my bad

[Jesse Sheidlower]

Sorry if I was unclear, I meant that there are two different
books in question, by the same authors--the 1980 one is _The
In-Your-Face Basketball Book_, and the 1986 is _The
Back-In-Your-Face Guide to Pick-Up Basketball_. OED apparently
only checked the later one. If the expression is in the first
book, then it's a six-year antedating of the OED's evidence.

Jesse Sheidlower
OED

On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 02:45:21PM -0400, Sam Clements wrote:
> The book was mentioned in newspapers in late 1980.  "The In-Your-Face
> Basketball Book--Everest House, 1980.
>
> Sam Clements
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jesse Sheidlower" <jester at PANIX.COM>
> To: <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 14:32
> Subject: Re: my bad
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>> On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 01:13:32PM -0400, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>>> Jesse,
>>>
>>> WorldCat dates Wielgus & Wolff's _In-Your-Face Basketball Book_ to 1980.
>>
>> Huh. OED cites their 1986 _Back-in-your-face Guide to Pick-up
>> Basketball_. I'll send a minion to check the earlier book.
>>
>> Will try to remember to report back here.
>>
>> Jesse Sheidlower
>> OED
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