal blend?
Laurence Horn
- on principle/in principal blend?
Alison Murie
- on principle/in principal blend?
Laurence Horn
- on principle/in principal blend?
Doug_Harris
- on verbing "extinct"
Laurence Horn
- on verbing "extinct"
Arnold Zwicky
- on verbing "extinct"
Wilson Gray
- open the kimono (1974)
Benjamin Zimmer
- open the kimono (1974)
Tom Dalzell
- OT: senatorial saucer
Joel S. Berson
- panorama 1794; panorama and catch penny 1795
Joel S. Berson
- paramat(e)rize
Arnold Zwicky
- paramat(e)rize
Arnold Zwicky
- Party-Colored -- Two Distinctly Different Definitions
Doug_Harris
- Party-Colored -- Two Distinctly Different Definitions
Sam Clements
- Party-Colored -- Two Distinctly Different Definitions
Doug_Harris
- Party-Colored -- Two Distinctly Different Definitions
Douglas G. Wilson
- pigtail (v.)
Mark Mandel
- ping jockey
Jonathan Lighter
- porno as a count noun
Lynne Murphy
- porno as a count noun
Arnold Zwicky
- porno as a count noun
Neal Whitman
- porno as a count noun
Ann Burlingham
- porno as a count noun
James Harbeck
- porno as a count noun
Mark Mandel
- porno as a count noun
Benjamin Barrett
- porno as a count noun
Dan Goodman
- porno as a count noun
Baker, John
- porno as a count noun
Laurence Horn
- porno as a count noun
Dan Goodman
- PPP "retrofit"
Wilson Gray
- PPP "retrofit"
Neal Whitman
- PPP "retrofit"
Wilson Gray
- PPP "retrofit"
Arnold Zwicky
- PPP "retrofit"
Paul Johnston
- PPP "retrofit"
Wilson Gray
- Preposition deletion
Grant Barrett
- Preposition deletion
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Preposition deletion
Arnold Zwicky
- Preposition deletion
Wilson Gray
- Q: "coned", v. (past tense), 1741
Joel S. Berson
- Q: "coned", v. (past tense), 1741
Arnold Zwicky
- Q: "coned", v. (past tense), 1741
Laurence Horn
- Q: "coned", v. (past tense), 1741
Jim Parish
- Q: "coned", v. (past tense), 1741
Laurence Horn
- Q: "coned", v. (past tense), 1741
Herb Stahlke
- Q: "coned", v. (past tense), 1741
Wilson Gray
- Q: "coned", v. (past tense), 1741
Joel S. Berson
- Q: animal "produce"?
Joel S. Berson
- Q: animal "produce"?
Michael Covarrubias
- Q: animal "produce"?
Benjamin Barrett
- Q: animal "produce"?
Jocelyn Limpert
- Q: animal "produce"?
Joel S. Berson
- Q: animal "produce"?
Douglas G. Wilson
- Q: animal "produce"?
Arnold Zwicky
- Q: animal "produce"?
Jocelyn Limpert
- Q: animal "produce"?
Joel S. Berson
- Q: animal "produce"?
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Q: animal "produce"?
Alice Faber
- Q: animal "produce"?
Hillary Brown
- Q: animal "produce"?
Benjamin Barrett
- Q: animal "produce"?
Alison Murie
- Q: animal "produce"?
Herb Stahlke
- Q: animal "produce"?
Charles Doyle
- Q: animal "produce"?
Laurence Horn
- Q: animal "produce"?
Arnold Zwicky
- Q: animal "produce"?
Joel S. Berson
- Q: animal "produce"?
Jesse Sheidlower
- Q: animal "produce"?
Arnold Zwicky
- Q: animal "produce"?
Jeff Prucher
- Q: animal "produce"?
Mark Mandel
- Query: "Let George do it"
Sam Clements
- Query: "Let George do it"
Douglas G. Wilson
- Query: "Let George do it"
Douglas G. Wilson
- Query: "Let George do it"
James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at netscape.com>
- Reading the OED
Mark Peters
- Request
Botir Djuraev
- Saying one thing but meaning the opposite
Joel S. Berson
- Saying one thing but meaning the opposite
Jesse Sheidlower
- Saying one thing but meaning the opposite
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Saying one thing but meaning the opposite
Benjamin Zimmer
- Saying one thing but meaning the opposite
Baker, John
- Saying one thing but meaning the opposite
Joel S. Berson
- Saying one thing but meaning the opposite
Baker, John
- Saying one thing but meaning the opposite
Dan Goodman
- Scots dialect samples
James Harbeck
- Scots dialect samples
Wilson Gray
- semantic drift "officer," "avoid"
Jonathan Lighter
- semantic drift "officer," "avoid"
Arnold Zwicky
- semantic drift "officer," "avoid"
Mark Mandel
- senatorial saucer (1872)
Benjamin Zimmer
- senatorial saucer (1872)
Dan Goodman
- senatorial saucer (1872)
Benjamin Zimmer
- senatorial saucer (1872)
Benjamin Zimmer
- senatorial saucer (1872)
Charles Doyle
- senatorial saucer (1872)
Mark Mandel
- senatorial saucer (1872)
Wilson Gray
- senatorial saucer (1872)
Ann Burlingham
- senatorial saucer (1872)
Arnold Zwicky
- Should Barack Obama, the first digital president, have to give up Twitter?
Dennis Baron
- showrunner (was Re: Re: "to executive produce")
Neal Whitman
- Small Latin and less Greek were good enough for Shakespeare, but some Brits want to rid English of its classical roots
Dennis Baron
- sorry about that she's Alice, Wilson would understand
Paul
- Speaking of military jargon ...
Wilson Gray
- test message
Arnold Zwicky
- the final step in commas after role descriptors
James Harbeck
- The Saxon for "Watch out (I'm going to attack you)!"
Joel S. Berson
- The Saxon for "Watch out (I'm going to attack you)!"
Mark Mandel
- The word of the year for 2008 is Obama
Dennis Baron
- today's verbing
Arnold Zwicky
- today's verbing
Arnold Zwicky
- today's verbing
Mark Mandel
- today's verbing
Benjamin Zimmer
- today's verbing
Marc Velasco
- today's verbing
Arnold Zwicky
- today's verbing
Marc Velasco
- today's verbing
Joel S. Berson
- today's verbing
Mark Mandel
- today's verbing
Doug_Harris
- to early/absentee vote
Arnold M. Zwicky
- to early/absentee vote
Mark Mandel
- useless information of the day
James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at netscape.com>
- useless information of the day
Scot LaFaive
- useless information of the day
Joel S. Berson
- useless information of the day
Doug Harris
- useless information of the day
Doug Harris
- useless information of the day
Bradley A. Esparza
- useless information of the day
Marc Velasco
- useless information of the day
Scot LaFaive
- useless information of the day
Doug Harris
- useless information of the day
Dan Goodman
- useless information of the day
Scott
- useless information of the day
Doug Harris
- valedictocracy
James Harbeck
- value = amount of discount?
Tom Zurinskas
- Webster's New World College Dictionary announces its wor d-of-the-year candidates
Doug_Harris
- Webster's New World College Dictionary an nounces its word-of-the-year candidates
Laurence Horn
- Webster ’s New World College Dictionary announ ces its word-of-the-year candidates
Grant Barrett
- Webster ’s New World College Dictionary an nounces its word-of-the-year candidates
Alison Murie
- Webster ’s New World College Dictionary an nounces its word-of-the-year candidates
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- Whore's Bath
Scot LaFaive
- Whore's Bath
Benjamin Zimmer
- Whore's Bath
Paul
- Whore's Bath
Wilson Gray
- Whore's Bath
N2life4
- Whore's Bath
James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at netscape.com>
- Whore's Bath
Joel S. Berson
- Whore's Bath
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- Whore's Bath
David Bowie
- Whore's Bath
Joel S. Berson
- Word-of-the-Year Nominations Open
Grant Barrett
- woty 08 abroad
Dennis Baron
- woty 08 abroad
RonButters at AOL.COM
- woty 08 abroad
Laurence Horn
- woty 08 abroad
Joel S. Berson
- æbleskiver (Danish pancakes)
Benjamin Zimmer
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