my bad

[Garson O'Toole]

This 1985 cite antedates the 1986 OED cite. Now, with Jonathan
Lighter's great 1980 cite it might help fill the gap after 1980.

1985 November 14, Gainesville Sun, Welcome to the wonderful, wacky
world of SEC football by Bobby Tyler, Page 3E, Gainesville, Florida.
(Google News archive. The assigned Google date misses by a day)

Yes, the Vols still must host Vandy the following weekend, but c'mon,
Vandy? Oops, my bad, I forgot for a moment what the Commodore did to
Georgis. Silly me.

http://news.google.com/archivesearch?q=%22bad+I+forgot+for%22&

Garson

On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 2:48 PM, Jesse Sheidlower <jester at panix.com> wrote:
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> 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
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> 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
>>
>>
>>> 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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