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- "Inside of a dog"
Garson O'Toole
- my bad
Robin Hamilton
- loafer; loafer's hall
George Thompson
- "my bad"
Joel S. Berson
- how is the prefix "ex" really spoken (UNCLASSIFIED)
Herb Stahlke
- Weasel wording
Bill Palmer
- Antedating of "Outside the Box"
Shapiro, Fred
- More broadcast journalism
Bill Palmer
- gannets, Gannetts
Jonathan Lighter
- OT: More broadcast journalism
Joel S. Berson
- "Black Man", 1849
Joel S. Berson
- _Break nasty_ = "jump salty"
Wilson Gray
- "Don't _trust on_ Ronald McDonald!" [NT]
Wilson Gray
- Word-initial /grV/ vs. /drV/ in BE
Wilson Gray
- "Guinea" etymology
Douglas G. Wilson
- "... sore eyed negroes ..."
Wilson Gray
- OT: More broadcast journalism (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- -pocalypse
Steve Kl.
- "Guinea" and the OED
Joel S. Berson
- Antedating of "Outside the Box" (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- "Him and me ... Excuse me! Him and I ..." [NT]
Wilson Gray
- A calque?
Dan Goncharoff
- Phrase: dark as the inside of a cow (antedating 1869)
Garson O'Toole
- "Connecring the dots": origin?
Wilson Gray
- "At least" (broadcast journalism)
Joel S. Berson
- Phrase: fills a much-needed gap (joke 1950) (non-joke 1857)
Garson O'Toole
- "asked" (pronunciation)
Charles Doyle
- yoda as a generic
Amy West
- "Adj of a" in extremis
Laurence Horn
- "Loaded" diction
Joel S. Berson
- drill down on
Jonathan Lighter
- "Methamphetamine prose"
Dan Goncharoff
- Fw: [ADS-L] yoda as a generic
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- yoda as a genericq
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- lifting the luggage
victor steinbok
- Rat-tail(ed) broom
Wilson Gray
- Ignorance Stick Re: Rat-tail(ed) broom
Dan Goodman
- Cognitive dissonance
Wilson Gray
- "ban" = "requirement"
Joel S. Berson
- Rat-tail(ed) [comb and] broom
Joel S. Berson
- early precursor to Murphy's law (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- guess = bet
victor steinbok
- "Throw the Bums Out"
Shapiro, Fred
- Rat-tail(UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- "Throw the Bums Out" (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- "lewd walking"
Joel S. Berson
- cybertage
Jonathan Lighter
- Hypersimplied phonology of "Pun intended"
Wilson Gray
- Short take: "smiley face" - OED WOTD
Victor Steinbok
- Killing for Peace
victor steinbok
- Box Score etc.
victor steinbok
- groin
Charles Doyle
- Box Score etc. (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Fw: groin
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- "Scarface" philosophy
Jonathan Lighter
- wild about Rappaccini's Daughter
Jonathan Lighter
- American Speech March 2010; Vol. 85, No. 1
Grant Barrett
- "[old] salt", 1828 and 1830
Joel S. Berson
- trying too hard
Victor Steinbok
- To codge?
Joel S. Berson
- the Gatsby
Laurence Horn
- red canary in the coal mine
Herb Stahlke
- glitch
Victor Steinbok
- Moist, again
David Bowie
- dialect of Elena Kagan
Tom Zurinskas
- An unfortunate experience
Wilson Gray
- OED and definition of "siphon"
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- brither
victor steinbok
- bill shock
Victor Steinbok
- names and taboos
Victor Steinbok
- Leatherneck [Was: antedating: jarhead]
Jonathan Lighter
- Shoes -- was: Re: dialect of Elena Kagan
Robin Hamilton
- message content
David Barnhart
- Shoe pounding
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- cocktail = deadly mixture
Jonathan Lighter
- Heard on Springer: _ride with [someone]_ = "take care of during, share in bad times," etc.
Wilson Gray
- "NOT cheap imitations, but genuine replicas!" [NT]
Wilson Gray
- "NOT cheap imitations, but genuine replicas!" [NT]
victor steinbok
- "NOT cheap imitations, but genuine replicas!" [NT]
Laurence Horn
- "NOT cheap imitations, but genuine replicas!" [NT]
Wilson Gray
- "NOT cheap imitations, but genuine replicas!" [NT]
Laurence Horn
- "NOT cheap imitations, but genuine replicas!" [NT]
Mark Mandel
- "NOT cheap imitations, but genuine replicas!" [NT]
Dan Goncharoff
- "NOT cheap imitations, but genuine replicas!" [NT]
Jonathan Lighter
- "NOT cheap imitations, but genuine replicas!" [NT]
Geoff Nathan
- "NOT cheap imitations, but genuine replicas!" [NT]
Tom Zurinskas
- "NOT cheap imitations, but genuine replicas!" [NT]
Dan Goncharoff
- "NOT cheap imitations, but genuine replicas!" [NT]
Charles Doyle
- "NOT cheap imitations, but genuine replicas!" [NT]
Arnold Zwicky
- length of posts (was Re: dialect of Elena Kagan)
Mark Mandel
- the thing of it is...
Mark Mandel
- antaydum
Jonathan Lighter
- undocumented
Jonathan Lighter
- on my six
victor steinbok
- kiddyprinting
Victor Steinbok
- thumb the nose
Victor Steinbok
- origin of "mess with the bull, get the horns"?
Victor Steinbok
- FW: a couple of good articles/JUNE MEETING
David Barnhart
- FW: a couple of good articles/JUNE MEETING (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- "Bold Language"
Eoin C. Bairéad
- on my six (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- vegetable terms
Charles Doyle
- confused by fruits in Barcelona
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- "bold" in Hiberno-Irish -- was: Re: "Bold Language"
Robin Hamilton
- new famous last words
James Harbeck
- Quote: I shall lose no time in reading it: antedating (1871) (Gladstone 1897) (Disraeli 1898)
Garson O'Toole
- Irish butter (was: vegetable terms)
David Bowie
- "bold" in Hiberno-Irish
Robin Hamilton
- OT: thumb the nose
Joel S. Berson
- English spoken here: Arizona moves from English-only to stop-and-deport
Dennis Baron
- Quote: Convulsed with laughter ... Some day I intend reading it (antedating attrib Groucho 1929 Oct 7)
Garson O'Toole
- Dawn Ginsbergh's Revenge (Was: Quote: I shall lose no time in reading it: antedating (1871) (Gladstone 1897) (Disraeli 1898)
George Thompson
- Captured Same
Neal Whitman
- long walk ...
David Barnhart
- Captured Same (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- long walk ... (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- heckler defense [Was: long walk]
Victor Steinbok
- Clashing slang
Wilson Gray
- Groucho Marx Quote Verified
Shapiro, Fred
- to be numerate
Tom Zurinskas
- searching Facebook
victor steinbok
- "basilar"
Arnold Zwicky
- intersexual
Victor Steinbok
- Fanboy (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Vietnam
victor steinbok
- arKANsas
Barbara Need
- "What's with [Google's] entire attitude, anymore?" [NT]
Wilson Gray
- What's with [Google's] entire attitude, anymore? [NT]
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- Antedating of "Rough Trade"
Shapiro, Fred
- Legalistics
Bill Palmer
- arKANsas (P.S.)
Laurence Horn
- Quote about good times, women and Irish whiskey (antedating Tug McGraw 1975 April 21)
Garson O'Toole
- Fanfiction
victor steinbok
- Aquapocalypse and chloroform
Joel S. Berson
- Legalistics (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Silent double-L?
Joel S. Berson
- eyeball witness
Paul Frank
- Silent double-L? [seriously OT]
Robin Hamilton
- Vietnam (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- "put the 'Kibosh on 'em" (antedating, 1834)
Stephen Goranson
- "put the 'Kibosh on 'em" (antedating, 1834)
Sam Clements
- "put the 'Kibosh on 'em" (antedating, 1834)
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- "put the 'Kibosh on 'em" (antedating, 1834)
Joel S. Berson
- "put the 'Kibosh on 'em" (antedating, 1834)
Sam Clements
- "put the 'Kibosh on 'em" (antedating, 1834)
Sam Clements
- "put the 'Kibosh on 'em" (antedating, 1834)
Wilson Gray
- "put the 'Kibosh on 'em" (antedating, 1834)
Wilson Gray
- "put the 'Kibosh on 'em" (antedating, 1834)
Paul Johnston
- "put the 'Kibosh on 'em" (antedating, 1834)
Douglas G. Wilson
- "Pay one's dues": interdating
Wilson Gray
- Lie to me: Research shows young liars destined for greatness?
Dennis Baron
- What else Blumenthal said
Dan Goodman
- More on Blumenthal & NYTimes
Dan Goodman
- barrel of monkeys
victor steinbok
- OT: half-wits
Victor Steinbok
- Stolen valor was Re: Vietnam
Amy West
- NYT Reporting [Was: Vietnam and What else Blumenthal said]
David A. Daniel
- Stolen Valor? Or Stolen Truth?
Shapiro, Fred
- whisker: etymology in AHD4
Mark Mandel
- "Trying to make sense of"
Bill Palmer
- OT: half-wits (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- NYT Reporting [Was: Vietnam and What else Blumenthal said] (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- query about a saying, and an announcement
Arnold Zwicky
- OT: a study in contrast (GB notes)
Victor Steinbok
- What else Blumenthal said (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- President = C. E. O. of a brothel, 1831
George Thompson
- Crowning or slating
George Thompson
- Heard on [adult swim]: "Japan" > [dZei p&n]
Wilson Gray
- Quote: Better mouse trap - slight antedating (attrib Ralph Waldo Emerson 1882 May 11)
Garson O'Toole
- So
Paul Frank
- Urban Legend (was Vietnam)
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- So Now
Joel S. Berson
- Yat dialect
Paul Frank
- have his Kate and Edith
Paul Frank
- REPEAT of Urban Legend (was Vietnam)
ronbutters
- another meaning reversal
Victor Steinbok
- "Napalm in the Morning" Authorship
Shapiro, Fred
- Bart Simpson Catchphrases
Shapiro, Fred
- The comma [was: Vietnam]
Joel S. Berson
- prescriptivist "among"
Victor Steinbok
- Clothing terms
Rick Barr
- Gumshoe lobbying
Dan Goncharoff
- the importance of not spitting on soldiers
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- Quote: Laws, like sausages, cease to inspire respect (slight antedating 1869 March 27) (attrib Bismarck unverified 1944)
Garson O'Toole
- a precursor to TruSpell
Victor Steinbok
- Rainbow Bridge
Jonathan Lighter
- a precursor to Truespel - and the IPA
Tom Zurinskas
- perfect game (baseball)
Mark Mandel
- Globish
Rick Barr
- Antedating of "Perfect Game"
Shapiro, Fred
- Dialects of the Presidents
Dan Goodman
- Sex ed and language
Victor Steinbok
- cockneys [Was: "put the 'Kibosh on 'em" (antedating, 1834)]
Joel S. Berson
- OT? Sex ed and language
Joel S. Berson
- Antedating of "Perfect Game" (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Fwd: [Lexicog] plough mud
Benjamin Barrett
- Fwd: [Lexicog] Re: Plough mud
Benjamin Barrett
- [Lexicog] plough mud
Paul Johnston
- Heard on Springer_Street_ > "screek"
Wilson Gray
- Arcana
Joel S. Berson
- Everyone, every one
Rick Barr
- "not so much" 'no'
Arnold Zwicky
- [Lexicog] Re: Plough mud
Wilson Gray
- flour gems
Victor Steinbok
- Heard on local news: there were > it was --- (possible blend)
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- heighth/drouth
Charles Doyle
- Million Dollar Question
victor steinbok
- DARE entry for pluff
Joan H. Hall
- OT: War of 1812
Wilson Gray
- incomplete sentence
Victor Steinbok
- Alleged Washington Post neologism contest results
Joel S. Berson
- Republican screw-up found [was: incomplete sentence]
Joel S. Berson
- FW: (Message from Barry Popik): Flatiron Building "23 skidoo" myth in NY Times, again
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Overheard --- ("It's not rocket surgery")
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- OT: War of 1812 (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Quote: [Battle of Bunker Hill] white of their eyes (attrib Israel Putnam 1804)
Garson O'Toole
- Joke: How old Cary Grant? (Gar Wood 1957) (Mark Clark 1959 Sept 29) (Cary Grant 1959 Nov 8)
Garson O'Toole
- measuring the drapes
victor steinbok
- the great "cool" debate
Benjamin Zimmer
- Short take: Agony Aunt
victor steinbok
- "What's it provoke?"
Victor Steinbok
- biopassport - offergate - WOTY
David Barnhart
- Unintended meaning?
Alison Murie
- On "sauntering" blacks
Joel S. Berson
- Puzzling blend
Alice Faber
- short take: lead--another meaning?
Victor Steinbok
- Pefect game--baseball
Sam Clements
- Quote: the plural of anecdote is data (antedating 1983 attrib Raymond Wolfinger)
Garson O'Toole
- synthetic or analytic?
RonButters
- [C18-L] Blessed constitution
Joel S. Berson
- "Mighty Lak A Rose"
Wilson Gray
- Never retract, never explain, never apologise. (attrib Benjamin Jowett, 1893 December)
Garson O'Toole
- Kremlinology
Victor Steinbok
- Insid-u-ous
Rick Barr
- Vocabulary tally
Rick Barr
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