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Starting: Fri Apr 1 00:12:07 UTC 2011
Ending: Sat Apr 30 23:49:53 UTC 2011
Messages: 814

• "Ching-chong"   Laurence Horn
• "Ching-chong"   Tom Zurinskas
• Oh, well   Wilson Gray
• "Ching-chong"   Wilson Gray
• Oh, well   Darla Wells
• "Ching-chong"   James Harbeck
• Oh, well   Garson O'Toole
• "Ching-chong"   Tom Zurinskas
• The antecedent of "Hell is where the English are the chefs"?   Dan Goncharoff
• "ching-chong"   James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at netscape.com>
• "Ching-chong"   Victor Steinbok
• Oh, well   Wilson Gray
• open vs. open   James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at netscape.com>
• noodleback   Jonathan Lighter
• "... stood _at_ like the _preverbal_ sore thumb ..." [NT]   Wilson Gray
• noodleback   Victor Steinbok
• noodleback   Garson O'Toole
• noodleback   Jonathan Lighter
• noodleback   paul johnson
• noodleback   Laurence Horn
• noodleback   Arnold Zwicky
• noodleback   Dennis Baron
• noodleback   Joel S. Berson
• noodleback   Victor Steinbok
• noodleback   Laurence Horn
• SNL's Kenan Thompson...   Wilson Gray
• bouquet and bosquet antedating 1706   victor steinbok
• bouquet and bosquet antedating 1706   Wilson Gray
• "You are what you speak"   Laurence Horn
• "You are what you speak"   Ben Zimmer
• And more from the NYTBR   Laurence Horn
• And more from the NYTBR   Laurence Horn
• sad news   ronbutters at AOL.COM
• anymore   Gordon, Matthew J.
• anymore   Laurence Horn
• anymore   Neal Whitman
• anymore   Wilson Gray
• anymore   Gordon, Matthew J.
• anymore   Laurence Horn
• anymore   Wilson Gray
• "You are what you speak"   Laurence Horn
• oops, sorry about that   Laurence Horn
• anymore   Damien Hall
• anymore   Dan Goncharoff
• "... a wry _smurk_ came over his face ..."   Wilson Gray
• "... a wry _smurk_ came over his face ..."   Joel S. Berson
• "Five features that the iPod Nano needs _over_ a camera"   Wilson Gray
• fellow   Victor Steinbok
• "Five features that the iPod Nano needs _over_ a camera"   victor steinbok
• "... a wry _smurk_ came over his face ..."   Victor Steinbok
• "... a wry _smurk_ came over his face ..."   Wilson Gray
• "Five features that the iPod Nano needs _over_ a camera"   Wilson Gray
• "Five features that the iPod Nano needs _over_ a camera"   Dan Goncharoff
• fellow   Dan Goncharoff
• fellow   victor steinbok
• fellow   Joel S. Berson
• "... a wry _smurk_ came over his face ..."   Joel S. Berson
• anymore   Damien Hall
• Q: "dame" in U.S. slang --1862, antedating 1902?   Joel S. Berson
• "fellow" = "A black man"; also "secesh' noun & adj. 1862; and "nub" 1728   Joel S. Berson
• "fellow" = "A black man"; also "secesh' noun & adj. 1862; and "nub" 1728   Dan Goncharoff
• "fellow" = "A black man"; also "secesh' noun & adj. 1862; and "nub" 1728   Wilson Gray
• "fellow" = "A black man"; also "secesh' noun & adj. 1862; and "nub" 1728   victor steinbok
• "... a wry _smurk_ came over his face ..."   Wilson Gray
• "... a wry _smurk_ came over his face ..."   victor steinbok
• "fellow" = "A black man"; also "secesh' noun & adj. 1862; and "nub" 1728   Wilson Gray
• sad news   Ben Zimmer
• "fellow" = "A black man"; also "secesh' noun & adj. 1862; and "nub" 1728   Dan Goncharoff
• "fellow" = "A black man" in the U.S. -- the statistics   Joel S. Berson
• "fellow" = "A black man"; also "secesh' noun & adj. 1862; and "nub" 1728   Wilson Gray
• "fellow" = "A black man"; also "secesh' noun & adj. 1862; and "nub" 1728   Laurence Horn
• "fellow" = "A black man"; also "secesh' noun & adj. 1862; and "nub" 1728   Herb Stahlke
• caviar   victor steinbok
• ketchup   victor steinbok
• "fellow" = "A black man"; also "secesh' noun & adj. 1862; and "nub"   James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at netscape.com>
• "fellow" = "A black man"; also "secesh' noun & adj. 1862; and "nub" 1728 (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
• parochial school (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
• parochial school (UNCLASSIFIED)   Charles C Doyle
• parochial school (UNCLASSIFIED)   paul johnson
• parochial school (UNCLASSIFIED)   Dan Goncharoff
• parochial school (UNCLASSIFIED)   victor steinbok
• parochial school (UNCLASSIFIED)   victor steinbok
• parochial school (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
• parochial school (UNCLASSIFIED)   Joel S. Berson
• parochial school   Joel S. Berson
• parochial school (UNCLASSIFIED)   Dan Goncharoff
• Google book settlement -- DENIED   Ken Hirsch
• "fellow" = "A black man"   Joel S. Berson
• "fellow" = "A black man"   Dan Goncharoff
• Legal exams posted (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
• Google book settlement -- DENIED   Wilson Gray
• Accent/dialect inquiry from National Geographic   Salikoko Mufwene
• parochial school (UNCLASSIFIED)   Wilson Gray
• caviar   Wilson Gray
• Google book settlement -- DENIED   Ken Hirsch
• Google book settlement -- DENIED   Dan Goncharoff
• Google book settlement -- DENIED   Wilson Gray
• sad news   Jonathan Lighter
• Q: "dame" in U.S. slang --1862, antedating 1902?   Jonathan Lighter
• parochial school   Jonathan Lighter
• "... a wry _smurk_ came over his face ..."   Jonathan Lighter
• "fellow" = "A black man"   Jonathan Lighter
• the police beat dilemma   Victor Steinbok
• "fellow" = "A black man"   Victor Steinbok
• negatives   Victor Steinbok
• the police beat dilemma   Ben Zimmer
• parochial school   Herb Stahlke
• the police beat dilemma   victor steinbok
• caviar   victor steinbok
• parochial school   Wilson Gray
• "... a wry _smurk_ came over his face ..."   Wilson Gray
• spear phishing   victor steinbok
• ice cream cake   victor steinbok
• parochial school (UNCLASSIFIED)   Lynne Murphy
• spear phishing   Garson O'Toole
• "... a wry _smurk_ came over his face ..."   Charles C Doyle
• "fellow" = "A black man"   Charles C Doyle
• Google book settlement -- DENIED   Garson O'Toole
• "fellow" = "A black man"   Jonathan Lighter
• parochial school   Laurence Horn
• "Comp Time" Not in Dictionaries   Shapiro, Fred
• parochial school   James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at netscape.com>
• parochial school   Herb Stahlke
• "fellow" = "A black man"   George Thompson
• "fellow" = "A black man"   Jonathan Lighter
• "O.K." in Green's Dictionary of Slang   Shapiro, Fred
• Google book settlement -- DENIED (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
• "fellow" = "A black man"   Joel S. Berson
• Q: "dame" in U.S. slang --1862, antedating 1902?   Joel S. Berson
• "fellow" = "A black man"   Joel S. Berson
• parochial school   Victor Steinbok
• "O.K." in Green's Dictionary of Slang   Jonathan Lighter
• "fellow" = "A black man"   Wilson Gray
• "fellow" = "A black man"   Jonathan Lighter
• "fellow" = "A black man"   Jonathan Lighter
• Q: "dame" in U.S. slang --1862, antedating 1902?   Jonathan Lighter
• "fellow" = "A black man"   Joel S. Berson
• parochial school   Laurence Horn
• parochial school   Victor Steinbok
• Bimbo bread!   Laurence Horn
• Bimbo bread!   Neal Whitman
• Heard on The Judges: _front NP off_   Wilson Gray
• Bimbo bread!   Victor Steinbok
• "fellow" = "A black man"   Wilson Gray
• "Close, but no cigar."   Wilson Gray
• plugs and opposites   victor steinbok
• "fellow" = "A black man"   Charles C Doyle
• "Close, but no cigar."   Jonathan Lighter
• Heard on The Judges: _front NP off_   Jonathan Lighter
• Close, but no cigar.   taylor-blake at nc.rr.com
• "fellow" = "A black man"   Jonathan Lighter
• Bimbo bread!   Charles C Doyle
• "Close, but no cigar."   Laurence Horn
• "Close, but no cigar."   Jonathan Lighter
• "Close, but no cigar."   Baker, John
• "Close, but no cigar."   Charles C Doyle
• "It is crispy and ridiculous!"   Neal Whitman
• "Close, but no cigar."   Jonathan Lighter
• "Close, but no cigar."   Laurence Horn
• "Close, but no cigar."   Stephen Goranson
• "It is crispy and ridiculous!"   Laurence Horn
• "It is crispy and ridiculous!"   Jonathan Lighter
• "It is crispy and ridiculous!"   Jonathan Lighter
• "It is crispy and ridiculous!"   Jonathan Lighter
• plugs and opposites   Joel S. Berson
• plugs and opposites   victor steinbok
• "Close, but no cigar."   Garson O'Toole
• "Close, but no cigar."   Jesse Sheidlower
• "It is crispy and ridiculous!"   Charles C Doyle
• "It is crispy and ridiculous!"   victor steinbok
• "Close, but no cigar."   Garson O'Toole
• "Close, but no cigar."   victor steinbok
• "It is crispy and ridiculous!"   Laurence Horn
• "Close, but no cigar."   Laurence Horn
• "Close, but no cigar."   victor steinbok
• "It is crispy and ridiculous!"   Garson O'Toole
• Bimbo bread!   Tom Zurinskas
• "Close, but no cigar."   Jonathan Lighter
• "fellow" = "A black man"   Wilson Gray
• "It is crispy and ridiculous!"   Jonathan Lighter
• "Close, but no cigar."   victor steinbok
• Republican People   victor steinbok
• "The N-Word of the Narcissus." By Joseph Conrad   Wilson Gray
• bogus Aeschylus quote?   Jonathan Lighter
• "The N-Word of the Narcissus." By Joseph Conrad   Jonathan Lighter
• "The N-Word of the Narcissus." By Joseph Conrad   Baker, John
• "The N-Word of the Narcissus." By Joseph Conrad   Wilson Gray
• bogus Aeschylus quote?   Wilson Gray
• "The N-Word of the Narcissus." By Joseph Conrad   Jonathan Lighter
• "The N-Word of the Narcissus." By Joseph Conrad   Jocelyn Limpert
• "The N-Word of the Narcissus." By Joseph Conrad   Jonathan Lighter
• bogus Aeschylus quote?   Jonathan Lighter
• bogus Aeschylus quote?   Laurence Horn
• "The N-Word of the Narcissus." By Joseph Conrad   victor steinbok
• bogus Aeschylus quote?   Laurence Horn
• bogus Aeschylus quote?   Jonathan Lighter
• "The N-Word of the Narcissus." By Joseph Conrad   Jonathan Lighter
• Heard on The Judges: _front NP off_   Wilson Gray
• Short takes: Marasca, Maraschino, meringue, genoise   victor steinbok
• Stanford University   Robert Hartwell Fiske
• Radio reporter says, "You're welcome."   Neal Whitman
• Radio reporter says, "You're welcome." (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
• Shakespeare as inventor of new words   Charles C Doyle
• Shakespeare as inventor of new words   Shapiro, Fred
• "drugstore" 1771, 1772; antedates 1810 --   Joel S. Berson
• "fellow" = "A black man" (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
• mara[s]chino, Chianti (antedating), manna -- 1783   Joel S. Berson
• Genoise -- 1838   Joel S. Berson
• Radio reporter says, "You're welcome."   Joel S. Berson
• Radio reporter says, "You're welcome." (UNCLASSIFIED)   Jonathan Lighter
• Shakespeare as inventor of new words   Jonathan Lighter
• Shakespeare as inventor of new words   Garson O'Toole
• Genoise -- 1838   victor steinbok
• "O.K." in Green's Dictionary of Slang   Jonathan Lighter
• Genoise -- 1838   Wilson Gray
• Genoise -- 1838   Victor Steinbok
• Virgil and context   Victor Steinbok
• Genoise -- 1838   Joel S. Berson
• Genoises -- 1845   Joel S. Berson
• Genoise -- 1838   Victor Steinbok
• "O.K." in Green's Dictionary of Slang   Victor Steinbok
• Shakespeare as inventor of new words   Joel S. Berson
• bogus Aeschylus quote?   Garson O'Toole
• Virgil and context   Jonathan Lighter
• bogus Aeschylus quote?   Jonathan Lighter
• "O.K." in Green's Dictionary of Slang   Jonathan Lighter
• plugs and opposites   Wilson Gray
• plugs and opposites   victor steinbok
• trolls   victor steinbok
• South African lingo from CNN   Jonathan Lighter
• Virgil and context   ronbutters at AOL.COM
• plugs and opposites   Charles C Doyle
• watermelon thumping   Joel S. Berson
• Shakespeare's "new" words   ronbutters at AOL.COM
• "Schrodinger's Cat" not in OED   Shapiro, Fred
• Virgil and context   Garson O'Toole
• "Schrodinger's Cat" not in OED   victor steinbok
• "Schrodinger's Cat" not in OED   Laurence Horn
• "Schrodinger's Cat" not in OED   victor steinbok
• plugs and opposites   victor steinbok
• "Schrodinger's Cat" not in OED   Laurence Horn
• "Schrodinger's Cat" not in OED   Wilson Gray
• _Reboot_: a semantic extension thereof   Wilson Gray
• watermelon thumping   Wilson Gray
• Virgil and context   Dan Goncharoff
• _Reboot_: a semantic extension thereof   Garson O'Toole
• _Reboot_: a semantic extension thereof   Neal Whitman
• _Reboot_: a semantic extension thereof   Wilson Gray
• watermelon thumping   victor steinbok
• Einsteins   Joel S. Berson
• plugs and opposites   Wilson Gray
• watermelon thumping   Joel S. Berson
• watermelon thumping   Wilson Gray
• Einsteins   Wilson Gray
• watermelon thumping   victor steinbok
• not quite crash blossom   victor steinbok
• _Reboot_: a semantic extension thereof   Dave Wilton
• Disingenuine   Neal Whitman
• plugs and opposites   Dave Hause
• the jig is up   victor steinbok
• "Tell me something good!"   Wilson Gray
• "Tell me something good!"   Charles C Doyle
• the jig is up   Charles C Doyle
• the jig is up   victor steinbok
• play pepper   victor steinbok
• "Tell me something good!"   Wilson Gray
• the jig is up   Neal Whitman
• play pepper   Dan Goncharoff
• Bob Dylan   James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at netscape.com>
• Disingenuine   Garson O'Toole
• play pepper   Joel S. Berson
• play pepper   Joel S. Berson
• Disingenuine   Arnold Zwicky
• play pepper   victor steinbok
• ADS call for proposals: Portland 2012   aallan at AOL.COM
• "pepper game"; "play[ed] pepper"   Joel S. Berson
• play pepper   Laurence Horn
• rat prices   George Thompson
• rat prices; rat office; rat it; rat off (again 1850)   Joel S. Berson
• play pepper   Jerome Foster
• "pepper game"; "play[ed] pepper"   Garson O'Toole
• "pepper game"; "play[ed] pepper"   Victor Steinbok
• play pepper   Garson O'Toole
• play pepper   Victor Steinbok
• LOL (1989)   Garson O'Toole
• LOL (1989)   victor steinbok
• LOL (1989)   victor steinbok
• "baseball" in 1827   Joel S. Berson
• play pepper   Joel S. Berson
• "pepper game"; "play[ed] pepper"   George Thompson
• "pepper game"; "play[ed] pepper"   victor steinbok
• A good save in 1746?   Joel S. Berson
• "upcycling", but not "up cycling"   Joel S. Berson
• "Tell me something good!"   Jonathan Lighter
• the jig is up   Jonathan Lighter
• Coming in November 2011 from Simon & Schuster   Robert Hartwell Fiske
• new words to me; "impactful" "God wars"   Tom Zurinskas
• "Tell me something good!"   Tom Zurinskas
• the jig is up   victor steinbok
• _That's Fat, Jack_   Wilson Gray
• the jig is up   Jonathan Lighter
• the jig is up   Jonathan Lighter
• Virgil and context   Jonathan Lighter
• "1823" OK   Jonathan Lighter
• the jig is up   Laurence Horn
• "Tell me something good!"   Wilson Gray
• the jig is up   victor steinbok
• "Tell me something good!"   victor steinbok
• brown-bagging   victor steinbok
• Coming in November 2011 from Simon & Schuster   William Palmer
• "Tell me something good!"   Jonathan Lighter
• brown-bagging   William Palmer
• brown-bagging   Laurence Horn
• the jig is up   Jonathan Lighter
• the jig is up   victor steinbok
• brown-bagging   Jonathan Lighter
• "Tell me something good!"   Tom Zurinskas
• brown-bagging   Tom Zurinskas
• Aeschylus, G.B. Shaw at it again   Jonathan Lighter
• the jig is up   Douglas G. Wilson
• Aeschylus, G.B. Shaw at it again   Garson O'Toole
• Aeschylus, G.B. Shaw at it again   victor steinbok
• Aeschylus, G.B. Shaw at it again   victor steinbok
• Aeschylus, G.B. Shaw at it again   victor steinbok
• Aeschylus, G.B. Shaw at it again   victor steinbok
• Aeschylus, G.B. Shaw at it again   Shapiro, Fred
• Aeschylus, G.B. Shaw at it again   Jonathan Lighter
• Aeschylus, G.B. Shaw at it again   victor steinbok
• Aeschylus, G.B. Shaw at it again   Jonathan Lighter
• grill   victor steinbok
• ravish = 'to ravage'   Jonathan Lighter
• ravish = 'to ravage'   Charles C Doyle
• Football   victor steinbok
• know-nothing and no-nothing   Garson O'Toole
• Random find   victor steinbok
• grill   victor steinbok
• know-nothing and no-nothing   Jonathan Lighter
• ravish = 'to ravage'   Jonathan Lighter
• ravish = 'to ravage'   victor steinbok
• ass-dial   victor steinbok
• ass-dial   victor steinbok
• ravish = 'to ravage'   Garson O'Toole
• ravish = 'to ravage'   Charles C Doyle
• FYI   victor steinbok
• assorted comments   James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at netscape.com>
• assorted comments   William Palmer
• Q re "lynching"   Joel S. Berson
• Aeschylus, G.B. Shaw at it again   Shapiro, Fred
• play pepper   victor steinbok
• LANSI Call for Paper (Deadline in One Month)   Rebekah Johnson
• Q re "lynching"   Wilson Gray
• Random find   Wilson Gray
• Random find   victor steinbok
• Random find   victor steinbok
• Random find   Wilson Gray
• "Tell me something good!"   Wilson Gray
• Football   Wilson Gray
• bad rap   victor steinbok
• Antedating of American "Football"   Shapiro, Fred
• new given name; more on "diva"   Jonathan Lighter
• Random find   Ben Zimmer
• Random find   Jonathan Lighter
• Subject: ravish = 'to ravage'   Mailbox
• Antedating of American "Football"   Joel S. Berson
• Subject: ravish = 'to ravage'   Jonathan Lighter
• heterostereotype; autostereotype   Jonathan Lighter
• heterostereotype; autostereotype   Dan Goncharoff
• antedating "empathy"   Jonathan Lighter
• Whet the hell is this?, pts. I & II   George Thompson
• Antedating of American "Football"   George Thompson
• Whet the hell is this?, pts. I & II   victor steinbok
• very minor note on "lady"   Jonathan Lighter
• Whet the hell is this?, pts. I & II   Jonathan Lighter
• very minor note on "lady"   victor steinbok
• Whet the hell is this?, pts. I & II   George Thompson
• Whet the hell is this?, pts. I & II   George Thompson
• very minor note on "lady"   Jonathan Lighter
• "rerun of a bad movie"   Jonathan Lighter
• Whet the hell is this?, pts. I & II   victor steinbok
• "rerun of a bad movie"   victor steinbok
• "rerun of a bad movie"   victor steinbok
• Antedating of American "Football"   William Palmer
• Antedating of American "Football"   Laurence Horn
• first impression   victor steinbok
• "rerun of a bad movie"   Garson O'Toole
• "a schlemiel of" meaning 'a lot of'   Barbara Need
• "a schlemiel of" meaning 'a lot of'   Mark Mandel
• fact = proposition, nonfact   Jonathan Lighter
• "a schlemiel of" meaning 'a lot of'   Jonathan Lighter
• "a schlemiel of" meaning 'a lot of'   Dan Goncharoff
• to parentify   Jonathan Lighter
• another unlisted proverb   Jonathan Lighter
• survivor guilt   Jonathan Lighter
• "rerun of a bad movie"   Jonathan Lighter
• "moon-curser" 1807, antedates 1812; "mooncusser", not in OED3   Joel S. Berson
• "cuss", noun, 1771, and not U.S.; antedates 1848   Joel S. Berson
• to parentify   Joel S. Berson
• very minor note on "lady"   victor steinbok
• moonraker   Joel S. Berson
• Antedating of American "Football"   Joel S. Berson
• "soursop" = "sourpuss, killjoy", not in OED   Joel S. Berson
• very minor note on "lady"   Jonathan Lighter
• very minor note on "lady"   Jonathan Lighter
• very minor note on "lady"   Jonathan Lighter
• it-getter   Jonathan Lighter
• more Millionaire Matchmaker novelties   Jonathan Lighter
• it-getter   Ben Zimmer
• Who knew?! ;-)   Wilson Gray
• more Millionaire Matchmaker novelties   Wilson Gray
• more Millionaire Matchmaker novelties   Dan Goncharoff
• bad rap   Wilson Gray
• bad rap   Wilson Gray
• very minor note on "lady"   Wilson Gray
• very minor note on "lady"   victor steinbok
• bad rap   victor steinbok
• Genoise -- 1834   victor steinbok
• more Millionaire Matchmaker novelties   Jonathan Lighter
• Who knew?! ;-)   Jonathan Lighter
• to parentify   Tom Zurinskas
• spoof of royal wedding "goes viral"   Tom Zurinskas
• play pepper   Dan Goncharoff
• very minor note on "lady"   Jonathan Lighter
• false-flag operation   Jonathan Lighter
• false-flag operation   Garson O'Toole
• false-flag operation   Jonathan Lighter
• Dorothy Parker profile in Hearst's International-Cosmopolitan (1933 August)   Garson O'Toole
• Who knew?! ;-)   Wilson Gray
• legal mouth-flapping: circumstantial evidence, smoking gun, active house   victor steinbok
• Who knew?! ;-)   Jonathan Lighter
• very minor note on "lady"   Joel S. Berson
• "Repugnican" = repugnant Republican   Tom Zurinskas
• "Repugnican" = repugnant Republican   Garson O'Toole
• "Repugnican" = repugnant Republican   victor steinbok
• Viral marketing, going viral - Dawkins and Hofstadter   Garson O'Toole
• postdating of "heroicism"   Jonathan Lighter
• ancestor   Jonathan Lighter
• Viral marketing, going viral - Dawkins and Hofstadter   Jonathan Lighter
• "Repugnican" = repugnant Republican   Tom Zurinskas
• Viral marketing, going viral - Dawkins and Hofstadter   victor steinbok
• Viral marketing, going viral - Dawkins and Hofstadter   Jonathan Lighter
• "suppress agent" -- WOTY? Or for 1923?   Joel S. Berson
• very minor note on "lady"   George Thompson
• kurwa/color(ed) revolution   victor steinbok
• very minor note on "lady"   Jonathan Lighter
• Who knew?! ;-)   Wilson Gray
• play pepper   George Thompson
• "The charity works with soldiers' families that were killed in combat." [NT]   Wilson Gray
• Who knew?! ;-)   Jonathan Lighter
• Downsizing the N-pound gorilla   Wilson Gray
• Who knew?! ;-)   Wilson Gray
• Downsizing the N-pound gorilla   Dan Goncharoff
• Downsizing the N-pound gorilla   Jonathan Lighter
• very minor note on "lady"   Wilson Gray
• Downsizing the N-pound gorilla   Wilson Gray
• Downsizing the N-pound gorilla   Jonathan Lighter
• Downsizing the N-pound gorilla   Laurence Horn
• very minor note on "lady"   Jonathan Lighter
• Who knew?! ;-)   Jonathan Lighter
• couturier   victor steinbok
• very minor note on "lady"   Wilson Gray
• couturier   Wilson Gray
• very minor note on "lady"   victor steinbok
• very minor note on "lady"   Margaret Lee
• more TV lingo   Jonathan Lighter
• "potatohead"   Joel S. Berson
• very minor note on "lady"   Karl Hagen
• very minor note on "lady"   George Thompson
• momtrepeneur   Jonathan Lighter
• When life hands you lemons   Mark Peters
• momtrepeneur   Arnold Zwicky
• very minor note on "lady"   Charles C Doyle
• very minor note on "lady"   Jonathan Lighter
• more TV lingo   Eric Nielsen
• more TV lingo   Laurence Horn
• very minor note on "lady"   victor steinbok
• more TV lingo   Eric Nielsen
• "wrecker", someone causing a shipwreck -- 1797; 1807, 1819; antedate 1820   Joel S. Berson
• more TV lingo   victor steinbok
• more TV lingo   victor steinbok
• "racking", n.5, 1807 -- now certain, and half as rare as before   Joel S. Berson
• "potatohead"   Joel S. Berson
• more TV lingo   Laurence Horn
• more TV lingo   victor steinbok
• more TV lingo   Laurence Horn
• "Repugnican" = repugnant Republican   Herb Stahlke
• false-flag operation   victor steinbok
• couturier   Damien Hall
• false-flag operation   Jonathan Lighter
• very minor note on "lady" (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
• very minor note on "lady" (UNCLASSIFIED)   Jonathan Lighter
• very minor note on "lady" (UNCLASSIFIED)   victor steinbok
• very minor note on "lady" (UNCLASSIFIED)   Laurence Horn
• very minor note on "lady" (UNCLASSIFIED)   Jonathan Lighter
• very minor note on "lady" (UNCLASSIFIED)   Dan Goncharoff
• very minor note on "lady"   Wilson Gray
• very minor note on "lady" (UNCLASSIFIED)   George Thompson
• false-flag operation   Joel S. Berson
• false-flag operation   Jonathan Lighter
• play pepper   Dan Goncharoff
• Quby[X]   Joel S. Berson
• couturier   Douglas G. Wilson
• Who knew?! ;-)   Wilson Gray
• monstrous   Victor Steinbok
• "Gregorian Chant Chill-Out": title of a CD. [NT]   Wilson Gray
• parkin   Victor Steinbok
• science of "science"   Victor Steinbok
• science of "science"   Jonathan Lighter
• monstrous   Laurence Horn
• monstrous   Jonathan Lighter
• "false flag[s]" in Google Books, "false colours" [not] in OED   Joel S. Berson
• "detectorist" / "detectionist"   Joel S. Berson
• very minor note on "lady" (UNCLASSIFIED)   James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at netscape.com>
• "unsuck"   Ben Zimmer
• "Gregorian Chant Chill-Out": title of a CD. [NT]   Laurence Horn
• very minor note on "lady" (UNCLASSIFIED)   James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at netscape.com>
• "Gregorian Chant Chill-Out": title of a CD. [NT]   Dan Goncharoff
• "unsuck"   Jonathan Lighter
• "unsuck"   Jonathan Lighter
• "detectorist" / "detectionist"   George Thompson
• "I'm annoyed by three-legged dog-owners." [NT]   Wilson Gray
• "unsuck"   Laurence Horn
• "Gregorian Chant Chill-Out": title of a CD. [NT]   Laurence Horn
• "Gregorian Chant Chill-Out": title of a CD. [NT]   Wilson Gray
• "unsuck"   Wilson Gray
• "unsuck"   Ben Zimmer
• "detectorist" / "detectionist"   Joel S. Berson
• "I'm annoyed by three-legged dog-owners." [NT]   Joel S. Berson
• monstrous   Victor Steinbok
• "false flag[s]" in Google Books, "false colours" [not] in OED   Victor Steinbok
• "detectorist" / "detectionist"   George Thompson
• "unsuck"   Ronald Butters
• "detectorist" / "detectionist"   Joel S. Berson
• "unsuck"   Ben Zimmer
• "false flag[s]" -- and "false colours" from 1703 & 1794   Joel S. Berson
• eating at his craw   Ben Zimmer
• eating at his craw   Charles C Doyle
• "unsuck"   Jonathan Lighter
• more "X sucks" (1967)   Ben Zimmer
• "unsuck"   Joel S. Berson
• "unsuck"   Jonathan Lighter
• suck   Ronald Butters
• "unsuck"   Michael Newman
• suck   Ben Zimmer
• suck   Jesse Sheidlower
• suck   Charles C Doyle
• suck   Ronald Butters
• "unsuck"   Laurence Horn
• The new (old?) "specialize   Joel S. Berson
• humble brag   Ben Zimmer
• "unsuck" (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
• The new (old?) "specialize   victor steinbok
• more "X sucks"   Joel S. Berson
• "unsuck" (UNCLASSIFIED)   victor steinbok
• The new (old?) "specialize   Joel S. Berson
• The new (old?) "specialize   Jonathan Lighter
• The new (old?) "specialize   victor steinbok
• more "X sucks"   Jonathan Lighter
• "unsuck" (UNCLASSIFIED)   Jonathan Lighter
• The new (old?) "specialize   Joel S. Berson
• "Steven Tyler Swears On American Idol"   Wilson Gray
• The new (old?) "specialize   Joel S. Berson
• more "X sucks"   Joel S. Berson
• "Steven Tyler Swears On American Idol"   Jonathan Lighter
• Intra-dialect dissonance: recordings   Wilson Gray
• The new (old?) "specialize   Jonathan Lighter
• "Steven Tyler Swears On American Idol"   Laurence Horn
• The new (old?) "specialize   George Thompson
• suck   George Thompson
• "Steven Tyler Swears On American Idol"   Barbara Need
• above the fold/below the fold   George Thompson
• above the fold/below the fold   James Harbeck
• above the fold/below the fold   victor steinbok
• What's this about?   George Thompson
• "a schlemiel of" meaning 'a lot of'   Douglas G. Wilson
• What's this about?   victor steinbok
• What's this about?   victor steinbok
• above the fold/below the fold   George Thompson
• above the fold/below the fold   Victor Steinbok
• "Steven Tyler Swears On American Idol"   Joel S. Berson
• above the fold/below the fold   Joel S. Berson
• The new (old?) "specialize   Dan Goncharoff
• What's this about?   Dan Goncharoff
• Pregnant in Heels   aallan at AOL.COM
• Pregnant in Heels   Laurence Horn
• Pregnant in Heels   Laurence Horn
• ho = 'eager or gullible enthusiast, usu. female (for); "sucker" (for).'   Jonathan Lighter
• "This sucks"   Joel S. Berson
• Heard on Springer: _baby daddy_, etc.   Wilson Gray
• Heard on Springer: _baby daddy_, etc. (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
• ho = 'eager or gullible enthusiast, usu. female (for); "sucker" (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
• Heard on Springer: _baby daddy_, etc. (UNCLASSIFIED)   Laurence Horn
• ho = 'eager or gullible enthusiast, usu. female (for); "sucker" (UNCLASSIFIED)   Laurence Horn
• Heard on Springer: _baby daddy_, etc. (UNCLASSIFIED)   victor steinbok
• Pregnant in Heels   Ronald Butters
• ho = 'eager or gullible enthusiast, usu. female (for); "sucker" (for).'   Wilson Gray
• *Corns?   Wilson Gray
• Heard on Springer: _baby daddy_, etc. (UNCLASSIFIED)   Wilson Gray
• ho = 'eager or gullible enthusiast, usu. female (for); "sucker" (for).'   Jonathan Lighter
• Pregnant in Heels   Laurence Horn
• ho = 'eager or gullible enthusiast, usu. female (for); "sucker" (for).'   Victor Steinbok
• ho = 'eager or gullible enthusiast, usu. female (for); "sucker" (for).'   Wilson Gray
• Not yet in the UD in the relevant sense: _scorched-earth_ as a verb   Wilson Gray
• It and Those   Baker, John
• ho = 'eager or gullible enthusiast, usu. female (for); "sucker" (for).'   Eric Nielsen
• quotemine   Victor Steinbok
• Heard on Springer: _baby daddy_, etc. (UNCLASSIFIED)   Margaret Lee
• It and Those   Jonathan Lighter
• of eggcorns and Eskimos   Laurence Horn
• quotemine   Jonathan Lighter
• It and Those   Joel S. Berson
• It and Those   David A. Daniel
• quotemine   Joel S. Berson
• ho = 'eager or gullible enthusiast, usu. female (for); "sucker" (for).'   Ben Zimmer
• "Palpebral Slant" not in OED   Ronald Butters
• ho = 'eager or gullible enthusiast, usu. female (for); "sucker" (for).'   Victor Steinbok
• "epicanthal fold" not in OED   Ronald Butters
• quotemine   Arnold Zwicky
• ho = 'eager or gullible enthusiast, usu. female (for); "sucker" (for).'   Jonathan Lighter
• ho = 'eager or gullible enthusiast, usu. female (for); "sucker" (for).'   Wilson Gray
• ho = 'eager or gullible enthusiast, usu. female (for); "sucker" (for).'   Laurence Horn
• of eggcorns and Eskimos   Charles C Doyle
• quotemine   Charles C Doyle
• "epicanthal fold" not in OED   Wilson Gray
• quotemine   Jonathan Lighter
• ho = 'eager or gullible enthusiast, usu. female (for); "sucker" (for).'   Jonathan Lighter
• ho = 'eager or gullible enthusiast, usu. female (for); "sucker" (for).'   Laurence Horn
• "epicanthal fold" not in OED   Douglas G. Wilson
• ho = 'eager or gullible enthusiast, usu. female (for); "sucker" (for).'   Jonathan Lighter
• "steam boat" 1786, antedates 1787   Joel S. Berson
• ho = 'eager or gullible enthusiast, usu. female (for); "sucker" (for).'   Victor Steinbok
• "steam boat" 1786, antedates 1787   Joel S. Berson
• "noise" = reputation, fame, in 1786; postdating --1556   Joel S. Berson
• "noise" = reputation, fame, in 1786; postdating --1556   Dan Goncharoff
• "steam boat" 1786, antedates 1787   Dan Goncharoff
• "noise" = reputation, fame, in 1786; postdating --1556   Wilson Gray
• "steam boat" 1786, antedates 1787   Joel S. Berson
• "steam boat" 1786, antedates 1787   victor steinbok
• oozing guilt   victor steinbok
• moments in sports   victor steinbok
• in double French   Stephen Goranson
• in double French   Laurence Horn
• in double French   Douglas G. Wilson
• in double French   Joel S. Berson
• Prepositions: words that you should never end a sentence!   Jonathan Lighter
• in double French   Michael Quinion
• half of decimal; decimal for "decimal point"   Victor Steinbok
• backwards "substitute" (again)   Charles C Doyle
• backwards "substitute" (again)   Arnold Zwicky
• backwards "substitute" (again)   David A. Daniel
• Beck Dissects Huckabee=?windows-1252?Q?=92s_Curious=2C_Mysterious_=91Booger_Bears=92_?=| The Blaze   victor steinbok
• Beck Dissects Huckabee's Curious, Mysterious 'Booger Bears' | The Blaze (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
• backwards "substitute" (again)   Arnold Zwicky
• backwards "substitute" (again)   Arnold Zwicky
• The Gazelle Theory   victor steinbok
• The Gazelle Theory   victor steinbok
• "this sucks" (and more)   Arnold Zwicky
• "Beck Dissects Huckabee's Curious, Mysterious 'Bo" oger Bears' | The Blaze   Laurence Horn
• "Beck Dissects Huckabee's Curious, Mysterious 'Bo" oger Bears' | The Blaze   Ben Zimmer
• "Beck Dissects Huckabee's Curious, Mysterious 'Bo" oger Bears' | The Blaze   victor steinbok
• "like pickles and ice cream"   Mark Mandel
• backwards "substitute" (again)   Joel S. Berson
• "like pickles and ice cream"   victor steinbok
• in double French   Barbara Need
• "Let's get you that tattoo finished." [NT]   Wilson Gray
• "this sucks" (and more)   Wilson Gray
• backwards "substitute" (again)   Wilson Gray
• "Beck Dissects Huckabee's Curious, Mysterious 'Bo" oger Bears' | The Blaze   Wilson Gray
• "Beck Dissects Huckabee's Curious, Mysterious 'Bo" oger Bears' | The Blaze   Ben Zimmer
• backwards "substitute" (again)   Jonathan Lighter
• Beck Dissects Huckabee's Curious, Mysterious 'Booger Bears' | The Blaze (UNCLASSIFIED)   Jonathan Lighter
• "this sucks" (and more)   David A. Daniel
• backwards "substitute" (again)   David A. Daniel
• "like pickles and ice cream"   Jonathan Lighter
• "this sucks" (and more)   Jonathan Lighter
• "this sucks" (and more)   David A. Daniel
• "this sucks" (and more)   Charles C Doyle
• boogerbear   Joan H. Hall
• the verbs SUBSTITUTE   Arnold Zwicky
• backwards "substitute" (again)   Jonathan Lighter
• "this sucks" (and more)   Jonathan Lighter
• "this sucks" (and more)   Baker, John
• "this sucks" (and more)   Jonathan Lighter
• in double French   Joel Berson
• in double French   paul johnson
• the verbs SUBSTITUTE   Joel Berson
• boogerbear   Wilson Gray
• "this sucks" (and more)   Joel Berson
• "this sucks" (and more)   Joel Berson
• the verbs SUBSTITUTE   Wilson Gray
• "this sucks" (and more)   Joel Berson
• the fight over "app store"   Ben Zimmer
• "this sucks" (and more)   Jonathan Lighter
• Heard on Judge Mathis   Wilson Gray
• German Coast Guard using English   Tom Zurinskas
• "He needed _for_ me to tell him..."   Wilson Gray
• "He needed _for_ me to tell him..."   Jonathan Lighter
• the verbs SUBSTITUTE   Arnold Zwicky
• "this sucks" (and more)   Laurence Horn
• miscalendared   victor steinbok
• Fw: [ADS-L] "this sucks" (and more)   Joel Berson
• Fw: [ADS-L] "this sucks" (and more)   Joel Berson
• "hone through"   Herb Stahlke
• "hone through"   Douglas G. Wilson
• "Let's get you that tattoo finished."   Damien Hall
• "Let's get you that tattoo finished."   Jonathan Lighter
• "Let's get you that tattoo finished."   Jonathan Lighter
• Headline and grouping   Joel S. Berson
• "this sucks" (and more)   Joel S. Berson
• the verbs SUBSTITUTE   Joel S. Berson
• "hone through"   Joel S. Berson
• "hone through"   Dan Goncharoff
• dropped 's   Tom Zurinskas
• dropped 's   Paul Johnston
• "hone through"   Joel S. Berson
• dropped 's   Laurence Horn
• "Coalspeak"   Wilson Gray
• "Coalspeak"   Ben Zimmer
• "Coalspeak"   ronbutters at AOL.COM
• "Let's get you that tattoo finished."   Wilson Gray
• "Let's get you that tattoo finished."   Wilson Gray
• For better go   victor steinbok
• For better go   victor steinbok
• For better go   Ben Zimmer
• For better go   Arnold Zwicky
• "this sucks" (and more)   Arnold Zwicky
• "Let's get you that tattoo finished."   Laurence Horn
• For better go   victor steinbok
• dropped 's   Joel S. Berson
• "Let's get you that tattoo finished."   Laurence Horn
• _Motrin_: hard to hear; consequently, hard to pronounce   Wilson Gray
• "Let's get you that tattoo finished."   Wilson Gray
• dropped 's   Wilson Gray
• For better go   Wilson Gray
• Call for Papers: 2012 American Dialect Society Meeting in Portland   Grant Barrett
• Obama II   James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at netscape.com>
• dropped 's   Joel S. Berson
• tornado advisory terms   Charles C Doyle
• tornado advisory terms   Jonathan Lighter
• Quote: wheel that squeaks the loudest ... gets the grease (Cal Stewart as Josh Weathersby 1903)   Garson O'Toole
• tornado advisory terms   Dan Goncharoff
• Quote: wheel that squeaks the loudest ... gets the grease (Cal Stewart as Josh Weathersby 1903)   Jonathan Lighter
• tornado advisory terms   Jonathan Lighter
• Subject: Headline and grouping   Brian Hitchcock
• killing people and breaking things   Neal Whitman
• killing people and breaking things   David A. Daniel
• "He began to drink _immodestly_." [NT]   Wilson Gray
• killing people and breaking things   Dan Goncharoff
• "'Gluttony'?! Is that even a word?!"   Wilson Gray
• another "reversal"   Charles C Doyle
• killing people and breaking things   Jonathan Lighter
• another "reversal"   Jonathan Lighter
• Heard on Springer: the "Bubba" defense   Wilson Gray
• killing people and breaking things   Wilson Gray
• Heard on Springer: the "Bubba" defense   Jonathan Lighter
• killing people and breaking things   David A. Daniel
• killing people and breaking things   Jonathan Lighter
• "euphemism for" 'word for'   Arnold Zwicky
• Prepositions: words that you should never end a sentence!   Arnold Zwicky
• "euphemism for" 'word for'   Jonathan Lighter
• "block" ~= street, and the OED?   Joel S. Berson
• "euphemism for" 'word for'   Laurence Horn
• "euphemism for" 'word for'   victor steinbok
• killing people and breaking things   Wilson Gray
• killing people and breaking things   victor steinbok
• "block" ~= street, and the OED?   Wilson Gray
• "block" ~= street, and the OED?   victor steinbok
• Quote: wheel that squeaks the loudest ... gets the grease (Cal Stewart as Josh Weathersby 1903)   Garson O'Toole
• killing people and breaking things   Dave Wilton
• "block" ~= street, and the OED?   Jonathan Lighter
• "block" ~= street, and the OED?   Jonathan Lighter
• Quote: wheel that squeaks the loudest ... gets the grease (Cal Stewart as Josh Weathersby 1903)   Jonathan Lighter
• killing people and breaking things   Jonathan Lighter
• killing people and breaking things   Jonathan Lighter
• "block" ~= street, and the OED?   Ben Zimmer
• killing people and breaking things   Garson O'Toole
• "block" ~= street, and the OED?   Jonathan Lighter
• killing people and breaking things   Charles C Doyle
• killing people and breaking things   Jonathan Lighter
• killing people and breaking things   Jonathan Lighter
• killing people and breaking things   Jonathan Lighter
• (across the) "block" ~= street, and the OED?   Joel S. Berson
• killing people and breaking things   Garson O'Toole
• killing people and breaking things   victor steinbok
• another "reversal"   James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at netscape.com>
• (across the) "block" ~= street, and the OED?   Dan Goncharoff
• (across the) "block" ~= street, and the OED?   Jonathan Lighter
• (across the) "block" ~= street, and the OED?   Joel S. Berson
• (across the) "block" ~= street, and the OED?   Jonathan Lighter
• (across the) "block" ~= street, and the OED?   Dan Goncharoff
• (across the) "block" ~= street, and the OED?   Jonathan Lighter
• (across the) "block" ~= street, and the OED?   victor steinbok
• "block" ~= street, and the OED?   Wilson Gray
• (across the) "block" ~= street, and the OED?   Dan Goncharoff
• "block" ~= street, and the OED?   Jonathan Lighter
• "block" ~= street, and the OED?   Wilson Gray
• (across the) "block" ~= street, and the OED?   Joel S. Berson
• (across the) "block" ~= street, and the OED?   Joel S. Berson
• Heard on The judges: "Ripping and running"   Wilson Gray
• New political tone in America   Jonathan Lighter
• Heard on The judges: "Ripping and running"   Jonathan Lighter
• New political tone in America   Laurence Horn
• (across the) "block" ~= street, and the OED?   Laurence Horn
• New political tone in America   Jonathan Lighter
• (across the) "block" ~= street, and the OED?   Jonathan Lighter
• Heard on The judges: "Ripping and running"   Wilson Gray
• Heard on The judges: "Ripping and running"   Garson O'Toole
• Heard on The judges: "Ripping and running"   Jonathan Lighter
• (across the) "block" ~= street, and the OED?   Dan Goncharoff
• Heard on The judges: "Ripping and running"   victor steinbok
• Heard on The judges: "Ripping and running"   Jonathan Lighter
• Heard on The judges: "Ripping and running"   victor steinbok
• Heard on The judges: "Ripping and running"   Wilson Gray
• Heard on The judges: "Ripping and running"   victor steinbok
• New political tone in America   victor steinbok

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