November 2010 Archives by date
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- Ben's rando, Virginia's retronyms
Ben Zimmer
- Ben's rando, Virginia's retronyms
Laurence Horn
- meta
Paul Frank
- "Rookies are _taksed_ with learning many new things." [NT]
Wilson Gray
- Heard on The Judges: "tell [NP] say"
Wilson Gray
- meta
Jesse Sheidlower
- meta
Paul Frank
- IsLAHM
Jonathan Lighter
- IsLAHM
Charles C Doyle
- lightning in a bottle
Jonathan Lighter
- IsLAHM
Jonathan Lighter
- IsLAHM
Jonathan Lighter
- IsLAHM
Jonathan Lighter
- lightning in a bottle
Garson O'Toole
- meta
Federico Escobar
- zealious
Jonathan Lighter
- IsLAHM
Barbara Need
- fling poo
Charles C Doyle
- real-time (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- fling poo (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Ben's rando, Virginia's retronyms (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- lightning in a bottle
Garson O'Toole
- Price of OED online (was: Re: meta)
Neal Whitman
- IsLAHM
Laurence Horn
- lightning in a bottle (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- real-time (UNCLASSIFIED)
Garson O'Toole
- meta
Victor Steinbok
- IsLAHM
Victor Steinbok
- real-time (UNCLASSIFIED)
Jonathan Lighter
- meta
Paul Frank
- Price of OED online (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- lightning in a bottle (UNCLASSIFIED)
Dan Goncharoff
- real-time (UNCLASSIFIED)
Garson O'Toole
- Content Farms
Federico Escobar
- Content Farms
Victor Steinbok
- IsLAHM
Victor Steinbok
- Content Farms
Garson O'Toole
- IsLAHM
Jonathan Lighter
- IsLAHM
Paul Johnston
- meta
Tom Zurinskas
- meta (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- IsLAHM
Tom Zurinskas
- meta (UNCLASSIFIED)
Tom Zurinskas
- Content Farms
Joel S. Berson
- lightning in a bottle
Joel S. Berson
- meta
Wilson Gray
- meta
Paul Frank
- Content Farms
Paul Frank
- IsLAHM
Wilson Gray
- OT: It *could* happen in this country!!! Or not. IAC, those French are a caution!
Wilson Gray
- Content Farms
Joel S. Berson
- a fake quotation misattributed
Jonathan Lighter
- Has "congressman" ALWAYS meant "representative, not senator"?
Neal Whitman
- IsLAHM
Victor Steinbok
- Has "congressman" ALWAYS meant "representative, not senator"?
Jonathan Lighter
- Cool new verb: redensify
Geoff Nathan
- Scottish verdict
Paul Frank
- Has "congressman" ALWAYS meant "representative, not senator"?
Victor Steinbok
- Cool new verb: redensify
Arnold Zwicky
- a fake quotation misattributed
Wilson Gray
- Has "congressman" ALWAYS meant "representative, not senator"?
Victor Steinbok
- Cool new verb: redensify
Dan Goncharoff
- Has "congressman" ALWAYS meant "representative, not senator"?
Joel S. Berson
- Cool new verb: redensify
Garson O'Toole
- Content Farms
Paul Frank
- a fake quotation misattributed
Jonathan Lighter
- Heard on Jerry
Wilson Gray
- Scottish verdict
Shapiro, Fred
- How many fingers?
Joel S. Berson
- Scottish verdict
Joel S. Berson
- Scottish verdict
Garson O'Toole
- Scottish verdict
Robin Hamilton
- "mashmallow", the confection
Joel S. Berson
- Scottish verdict
Paul Frank
- How many fingers?
Victor Steinbok
- Scottish verdict
Robin Hamilton
- Scottish verdict
Victor Steinbok
- Ben's rando, Virginia's retronyms
Jeff Prucher
- Cool new verb: redensify
Garson O'Toole
- Scottish verdict
George Thompson
- loose cannon antedating?
Jonathan Lighter
- Scottish verdict
Paul Frank
- Has "congressman" ALWAYS meant "representative, not senator"?
Herb Stahlke
- for the zero-conversion file
geoffrey nunberg
- for the zero-conversion file
Laurence Horn
- Partially Off Topic: Article: Can We Create a National Digital Library? by Robert Darnton
Garson O'Toole
- for the zero-conversion file
Joel S. Berson
- 2011 ADS Annual Meeting Schedule and Abstracts
Grant Barrett
- in the suck
Paul Frank
- in the suck
Jonathan Lighter
- cromulent
Paul Frank
- cromulent
Steve Kl.
- cromulent
David A. Daniel
- in the suck
Wilson Gray
- And in (additional) honor of the Giants' World Series win...
Laurence Horn
- And in (additional) honor of the Giants' World Series win...
Jonathan Lighter
- And in (additional) honor of the Giants' World Series win...
Jonathan Lighter
- And in (additional) honor of the Giants' World Series win...
Jonathan Lighter
- And in (additional) honor of the Giants' World Series win...
Victor Steinbok
- And in (additional) honor of the Giants' World Series win...
Laurence Horn
- And in (additional) honor of the Giants' World Series win...
Jonathan Lighter
- post-mortem human subjects
Paul Frank
- And in (additional) honor of the Giants' World Series win...
Paul Frank
- Quote: For evil men to accomplish their purpose, it is only necessary that good men do nothing (attrib Charles F. Aked 1920 June)
Garson O'Toole
- Quote: For evil men to accomplish their purpose, it is only necessary that good men do nothing (attrib Charles F. Aked 1920 June)
Joel S. Berson
- And in (additional) honor of the Giants' World Series win...
Jonathan Lighter
- And in (additional) honor of the Giants' World Series win...
Paul Frank
- And in (additional) honor of the Giants' World Series win...
Garson O'Toole
- And in (additional) honor of the Giants' World Series win...
David A. Daniel
- And in (additional) honor of the Giants' World Series win...
Garson O'Toole
- Quote: For evil men to accomplish their purpose, it is only necessary that good men do nothing (attrib Charles F. Aked 1920 June)
Shapiro, Fred
- Chinese opium dens [Was: And in (additional) honor of the Giants' World Series win...]
Joel S. Berson
- cromulent
Ronald Butters
- cromulent
Steve Kl.
- cromulent
Steve Kl.
- sweet talk
Victor Steinbok
- And in (additional) honor of the Giants' World Series win...
Jonathan Lighter
- cromulent
Ronald Butters
- And in (additional) honor of the Giants' World Series win...
Paul Frank
- And in (additional) honor of the Giants' World Series win...
George Thompson
- cancer as a metaphor
Victor Steinbok
- And in (additional) honor of the Giants' World Series win...
Paul Frank
- And in (additional) honor of the Giants' World Series win...
Dan Goncharoff
- And in (additional) honor of the Giants' World Series win...
Victor Steinbok
- And in (additional) honor of the Giants' World Series win...
Paul Frank
- And in (additional) honor of the Giants' World Series win...
Jonathan Lighter
- And in (additional) honor of the Giants' World Series win...
Wilson Gray
- And in (additional) honor of the Giants' World Series win...
George Thompson
- a baby with a hammer
Wilson Gray
- outro
Wilson Gray
- And in (additional) honor of the Giants' World Series win...
David A. Daniel
- reach (?)
George Thompson
- And in (additional) honor of the Giants' World Series win...
Wilson Gray
- reach (?)
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- To "Make" a Statement
Baker, John
- reach (?)
Joel S. Berson
- And in (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- And in (additional) honor of the Giants' World Series win...
David A. Daniel
- And in (additional) honor of the Giants' World Series win...
Bill Palmer
- And in (additional) honor of the Giants' World Series win...
Jonathan Lighter
- reach (?)
Garson O'Toole
- And in (additional) honor of the Giants' World Series win...
Wilson Gray
- a baby with a hammer
Victor Steinbok
- When did we start referring to elections as "landslides"? - By Brian Palmer - Slate Magazine
Victor Steinbok
- post-mortem human subjects
Wilson Gray
- post-mortem human subjects
Victor Steinbok
- a baby with a hammer
Ben Zimmer
- When did we start referring to elections as "landslides"? - By Brian Palmer - Slate Magazine
Ben Zimmer
- shellacking
Ben Zimmer
- a baby with a hammer
Garson O'Toole
- And in (additional) honor of the Giants' World Series win...
Paul Frank
- "mashmallow", the confection
Wilson Gray
- shellacking
Charles C Doyle
- "mashmallow", the confection
Charles C Doyle
- shellacking
Dan Goncharoff
- "mashmallow", the confection
Charles C Doyle
- shellacking
Jonathan Lighter
- "mashmallow", the confection
Jonathan Lighter
- shellacking
Ronald Butters
- the whole nine yards
Jonathan Lighter
- George Mason University has bought a Vocabula Review site license
Robert Hartwell Fiske
- post-mortem human subjects
Laurence Horn
- shellacking
Laurence Horn
- reach (?)
Joel S. Berson
- "mashmallow", the confection
Joel S. Berson
- "mashmallow", the confection
Laurence Horn
- "mashmallow", the confection
Joel S. Berson
- "mashmallow", the confection
Jonathan Lighter
- shellacking
Garson O'Toole
- George Mason University has bought a Vocabula Review site license
Michael Quinion
- shellacking
Jonathan Lighter
- shellacking
Ben Zimmer
- "mashmallow", the confection
Laurence Horn
- George Mason University has bought a Vocabula Review site license
Laurence Horn
- George Mason University has bought a Vocabula Review site license
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- George Mason University has bought a Vocabula Review site license
Michael Quinion
- George Mason University has bought a Vocabula Review site license
Jesse Sheidlower
- "mashmallow", the confection
Jonathan Lighter
- "mashmallow", the confection
Charles C Doyle
- "mashmallow", the confection
Jonathan Lighter
- George Mason University has bought a Vocabula Review site license
Michael Quinion
- reach (?)
George Thompson
- ogreeches
George Thompson
- George Mason University has bought a Vocabula Review site license
Paul Frank
- George Mason University has bought a Vocabula Review site license
Baker, John
- "mashmallow", the confection
Joel S. Berson
- reach (?)
Joel S. Berson
- shellacking
Victor Steinbok
- shellacking
Victor Steinbok
- ogreeches
Joel S. Berson
- "mashmallow", the confection
Laurence Horn
- "mashmallow", the confection
Laurence Horn
- shellacking
Victor Steinbok
- What I said.
Wilson Gray
- "mashmallow", the confection (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- shellacking
Wilson Gray
- shellacking
Charles C Doyle
- George Mason University has bought a Vocabula Review site license
Michael Quinion
- George Mason University has bought a Vocabula Review site license
Paul Frank
- OT: WTF has Obama done?
Wilson Gray
- "mashmallow", the confection
Wilson Gray
- "Junges Girl mit Mama und Papa" [NT]
Wilson Gray
- Shellacking
Michael Quinion
- Bad Girls Ride Again
Jonathan Lighter
- Bad Girls Ride Again
Joel S. Berson
- shellacking
Garson O'Toole
- "Junges Girl mit Mama und Papa" [NT]
Laurence Horn
- Shellacking
Ben Zimmer
- shellacking
Ben Zimmer
- Shellacking
Jonathan Lighter
- Bad Girls Ride Again
Jonathan Lighter
- another (over)negation?
Victor Steinbok
- "Junges Girl mit Mama und Papa" [NT]
Douglas G. Wilson
- Quote: this is deja vu all over again (antedating attrib Yogi Berra 1984 July 20)
Garson O'Toole
- shellacking
Wilson Gray
- "Junges Girl mit Mama und Papa" [NT]
Wilson Gray
- Quote: this is deja vu all over again (antedating attrib Yogi Berra 1984 July 20)
Wilson Gray
- Millionaire Matchmaker
Jonathan Lighter
- another (over)negation?
Jonathan Lighter
- "Junges Girl mit Mama und Papa" [NT]
Joel S. Berson
- Millionaire Matchmaker
Laurence Horn
- another (over)negation?
Laurence Horn
- And in (additional) honor of the Giants' World Series win...
Garson O'Toole
- Backronym
Shapiro, Fred
- Millionaire Matchmaker
Garson O'Toole
- Backronym
Ben Zimmer
- Backronym
Jesse Sheidlower
- Backronym
Victor Steinbok
- "Junges Girl mit Mama und Papa" [NT]
Wilson Gray
- another (over)negation?
Wilson Gray
- Millionaire Matchmaker
Wilson Gray
- shellacking
Paul Frank
- Millionaire Matchmaker
Eric Nielsen
- "... you will be able to _crypt_ your data..."
Wilson Gray
- "_Gist_: Revista colombiana de educacion Bilingue" [NT]
Wilson Gray
- Millionaire Matchmaker
Jonathan Lighter
- megilla
Laurence Horn
- "... you will be able to _crypt_ your data..."
Laurence Horn
- megilla
Ben Zimmer
- Pirates paid $9m ransom
Paul Frank
- The Sun, the Moon, and ... the Earth
Laurence Horn
- Quote: By three methods we may learn wisdom (attrib Confucius 1893)
Garson O'Toole
- Shellacking
Joel S. Berson
- another (over)negation?
Bill Palmer
- The Sun, the Moon, and ... the Earth
Joel S. Berson
- "... you will be able to _crypt_ your data..."
Joel S. Berson
- Quote: By three methods we may learn wisdom (attrib Confucius 1893)
Paul Frank
- The Sun, the Moon, and ... the Earth
Joel S. Berson
- another (over)negation?
Jonathan Lighter
- megilla
Jonathan Lighter
- megilla
Laurence Horn
- Bad Girls Ride Again
Wilson Gray
- megilla
Wilson Gray
- Quote: By three methods we may learn wisdom (attrib Confucius 1893)
Wilson Gray
- the whole nine yards
Wilson Gray
- the whole nine yards
Jonathan Lighter
- Bad Girls Ride Again
Jonathan Lighter
- tragically - 'ironically'
Jonathan Lighter
- megilla
Ben Zimmer
- begibees
George Thompson
- begibees
Alice Faber
- megilla
Laurence Horn
- begibees
Wilson Gray
- shellacking
Wilson Gray
- Millionaire Matchmaker
Wilson Gray
- Bad Girls Ride Again
Wilson Gray
- shellacking
Paul Frank
- shellacking
Wilson Gray
- shellacking
Paul Frank
- Ichthyotherapy
Paul Frank
- Ichthyotherapy
Ben Zimmer
- Millionaire Matchmaker
Laurence Horn
- Bad Girls Ride Again (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Quote: By three methods we may learn wisdom (attrib Confucius 1893)
Dan Goncharoff
- Quote: By three methods we may learn wisdom (attrib Confucius 1893)
Paul Frank
- another (over)negation?
Dan Goncharoff
- Quote: By three methods we may learn wisdom (attrib Confucius 1893)
Jonathan Lighter
- Quote: By three methods we may learn wisdom (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Shellacking (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Millionaire Matchmaker (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- What can you do? From yesterday's NYTM:
Wilson Gray
- What can you do? From yesterday's NYTM:
Laurence Horn
- Lepore on slurs
Laurence Horn
- Quote: By three methods we may learn wisdom (attrib Confucius 1893)
Charles C Doyle
- Ulster County/Hudson Valley and westward
Dan Goodman
- Lepore on slurs
David A. Daniel
- What can you do? From yesterday's NYTM:
Eric Nielsen
- The n/N-word
Joel S. Berson
- The n/N-word
Wilson Gray
- The n/N-word
Lisa Galvin
- The n/N-word
Dan Goncharoff
- peek-a-boob
Victor Steinbok
- "cut", v., sense 33
Wilson Gray
- "Divan"
Wilson Gray
- Bad Girls Ride Again (UNCLASSIFIED)
Wilson Gray
- A nation divided by a common language
Wilson Gray
- zealious
Wilson Gray
- zealious
Robin Hamilton
- "Divan"
Jonathan Lighter
- Epicene avoidance?
Damien Hall
- 'gong' = "trophy (explicitly not a medal)"
Damien Hall
- Epicene avoidance?
Paul Frank
- HDAS on TV
Charles C Doyle
- "cut", v., sense 33
Joel S. Berson
- zealious
Laurence Horn
- Epicene avoidance?
Laurence Horn
- HDAS on TV
Laurence Horn
- zealious & mischievious
Joel S. Berson
- misch[i]evious
Joel S. Berson
- Epicene avoidance?
Paul Frank
- HDAS on TV
Ben Zimmer
- autumn vs. fall
Paul Frank
- HDAS on TV
Charles C Doyle
- HDAS on TV
Paul Frank
- "Divan"
Paul Johnston
- autumn vs. fall
Laurence Horn
- Epicene avoidance?
Ronald Butters
- "cut", v., sense 33
Ronald Butters
- "Divan"
Jonathan Lighter
- autumn vs. fall
Paul Frank
- Epicene avoidance?
Michael Newman
- New Spelling System in Spanish
Federico Escobar
- "Divan"
Tom Zurinskas
- autumn vs. fall
Tom Zurinskas
- I got your number
Paul Frank
- autumn vs. fall
Tom Zurinskas
- I got your number
Jesse Sheidlower
- autumn vs. fall
Joel S. Berson
- emerita
Jonathan Lighter
- autumn vs. fall
Jonathan Lighter
- EPA subpoenas Halliburton over fracking fluids | Reuters
Victor Steinbok
- emerita
Laurence Horn
- return to teabagging
Victor Steinbok
- "Interface with" X "connect to" =
Wilson Gray
- emerita
Wilson Gray
- return to teabagging
Jim Parish
- autumn vs. fall
Wilson Gray
- return to teabagging (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- EPA subpoenas Halliburton over fracking fluids | Reuters
Wilson Gray
- emerita
George Thompson
- EPA subpoenas Halliburton over fracking fluids | Reuters
Lisa Galvin
- Epicene avoidance?
Wilson Gray
- "Divan"
David A. Daniel
- Millionaire Matchmaker
Jonathan Lighter
- misch[i]evious
Robin Hamilton
- polaltes?
Joel S. Berson
- return to teabagging
Joel S. Berson
- polaltes?
Barbara Need
- return to teabagging (UNCLASSIFIED)
Victor Steinbok
- return to teabagging
Victor Steinbok
- EPA subpoenas Halliburton over fracking fluids | Reuters
Joel S. Berson
- emerita
Laurence Horn
- polaltes?
Joel S. Berson
- "Divan"
Wilson Gray
- polaltes?
Wilson Gray
- "Contribute"
Wilson Gray
- "Contribute"
Dave Hause
- Content Farms
Victor Steinbok
- Millionaire Matchmaker
Wilson Gray
- return to teabagging
Wilson Gray
- "Shoot beaver"?
Wilson Gray
- New Spelling System in Spanish
Wilson Gray
- "Shoot beaver"?
Eric Nielsen
- return to teabagging
Paul Frank
- Stupid Pun Tricks
Jonathan Lighter
- RE "Shoot beaver"?
Charles C Doyle
- [ar at z]
Charles C Doyle
- RE "Shoot beaver"?
Jonathan Lighter
- RE "Shoot beaver"? (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Stupid Pun Tricks
Ben Zimmer
- RE "Shoot beaver"?
Laurence Horn
- lit-crit "appropriation"
Jonathan Lighter
- RE "Shoot beaver"?
Ronald Butters
- return to teabagging
Ronald Butters
- emerita
Ronald Butters
- RE "Shoot beaver"?
Dan Goncharoff
- return to teabagging
Herb Stahlke
- shebang
George Thompson
- shebang
Jonathan Lighter
- RE "Shoot beaver"?
George Thompson
- RE "Shoot beaver"?
Eric Nielsen
- New Spelling System in Spanish
Paul Frank
- What I said, again.
Wilson Gray
- litigate = 'argue tediously or at length over'
Jonathan Lighter
- What I said, again.
Jonathan Lighter
- New Spelling System in Spanish
Michael Newman
- Query: Slang "Awesome sauce!"
Lisa Galvin
- Query: Slang "Awesome sauce!"
Jonathan Lighter
- Query: Slang "Awesome sauce!"
Gerald Cohen
- pregame = 'occurring before a scheduled meeting'
Jonathan Lighter
- Query: Slang "Awesome sauce!"
Paul Johnston
- Query: Slang "Awesome sauce!"
Garson O'Toole
- RE "Shoot beaver"?
Ronald Butters
- Quote: By three methods we may learn wisdom (attrib Confucius 1893)
Garson O'Toole
- RE "Shoot beaver"?
Sam Clements
- RE "Shoot beaver"?
Jonathan Lighter
- pregame = 'occurring before a scheduled meeting'
Charles C Doyle
- New Spelling System in Spanish
Federico Escobar
- pregame = 'occurring before a scheduled meeting'
Jonathan Lighter
- Query: Slang "Awesome sauce!"
Ben Zimmer
- Response to JL
Ronald Butters
- response to Sam
Ronald Butters
- Response to JL
Paul Frank
- What I said, again.
Wilson Gray
- RE "Shoot beaver"?
Wilson Gray
- RE "Shoot beaver"?
Arnold Zwicky
- RE "Shoot beaver"?
Laurence Horn
- Response to JL
Randy Alexander
- "Shoot beaver"?
David Bowie
- RE "Shoot beaver"?
Michael Quinion
- Response to JL
Eric Nielsen
- RE "Shoot beaver"?
Ben Zimmer
- Response to JL
Jonathan Lighter
- Response to JL
Steve Kl.
- sauce (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Response to JL
Dave Wilton
- Response to JL
Ann Burlingham
- Query: Slang "Awesome sauce!"
Garson O'Toole
- sauce (UNCLASSIFIED)
Jonathan Lighter
- Special Sauce
Eric Nielsen
- Special Sauce
Lisa Galvin
- sauce (UNCLASSIFIED)
Victor Steinbok
- drug
Victor Steinbok
- Special Sauce
Eric Nielsen
- chip on the shoulder
Victor Steinbok
- "drug" and irregulation
Joel S. Berson
- chip on the shoulder
Joel S. Berson
- "drug" and irregulation
Laurence Horn
- Special Sauce
Laurence Horn
- Return of the Big Kahuna(s)
Laurence Horn
- "drug" and irregulation
Joel S. Berson
- "drug" and irregulation
Leslie Decker
- "drug" and irregulation
Leslie Decker
- "drug" and irregulation
Arnold Zwicky
- "drug" and irregulation
Neal Whitman
- "drug" and irregulation
Joel S. Berson
- "drug" and irregulation
Wilson Gray
- violence = 'personal or social domination of any kind'
Jonathan Lighter
- "drug" and irregulation
Neal Whitman
- violence = 'personal or social domination of any kind'
Joel S. Berson
- violence = 'personal or social domination of any kind'
Jonathan Lighter
- "drug" and irregulation
Victor Steinbok
- violence = 'personal or social domination of any kind'
Victor Steinbok
- violence = 'personal or social domination of any kind'
Wilson Gray
- violence = 'personal or social domination of any kind'
Jonathan Lighter
- violence = 'personal or social domination of any kind'
Jonathan Lighter
- violence = 'personal or social domination of any kind'
Ben Zimmer
- Return of the Big Kahuna(s)
Ben Zimmer
- violence = 'personal or social domination of any kind'
Jonathan Lighter
- I can't believe this isn't already in the eggcorn database (mole hair)
Alice Faber
- I can't believe this isn't already in the eggcorn database (mole hair)
Wilson Gray
- violence = 'personal or social domination of any kind'
Wilson Gray
- violence = 'personal or social domination of any kind'
Bill Palmer
- violence = 'personal or social domination of any kind'
Joel S. Berson
- violence = 'personal or social domination of any kind'
Victor Steinbok
- violence = 'personal or social domination of any kind'
Victor Steinbok
- "... they're time as come and gone long ago." [NT]
Wilson Gray
- violence = 'personal or social domination of any kind'
Jonathan Lighter
- come full circle = 'to fulfil one's potential; attain distinction'
Jonathan Lighter
- deconstruct = 'undermine or discredit (an artistic work), as by parody, locating in an antithetical context, etc.'
Jonathan Lighter
- optical = '(of persons or works) sensitive or attentive to the artistic possibilities of scenes and images'
Jonathan Lighter
- violence = 'personal or social domination of any kind'
Wilson Gray
- deconstruct = 'undermine or discredit (an artistic work), as by parody, locating in an antithetical context, etc.'
Joel S. Berson
- Such pronunciations as "Eye-rack"
Charles C Doyle
- Aw, naw he di?n'!
Wilson Gray
- Such pronunciations as "Eye-rack" (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Wick-ed
Michael Sheehan
- Such pronunciations as "Eye-rack" (UNCLASSIFIED)
Jonathan Lighter
- Aw, naw he di?n'!
Victor Steinbok
- Wick-ed
Laurence Horn
- violence = 'personal or social domination of any kind' (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Hubba-hubba [Was: Aw, naw he di?n'!]
Victor Steinbok
- Hubba-hubba [Was: Aw, naw he di?n'!]
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- Hubba-hubba [Was: Aw, naw he di?n'!]
Victor Steinbok
- Hubba-hubba [Was: Aw, naw he di?n'!]
Jonathan Lighter
- Hubba-hubba [Was: Aw, naw he di?n'!]
Jonathan Lighter
- It's Official: NOAD Demeans Self for PR Gold
Jonathan Lighter
- It's Official: NOAD Demeans Self for PR Gold
Victor Steinbok
- Bad Girls Ride Again PLUS hooyay; cragly
Jonathan Lighter
- Quote: Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts
Victor Steinbok
- Hubba-hubba [Was: Aw, naw he di?n'!]
Wilson Gray
- Bad Girls Ride Again PLUS hooyay; cragly
Wilson Gray
- new rude word
Eoin C. Bairéad
- Hubba-hubba [Was: Aw, naw he di?n'!]
Jonathan Lighter
- Bad Girls Ride Again PLUS hooyay; cragly
Jonathan Lighter
- new rude word
Jonathan Lighter
- belly and body shots
Joel S. Berson
- It's Official: NOAD Demeans Self for PR Gold (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- It's Official: NOAD Demeans Self for PR Gold
Alison Murie
- It's Official: NOAD Demeans Self for PR Gold
Ronald Butters
- It's Official: NOAD Demeans Self for PR Gold (UNCLASSIFIED)
Ronald Butters
- It's Official: NOAD Demeans Self for PR Gold
David A. Daniel
- NOAD Demeans Self for PR Gold--like ADS?
Ronald Butters
- It's Official: NOAD Demeans Self for PR Gold (UNCLASSIFIED)
Jonathan Lighter
- NOAD criticism
David Barnhart
- belly and body shots
Leslie Decker
- belly and body shots
Ben Zimmer
- It's Official: NOAD Demeans Self for PR Gold (UNCLASSIFIED)
Joel S. Berson
- new rude word
Paul Johnston
- belly and body shots
Jonathan Lighter
- It's Official: NOAD Demeans Self for PR Gold (UNCLASSIFIED)
Ronald Butters
- belly and body shots
Joel S. Berson
- new rude word
Eoin C. Bairéad
- "canvas" = ? riot :-), 1768 -- not in OED
Joel S. Berson
- belly and body shots
Ben Zimmer
- chatter
Paul Frank
- chatter
Ben Zimmer
- chatter
Steve Kl.
- "I'm not a doctor but I play one on TV"
Jonathan Lighter
- "I'm not a doctor but I play one on TV"
Arnold Zwicky
- new rude word
Laurence Horn
- an X to end all Xes
Jonathan Lighter
- DARE on Twitter
Joan H. Hall
- Quote: Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts
Garson O'Toole
- It's Official: NOAD Demeans Self for PR Gold
victor steinbok
- It's Official: NOAD Demeans Self for PR Gold (UNCLASSIFIED)
victor steinbok
- It's Official: NOAD Demeans Self for PR Gold (UNCLASSIFIED)
Laurence Horn
- It's Official: NOAD Demeans Self for PR Gold (UNCLASSIFIED)
victor steinbok
- an X to end all Xes
Wilson Gray
- belly and body shots
Wilson Gray
- Hubba-hubba [Was: Aw, naw he di?n'!]
Wilson Gray
- 'turning of age'
Lynne Murphy
- Hubba-hubba [Was: Aw, naw he di?n'!]
Jonathan Lighter
- ProQuest Trials
Shapiro, Fred
- NOAD criticism
Tom Zurinskas
- "Don't retreat! Reload!"
Jonathan Lighter
- "I'm not a doctor but I play one on TV"
Garson O'Toole
- Auctioneering speech (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- "I'm not a doctor but I play one on TV"
Jonathan Lighter
- "I'm not a doctor but I play one on TV"
victor steinbok
- Reply strategy
Joel S. Berson
- "I'm not a doctor but I play one on TV" (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- "I'm not a doctor but I play one on TV"
George Thompson
- "I'm not a doctor but I play one on TV"
Joel S. Berson
- "I'm not a doctor but I play one on TV"
Laurence Horn
- "I'm not a doctor but I play one on TV"
Jonathan Lighter
- "I'm not a doctor but I play one on TV"
Laurence Horn
- "I'm not a doctor but I play one on TV"
Jonathan Lighter
- "I'm not a doctor but I play one on TV"
Tom Zurinskas
- Mad magazine collection searchability
Garson O'Toole
- Mad magazine collection searchability
Dave Wilton
- words of the year
Albert E. Krahn
- upcoming snowclone alert
James Harbeck
- upcoming snowclone alert
David Bowie
- Hubba-hubba [Was: Aw, naw he di?n'!]
Wilson Gray
- chatter
Wilson Gray
- WAITING
David Barnhart
- dramarama
Paul Frank
- "track record"
Charles C Doyle
- "track record"
Jonathan Lighter
- dramarama
Arnold Zwicky
- "track record"
Charles C Doyle
- "track record"
Charles C Doyle
- dramarama
Ben Zimmer
- Track(ed) record
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- dramarama
Jonathan Lighter
- Mad magazine collection searchability (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- "I'm not a doctor but I play one on TV" (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Mad magazine collection searchability (UNCLASSIFIED)
Jesse Sheidlower
- Hubba-hubba [Was: Aw, naw he di?n'!] (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Hubba-hubba [Was: Aw, naw he di?n'!] (UNCLASSIFIED)
Jonathan Lighter
- "I'm not a doctor but I play one on TV" (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- "track record"
Laurence Horn
- upcoming snowclone alert
Arnold Zwicky
- "I'm not a doctor but I play one on TV"
Jonathan Lighter
- "track record"
Ben Zimmer
- "track record" (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Mad magazine collection searchability
Michael Quinion
- Track(ed) record
Paul Frank
- "track record"
George Thompson
- "Gossip and the news are the same, anymore."
Wilson Gray
- "track record"
Laurence Horn
- "slip tier"
George Thompson
- "slip tier"
George Thompson
- "track record"
Laurence Horn
- "track record"
Wilson Gray
- "Gossip and the news are the same, anymore."
Herb Stahlke
- "Where is the wisdom?"
Mark Mandel
- "Fleed" vs. "fleed"
Wilson Gray
- "track record"
Joel S. Berson
- "track record"
Arnold Zwicky
- "track record"
Arnold Zwicky
- upcoming snowclone alert
James Harbeck
- OK
Arnold Zwicky
- upcoming snowclone alert
James Harbeck
- upcoming snowclone alert
Arnold Zwicky
- upcoming snowclone alert
Arnold Zwicky
- "track record"
Victor Steinbok
- OK
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- OK
Laurence Horn
- "track record"
Victor Steinbok
- "track record"
Victor Steinbok
- OK
Jonathan Lighter
- "track record"
Dan Goncharoff
- "track record"
Jonathan Lighter
- "Where is the wisdom?"
Ronald Butters
- Track(ed) record
Ronald Butters
- Track(ed) record
Paul Frank
- "track record"
George Thompson
- Track(ed) record
Ronald Butters
- underwears
Jonathan Lighter
- "track record" by feet
Joel S. Berson
- "track record" by feet
Victor Steinbok
- bullpup (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- baby daddy
Victor Steinbok
- Full text databases (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- OK
aallan at AOL.COM
- baby daddy
Ben Zimmer
- Antedating of "Tarheel" Meaning North Carolinian
Bonnie Taylor-Blake
- Most Notable Quotations of 2010
Shapiro, Fred
- baby daddy
Laurence Horn
- Most Notable Quotations of 2010
Laurence Horn
- "baby daddy," etc.
Wilson Gray
- Singing in a dialect and "Authentic pronunciation" (UNCLASSIFIED)
Wilson Gray
- Singing in a dialect and "Authentic pronunciation" (UNCLASSIFIED)
Jonathan Lighter
- Most Notable Quotations of 2010
Jonathan Lighter
- "baby daddy," etc.
Ben Zimmer
- "baby daddy," "underwears," etc.
Ronald Butters
- "gang" = "company of slaves", 1739 (antedates 1790)
Joel S. Berson
- Most Notable Quotations of 2010
Jonathan Lighter
- Most Notable Quotations of 2010
Joel S. Berson
- bomb mot
Paul Frank
- Antedating of "POTUS"
Shapiro, Fred
- Lumpen Intellectual
James Dawson
- throwup, n.
Jonathan Lighter
- Lumpen Intellectual
Laurence Horn
- Antedating of "POTUS"
Sam Clements
- freegan
Victor Steinbok
- freegan
Laurence Horn
- Most Notable Quotations of 2010
Joel S. Berson
- officially = 'conclusively; definitively'
Jonathan Lighter
- officially = 'conclusively; definitively'
Baker, John
- throwup, n.
Alison Murie
- pizza place
Victor Steinbok
- freegan
Ben Zimmer
- HDAS on TV
Wilson Gray
- freegan
Victor Steinbok
- officially = 'conclusively; definitively'
Jonathan Lighter
- throwup, n.
Jonathan Lighter
- Most Notable Quotations of 2010 (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- FW: Rap Lyrics (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Most Notable Quotations of 2010 (UNCLASSIFIED)
Dan Goncharoff
- Antedating SCOTUS (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- freegan
Joel S. Berson
- antedating 30 (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Antedating SCOTUS (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Most Notable Quotations of 2010 (UNCLASSIFIED)
Laurence Horn
- Most Notable Quotations of 2010 (UNCLASSIFIED)
Dan Goncharoff
- Most Notable Quotations of 2010 (UNCLASSIFIED)
Shapiro, Fred
- Most Notable Quotations of 2010 (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Q: The "(Eastern) Argus" (Portland, Maine), for 1835
Joel S. Berson
- Most Notable Quotations of 2010 (UNCLASSIFIED)
Michael Newman
- FW: Rap Lyrics (UNCLASSIFIED)
Darla Wells
- Most Notable Quotations of 2010 (UNCLASSIFIED)
Shapiro, Fred
- FW: Rap Lyrics (UNCLASSIFIED)
Ben Zimmer
- FW: Rap Lyrics (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Most Notable Quotations of 2010 (UNCLASSIFIED)
Victor Steinbok
- Most Notable Quotations of 2010 (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- church and state
Joel S. Berson
- A Christian nation
Joel S. Berson
- Most Notable Quotations of 2010 (UNCLASSIFIED)
David A. Daniel
- church and state (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Q: The "(Eastern) Argus" (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- church and state (UNCLASSIFIED)
David A. Daniel
- Most Notable Quotations of 2010 (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Most Notable Quotations of 2010 (UNCLASSIFIED)
Dan Goncharoff
- church and state
Joel S. Berson
- church and state (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Most Notable Quotations of 2010 (UNCLASSIFIED)
David A. Daniel
- Most Notable Quotations of 2010 (UNCLASSIFIED)
Laurence Horn
- Most Notable Quotations of 2010 (UNCLASSIFIED)
Laurence Horn
- FW: Rap Lyrics (UNCLASSIFIED)
Darla Wells
- church and state (UNCLASSIFIED)
David A. Daniel
- Bill Mullins & This Thread I Started
Shapiro, Fred
- Q: The "(Eastern) Argus"
Joel S. Berson
- church and state (UNCLASSIFIED)
Victor Steinbok
- Most Notable Quotations of 2010 (UNCLASSIFIED)
Victor Steinbok
- Most Notable Quotations of 2010 (UNCLASSIFIED)
Victor Steinbok
- FW: Rap Lyrics (UNCLASSIFIED)
Wilson Gray
- Most Notable Quotations of 2010 (UNCLASSIFIED)
Jonathan Lighter
- Heard on the judges
Herb Stahlke
- teabagger redux (was Re: Most Notable Quotations of 2010 (UNCLASSIFIED))
Ben Zimmer
- Heard on the judges
David A. Daniel
- Most Notable Quotations of 2010
Tom Zurinskas
- Heard on the judges
Wilson Gray
- Most Notable Quotations of 2010 (UNCLASSIFIED)
Victor Steinbok
- Most Notable Quotations of 2010
Geoffrey Nunberg
- Most Notable Quotations of 2010
Wilson Gray
- [my] junk
Victor Steinbok
- TSA words
Paul Frank
- [my] junk
Ben Zimmer
- Most Notable Quotations of 2010
geoffrey nunberg
- Most Notable Quotations of 2010
Paul Frank
- Most Notable Quotations of 2010
Shapiro, Fred
- Most Notable Quotations of 2010
Paul Frank
- narrative
Jonathan Lighter
- Most Notable Quotations of 2010
Ronald Butters
- Most Notable Quotations of 2010
Ronald Butters
- [my] junk
Chris Waigl
- TSA words
Chris Waigl
- Most Notable Quotations of 2010
geoffrey nunberg
- [my] junk
Ronald Butters
- [my] junk
Ben Zimmer
- Most Notable Quotations of 2010
Ronald Butters
- Most Notable Quotations of 2010
Baker, John
- another good political coinage
Victor Steinbok
- Players
Geoffrey S. Nathan
- Metro-syntactical: "runs through"
Joel S. Berson
- Metro-syntactical: "runs through"
Dan Goncharoff
- "row back" -- eggcorn?
Joel S. Berson
- Metro-syntactical: "runs through"
Joel S. Berson
- "row back" -- eggcorn?
Dan Goncharoff
- "row back" -- eggcorn?
Gerald Cohen
- "row back" -- eggcorn?
Victor Steinbok
- Metro-syntactical: "runs through"
Victor Steinbok
- eco asceticism
Paul Frank
- kill fee
Paul Frank
- griffin 2 (new arrival) antedated (?) to 1791
Stephen Goranson
- Metro-syntactical: "runs through"
Joel S. Berson
- griffin 2 (new arrival) antedated (?) to 1791
Stephen Goranson
- what and what not
Victor Steinbok
- Metcalf's _OK_
Arnold Zwicky
- what and what not
Neal Whitman
- what and what not
Laurence Horn
- what and what not
Victor Steinbok
- Can one ever overcome a bad reputation?
Joel S. Berson
- what and what not
Wilson Gray
- Can one ever overcome a bad reputation?
Paul Frank
- up-sum
Paul Frank
- Can one ever overcome a bad reputation?
Joel S. Berson
- Squinkies
Tom Zurinskas
- griffin 4 (betting tip, signal) antedated to 1866
Stephen Goranson
- Metcalf's _OK_
Randy Alexander
- procrastubatory
Paul Frank
- procrastubatory
Arnold Zwicky
- I forgot ...
David Barnhart
- I forgot ...
David Barnhart
- Call for Nominations for Names of the Year
Cleve Evans
- habilitation
Paul Frank
- "Word of the year losing its meaning" (Mark Abley)
Ben Zimmer
- habilitation
Joel S. Berson
- habilitation
Laurence Horn
- New Spelling System in Spanish
Federico Escobar
- The "peculiar institution", from 1828 through 1847
Joel S. Berson
- DOTI (downgrading of text initialisms)
Benjamin Barrett
- "What is old is new, again."
Wilson Gray
- Call for Nominations for Names of the Year
Tom Zurinskas
- "What is old is new, again."
Benjamin Barrett
- DOTI (downgrading of text initialisms)
Victor Steinbok
- not a new word, but...
Laurence Horn
- not a new word, but...
Victor Steinbok
- to contracept
Paul Frank
- to contracept
Laurence Horn
- to contracept
Arnold Zwicky
- to contracept
Laurence Horn
- to contracept
David Barnhart
- contracepted
David Barnhart
- contraceive
David Barnhart
- to contracept
Randy Alexander
- to contracept
Paul Frank
- DOTI (downgrading of text initialisms)
Benjamin Barrett
- not a new word, but...
Ronald Butters
- DOTI (downgrading of text initialisms)
Victor Steinbok
- DOTI (downgrading of text initialisms)
Wilson Gray
- DOTI (downgrading of text initialisms)
Benjamin Barrett
- DOTI (downgrading of text initialisms)
Benjamin Barrett
- DOTI (downgrading of text initialisms)
Laurence Horn
- _Hussif_: this meaning may not be in the OED
Wilson Gray
- DOTI (downgrading of text initialisms)
Garson O'Toole
- not a new word, but...
Dan Goncharoff
- DOTI (downgrading of text initialisms)
Ronald Butters
- cables
Paul Frank
- cables
Dave Wilton
- cables
Paul Frank
- cables
Paul Frank
- DOTI (downgrading of text initialisms)
James Smith
- Junk terms (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Junk terms (UNCLASSIFIED)
Jesse Sheidlower
- Junk terms (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- DOTI (downgrading of text initialisms)
Joel S. Berson
- Junk terms (UNCLASSIFIED)
Garson O'Toole
- _Hussif_: this meaning may not be in the OED
Joel S. Berson
- Junk terms (UNCLASSIFIED)
Ben Zimmer
- McGuffin
Joel S. Berson
- screwgie
Paul Frank
- Junk terms (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- the big tsimmis
Victor Steinbok
- DOTI (downgrading of text initialisms)
Ronald Butters
- the big tsimmis
Laurence Horn
- screwgie
Laurence Horn
- cables
Ronald Butters
- "given name"
Charles C Doyle
- "given name"
Benjamin Barrett
- infamous = 'talked-about; popular'
Jonathan Lighter
- document = 'to designate through legal or other official procedure; name officially'
Jonathan Lighter
- the big tsimmis
victor steinbok
- dog and pony show (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- document = 'to designate through legal or other official procedure; name officially'
victor steinbok
- the big tsimmis
Joel S. Berson
- DOTI (downgrading of text initialisms)
Joel S. Berson
- "given name"
Joel S. Berson
- infamous = 'talked-about; popular'
Joel S. Berson
- "given name"
Dan Goncharoff
- document = 'to designate through legal or other official procedure; name officially'
Dan Goncharoff
- document = 'to designate through legal or other official procedure; name officially'
victor steinbok
- Fwd: Bartism and Lisanity
Joel S. Berson
- Partially Off Topic: Legal Status of Excerpts in Dictionaries and Quotation Books
Garson O'Toole
- Partially Off Topic: Legal Status of Excerpts in Dictionaries and Quotation Books
Baker, John
- Partially Off Topic: Legal Status of Excerpts in Dictionaries and Quotation Books
Garson O'Toole
- cables
David Bowie
- dog and pony show (UNCLASSIFIED)
Michael Quinion
- "given name"
Margaret Lee
- new online OED interface
Paul Frank
- shoot blanks
Paul Frank
- "as close as lips to teeth" (heard on NPR)
Barbara Need
- shoot blanks
Jesse Sheidlower
- "as close as lips to teeth" (heard on NPR)
Paul Frank
- shoot blanks
Paul Frank
- belly and body shots
Ben Zimmer
- belly and body shots
Victor Steinbok
- cables
Arnold Zwicky
- FW: [ADS-L] dog and pony show (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- The Telegraph and the OED
Ben Zimmer
- Mad magazine collection searchability (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Mad magazine collection searchability (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Mad magazine collection searchability (UNCLASSIFIED)
Paul Frank
- Jugendwort 2010: Niveaulimbo
Ben Zimmer
- cables
Dave Wilton
- fresh off the boat
Paul Frank
- FW: [ADS-L] dog and pony show (UNCLASSIFIED)
Garson O'Toole
- The Telegraph and the OED
Michael Quinion
- fresh off the boat
Jesse Sheidlower
- fresh off the boat
Paul Frank
- fresh off the boat
Michael Newman
- fresh off the boat
victor steinbok
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