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Starting: Mon Aug 1 07:45:00 UTC 2011
Ending: Wed Aug 31 23:59:26 UTC 2011
Messages: 900

• After Discovery, State Quietly Moves to Purge N-word From Official Documents   Wilson Gray
• Quotation about golf and a question about a word with missing letters W-m-n   Garson O'Toole
  • Quotation about golf and a question about a word with missing letters W-m-n   Dan Goncharoff
  • Quotation about golf and a question about a word with missing letters W-m-n   Garson O'Toole
  • Quotation about golf and a question about a word with missing letters W-m-n   Joel S. Berson
• Richard (alias "Long Dick") Chasmore (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
• Misinterpretation of name of a Civil War bullet (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
  • Misinterpretation of name of a Civil War bullet (UNCLASSIFIED)   Wilson Gray
  • Misinterpretation of name of a Civil War bullet (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
  • Misinterpretation of name of a Civil War bullet (UNCLASSIFIED)   victor steinbok
  • Misinterpretation of name of a Civil War bullet (UNCLASSIFIED)   Wilson Gray
  • Misinterpretation of name of a Civil War bullet (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
  • Misinterpretation of name of a Civil War bullet (UNCLASSIFIED)   Wilson Gray
• On "Maury" heard unexpectedly:   Wilson Gray
  • On "Maury" heard unexpectedly:   Laurence Horn
  • On "Maury" heard unexpectedly:   Arnold Zwicky
  • On "Maury" heard unexpectedly:   Laurence Horn
  • On "Maury" heard unexpectedly:   Wilson Gray
• Qisas   Benjamin Barrett
  • Qisas   Benjamin Barrett
  • Qisas   victor steinbok
  • Qisas   Benjamin Barrett
• Misinterpretation of name of a Civil War bullet   Brian Hitchcock
  • Misinterpretation of name of a Civil War bullet   Laurence Horn
  • Misinterpretation of name of a Civil War bullet   Wilson Gray
  • Misinterpretation of name of a Civil War bullet   Laurence Horn
  • Misinterpretation of name of a Civil War bullet   Jonathan Lighter
  • Misinterpretation of name of a Civil War bullet   Dave Hause
  • Misinterpretation of name of a Civil War bullet   Wilson Gray
  • Misinterpretation of name of a Civil War bullet   Jonathan Lighter
  • Misinterpretation of name of a Civil War bullet   victor steinbok
• It's [still] alive! "_tow_ the party line" [NP]   Wilson Gray
  • It's [still] alive! "_tow_ the party line" [NP]   Laurence Horn
  • It's [still] alive! "_tow_ the party line" [NP]   Joel S. Berson
  • It's [still] alive! "_tow_ the party line" [NP]   paul johnson
  • It's [still] alive! "_tow_ the party line" [NP]   Wilson Gray
• ink   victor steinbok
  • ink   Joel S. Berson
  • ink   victor steinbok
• Ii's been happening for quite some time, now   Wilson Gray
• Famous quotation about the weather in San Francisco (Duluth in 1900) and a mystery volume with restricted access in Google Books   Garson O'Toole
• Fwd: The manner in which it was arrived   Neal Whitman
  • Fwd: The manner in which it was arrived   Joel S. Berson
  • Fwd: The manner in which it was arrived   Jonathan Lighter
  • Fwd: The manner in which it was arrived   Cohen, Gerald Leonard
• A process called "serendipity"   Joel S. Berson
• Paul Harvey and language   victor steinbok
  • Paul Harvey and language   Jonathan Lighter
  • Paul Harvey and language   Ben Zimmer
• The manner in which it was arrived   Laurence Horn
  • The manner in which it was arrived   Arnold Zwicky
  • The manner in which it was arrived   Dan Goncharoff
  • The manner in which it was arrived   Arnold Zwicky
  • The manner in which it was arrived   Dan Goncharoff
  • The manner in which it was arrived   Randy Alexander
  • The manner in which it was arrived   Dan Goncharoff
  • The manner in which it was arrived   Randy Alexander
  • The manner in which it was arrived   Dan Goncharoff
  • The manner in which it was arrived   Tom Zurinskas
  • The manner in which it was arrived   Randy Alexander
• "Fluxus happening"   Joel S. Berson
• "tar baby" in the news   Laurence Horn
  • "tar baby" in the news   Neal Whitman
  • "tar baby" in the news   Wilson Gray
  • "tar baby" in the news   Herb Stahlke
  • "tar baby" in the news   Wilson Gray
  • "tar baby" in the news   Ron Butters
  • "tar baby" in the news   Charles C Doyle
  • "tar baby" in the news   Jonathan Lighter
  • "tar baby" in the news   paul johnson
  • "tar baby" in the news   victor steinbok
  • "tar baby" in the news   Wilson Gray
  • "tar baby" in the news   Wilson Gray
  • "tar baby" in the news   Jonathan Lighter
  • "tar baby" in the news   Wilson Gray
  • "tar baby" in the news   victor steinbok
  • "tar baby" in the news   Baker, John
  • "tar baby" in the news   Ronald Butters
  • "tar baby" in the news   Wilson Gray
  • "tar baby" in the news   Joel S. Berson
• preserving ancient scripts by carving them into wood   Tom Zurinskas
• guesstimate (was Paul Harvey and language)   Garson O'Toole
  • guesstimate (was Paul Harvey and language)   Wilson Gray
  • guesstimate (was Paul Harvey and language)   victor steinbok
• Two books of possible interest   Cohen, Gerald Leonard
  • Two books of possible interest   Wilson Gray
• (fairly) new (but unlisted) "benefits"   Laurence Horn
  • (fairly) new (but unlisted) "benefits"   Jesse Sheidlower
  • (fairly) new (but unlisted) "benefits"   Brian Hitchcock
  • (fairly) new (but unlisted) "benefits"   Neal Whitman
  • (fairly) new (but unlisted) "benefits"   Laurence Horn
  • (fairly) new (but unlisted) "benefits"   Eric Nielsen
  • (fairly) new (but unlisted) "benefits"   Laurence Horn
  • (fairly) new (but unlisted) "benefits"   Joel S. Berson
  • (fairly) new (but unlisted) "benefits"   Jesse Sheidlower
  • (fairly) new (but unlisted) "benefits"   Laurence Horn
  • (fairly) new (but unlisted) "benefits"   Laurence Horn
  • (fairly) new (but unlisted) "benefits"   Eric Nielsen
  • (fairly) new (but unlisted) "benefits"   Joel S. Berson
  • (fairly) new (but unlisted) "benefits"   Ben Zimmer
  • (fairly) new (but unlisted) "benefits"   Joel S. Berson
  • (fairly) new (but unlisted) "benefits"   Jesse Sheidlower
  • (fairly) new (but unlisted) "benefits"   Ben Zimmer
  • (fairly) new (but unlisted) "benefits"   Laurence Horn
  • (fairly) new (but unlisted) "benefits"   Joel S. Berson
  • (fairly) new (but unlisted) "benefits"   Jesse Sheidlower
  • (fairly) new (but unlisted) "benefits"   Joel S. Berson
  • (fairly) new (but unlisted) "benefits"   Laurence Horn
  • (fairly) new (but unlisted) "benefits"   Jonathan Lighter
  • (fairly) new (but unlisted) "benefits"   Laurence Horn
  • (fairly) new (but unlisted) "benefits"   Ben Zimmer
  • (fairly) new (but unlisted) "benefits"   Eric Nielsen
  • (fairly) new (but unlisted) "benefits"   Ben Zimmer
  • (fairly) new (but unlisted) "benefits"   Eric Nielsen
  • (fairly) new (but unlisted) "benefits"   Dan Goncharoff
  • (fairly) new (but unlisted) "benefits"   Laurence Horn
  • (fairly) new (but unlisted) "benefits"   Joel S. Berson
  • (fairly) new (but unlisted) "benefits"   victor steinbok
  • (fairly) new (but unlisted) "benefits"   Laurence Horn
  • (fairly) new (but unlisted) "benefits"   victor steinbok
• narrative; graphic   Jonathan Lighter
  • narrative; graphic   Garson O'Toole
  • narrative; graphic   Jonathan Lighter
  • narrative; graphic   Charles C Doyle
  • narrative; graphic   Jonathan Lighter
  • narrative; graphic   Dan Goncharoff
• Exclamation: Great Scott (1856 December)   Garson O'Toole
• double hashtag   James Harbeck
• A conundrum   Wilson Gray
  • A conundrum   Benjamin Barrett
  • A conundrum   Wilson Gray
  • A conundrum   Benjamin Barrett
  • A conundrum   Tom Zurinskas
  • A conundrum   Wilson Gray
  • A conundrum   Eric Nielsen
  • A conundrum   Wilson Gray
  • A conundrum   David A. Daniel
  • A conundrum   Neal Whitman
  • A conundrum   Joel S. Berson
  • A conundrum   Jonathan Lighter
  • A conundrum   Baker, John
  • A conundrum   Wilson Gray
  • A conundrum   Benjamin Barrett
• infected by radiation poisoning   victor steinbok
  • infected by radiation poisoning   Wilson Gray
  • infected by radiation poisoning   Joel S. Berson
  • infected by radiation poisoning   Laurence Horn
  • infected by radiation poisoning   victor steinbok
  • infected by radiation poisoning   victor steinbok
  • infected by radiation poisoning   Joel S. Berson
  • infected by radiation poisoning   Garson O'Toole
• Perplexing Proverb   Shapiro, Fred
  • Perplexing Proverb   Charles C Doyle
  • Perplexing Proverb   Baker, John
  • Perplexing Proverb   paul johnson
  • Perplexing Proverb   Wilson Gray
  • Perplexing Proverb   Wilson Gray
  • Perplexing Proverb   Joel S. Berson
  • Perplexing Proverb   Wilson Gray
  • Perplexing Proverb   Dan Goncharoff
  • Perplexing Proverb   Laurence Horn
  • Perplexing Proverb   Tom Zurinskas
  • Perplexing Proverb   Ben Zimmer
  • Perplexing Proverb   Laurence Horn
  • Perplexing Proverb   Arnold Zwicky
• work 'plastic surgery'   Charles C Doyle
  • work 'plastic surgery'   Shapiro, Fred
  • work 'plastic surgery'   Jonathan Lighter
  • work 'plastic surgery'   Garson O'Toole
  • work 'plastic surgery'   Joel S. Berson
• "Early-Bird[ Reservation]s Almost Sold _Through_."   Wilson Gray
• "... which of these two hypotheses is more _nearly_ correct ..."   Wilson Gray
• Request for SF mag verification of Modern Fable Lions and gazelles (antelopes, humans)   Garson O'Toole
  • Request for SF mag verification of Modern Fable Lions and gazelles (antelopes, humans)   Dave Hause
  • Request for SF mag verification of Modern Fable Lions and gazelles (antelopes, humans)   Garson O'Toole
• "P.S."   Charles C Doyle
• Caption:   Wilson Gray
• Metaphor: Heating water slowly to kill a frog (was Perplexing Proverb)   Garson O'Toole
• "tar baby" in HDAS   Neal Whitman
  • "tar baby" in HDAS   Tom Zurinskas
• perMIT, n.   Jonathan Lighter
  • perMIT, n.   Wilson Gray
  • perMIT, n.   Jonathan Lighter
• Frogs in hot water   Joel S. Berson
  • Frogs in hot water   Joel S. Berson
• Frogs in hot water (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
• "tar baby" in HDAS (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
  • "tar baby" in HDAS (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
• Antedating of "John Doe"   Shapiro, Fred
  • Antedating of "John Doe"   Joel S. Berson
• Heard on Springer: _give it up_   Wilson Gray
• More on substituting   Jonathan Lighter
  • More on substituting   Wilson Gray
  • More on substituting   Garson O'Toole
  • More on substituting   Jonathan Lighter
  • More on substituting   victor steinbok
  • More on substituting   Jonathan Lighter
  • More on substituting   Jonathan Lighter
  • More on substituting   Arnold Zwicky
  • More on substituting   Ron Butters
  • More on substituting   Dan Goncharoff
  • More on substituting   Ron Butters
  • More on substituting   Jonathan Lighter
  • More on substituting   Ron Butters
  • More on substituting   Arnold Zwicky
  • More on substituting   victor steinbok
  • More on substituting   Arnold Zwicky
  • More on substituting   victor steinbok
  • More on substituting   Ronald Butters
  • More on substituting   Joel S. Berson
  • More on substituting   Wilson Gray
• Is "tar baby" in "All in the Family"?   Neal Whitman
  • Is "tar baby" in "All in the Family"?   Wilson Gray
  • Is "tar baby" in "All in the Family"?   Jonathan Lighter
  • Is "tar baby" in "All in the Family"?   Wilson Gray
  • Is "tar baby" in "All in the Family"?   Jonathan Lighter
• postmodern approaches [Was: More on substituting]   Joel S. Berson
  • postmodern approaches [Was: More on substituting]   Jonathan Lighter
  • postmodern approaches [Was: More on substituting]   Wilson Gray
• "Narrative" again   Joel S. Berson
  • "Narrative" again   Jonathan Lighter
• Hibakusha   Benjamin Barrett
  • Hibakusha   Benjamin Barrett
• nom, nomming, nom nom   Indigo Som
  • nom, nomming, nom nom   Joseph Salmons
  • nom, nomming, nom nom   Douglas G. Wilson
  • nom, nomming, nom nom   Ben Zimmer
  • nom, nomming, nom nom   victor steinbok
  • nom, nomming, nom nom   Ben Zimmer
  • nom, nomming, nom nom   Ann Burlingham
  • nom, nomming, nom nom   Neal Whitman
  • nom, nomming, nom nom   Laurence Horn
• paranoid   Garson O'Toole
• "notorious" goes neutral   Jonathan Lighter
  • "notorious" goes neutral   Jonathan Lighter
  • "notorious" goes neutral   Charles C Doyle
  • "notorious" goes neutral   Wilson Gray
  • "notorious" goes neutral   David A. Daniel
  • "notorious" goes neutral   Jonathan Lighter
  • "notorious" goes neutral   Joel S. Berson
  • "notorious" goes neutral   Jonathan Lighter
• Rooster makes mo' racket dan de hin w'at lay de aig (Joel Chandler Harris 1881)   Garson O'Toole
• Antedating of "Postmodern"   Shapiro, Fred
• Antedating of "Interdisciplinary"   Shapiro, Fred
• Antedating of "Zoning"   Shapiro, Fred
• nom, nomming, nom nom (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
  • nom, nomming, nom nom (UNCLASSIFIED)   Jonathan Lighter
  • nom, nomming, nom nom (UNCLASSIFIED)   Wilson Gray
  • nom, nomming, nom nom (UNCLASSIFIED)   Darla Wells
• "chairman" gets neutered   Joel S. Berson
  • "chairman" gets neutered   Jonathan Lighter
  • "chairman" gets neutered   victor steinbok
  • "chairman" gets neutered   Dan Goncharoff
  • "chairman" gets neutered   Wilson Gray
  • "chairman" gets neutered   Ry Rivard
• "hourly", noun, "public conveyance that runs every hour", antedated nearly 50 years   George Thompson
  • "hourly", noun, "public conveyance that runs every hour", antedated nearly 50 years   Dan Goncharoff
• "professor" = piano-player   George Thompson
  • "professor" = piano-player   Dan Goncharoff
• Request about famous rejoinder: I shall be sober to-morrow, whereas you will remain the fool you are to-day. (1882) (Later examples by W. C. Fields and Winston Churchill)   Garson O'Toole
  • Request about famous rejoinder: I shall be sober to-morrow, whereas you will remain the fool you are to-day. (1882) (Later examples by W. C. Fields and Winston Churchill)   victor steinbok
• Opinion piece in NYT: When Data Disappears   Garson O'Toole
• steep learning curve   victor steinbok
  • steep learning curve   Garson O'Toole
  • steep learning curve   Robin Hamilton
• Antedating of "Argot"   Shapiro, Fred
• Request about famous rejoinder: I shall be sober to-morrow, whereas you will remain the fool you are to-day. (1882) (Later examples by W. C. Fields and Winston Churchill) (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
  • Request about famous rejoinder: I shall be sober to-morrow, whereas you will remain the fool you are to-day. (1882) (Later examples by W. C. Fields and Winston Churchill) (UNCLASSIFIED)   paul johnson
  • Request about famous rejoinder: I shall be sober to-morrow, whereas you will remain the fool you are to-day. (1882) (Later examples by W. C. Fields and Winston Churchill) (UNCLASSIFIED)   Ron Butters
  • Request about famous rejoinder: I shall be sober to-morrow, whereas you will remain the fool you are to-day. (1882) (Later examples by W. C. Fields and Winston Churchill) (UNCLASSIFIED)   Dan Goncharoff
• Terry Irons   Bethany Dumas
• Journalism Motto: A dog bites a man - that's a story; A man bites a dog - that's a good story (1899)   Garson O'Toole
• "the Rampture"   Ben Zimmer
• "Some taxicab run _me_ right over my foot." [NT]   Wilson Gray
  • Follow-up on sluff - play hooky, slack off   Benjamin Barrett
  • Follow-up on sluff - play hooky, slack off   Wilson Gray
  • Follow-up on sluff - play hooky, slack off   Benjamin Barrett
  • Follow-up on sluff - play hooky, slack off   Jonathan Lighter
  • Follow-up on sluff - play hooky, slack off   Joel S. Berson
  • Follow-up on sluff - play hooky, slack off   Benjamin Barrett
  • Follow-up on sluff - play hooky, slack off   Benjamin Barrett
  • Follow-up on sluff - play hooky, slack off   Wilson Gray
  • Follow-up on sluff - play hooky, slack off   Benjamin Barrett
  • Follow-up on sluff - play hooky, slack off   Joel S. Berson
  • Follow-up on sluff - play hooky, slack off   Wilson Gray
  • Follow-up on sluff - play hooky, slack off   Benjamin Barrett
  • Follow-up on sluff - play hooky, slack off   Dan Goncharoff
  • Follow-up on sluff - play hooky, slack off   Garson O'Toole
  • Follow-up on sluff - play hooky, slack off   victor steinbok
• "The Bob Edwards Show"   Wilson Gray
  • "The Bob Edwards Show"   Michael Quinion
  • "The Bob Edwards Show"   Ben Zimmer
• Semantic drift: pornographic = 'characterized in any way by sexual acts'   Jonathan Lighter
  • Semantic drift: pornographic = 'characterized in any way by sexual acts'   Wilson Gray
• *Again* with the wrong word!   Wilson Gray
• Follow-up on sluff - now "hearts"   Joel S. Berson
  • Follow-up on sluff - now "hearts"   Alice Faber
• Youneverknow.   Wilson Gray
  • Youneverknow.   Tom Zurinskas
• "As with"   Megan O'Neil
  • "As with"   Cohen, Gerald Leonard
  • "As with"   Jonathan Lighter
  • "As with"   Dan Goncharoff
  • "As with"   Jonathan Lighter
  • "As with"   Arnold Zwicky
  • "As with"   Jonathan Lighter
  • "As with"   Arnold Zwicky
  • "As with"   Joel S. Berson
• Follow-up on sluff - play hooky, slack off (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
  • Follow-up on sluff - play hooky, slack off (UNCLASSIFIED)   Dave Hause
  • Follow-up on sluff - play hooky, slack off (UNCLASSIFIED)   Garson O'Toole
• Apparently a poor attempt at :-) [Was: Follow-up on sluff ...]   Joel S. Berson
  • Apparently a poor attempt at :-) [Was: Follow-up on sluff ...]   Benjamin Barrett
  • Apparently a poor attempt at :-) [Was: Follow-up on sluff ...]   Jonathan Lighter
• Obamageddon   Jonathan Lighter
• hot dog article in NY Times   Cohen, Gerald Leonard
  • hot dog article in NY Times   Michael Newman
  • hot dog article in NY Times   Cohen, Gerald Leonard
  • hot dog article in NY Times   Jonathan Lighter
  • hot dog article in NY Times   David A. Daniel
  • hot dog article in NY Times   Jocelyn Limpert
  • hot dog article in NY Times   Garson O'Toole
  • hot dog article in NY Times   Brian Hitchcock
  • hot dog article in NY Times   Cohen, Gerald Leonard
  • hot dog article in NY Times   David A. Daniel
• support from, or for?   Joel S. Berson
  • support from, or for?   Wilson Gray
  • support from, or for?   Victor Steinbok
• "Eleven Mediocre Southern Accents From Movies and How They Should Really Sound" (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
• Off on the wrong track   Katy Steinmetz
  • Off on the wrong track   Dan Goncharoff
  • Off on the wrong track   Katy Steinmetz
  • Off on the wrong track   Dan Goncharoff
• Borrowed-a names (was: Re: Youneverknow.)   David Bowie
• Borrowed-a names   Douglas G. Wilson
• "leg before wicket"   George Thompson
• "flying horses"   George Thompson
  • "flying horses"   Joel S. Berson
  • "flying horses"   George Thompson
  • "flying horses"   Dan Goncharoff
• _Symbian_   Wilson Gray
  • _Symbian_   Garson O'Toole
  • _Symbian_   Jonathan Lighter
• pleeb   Victor Steinbok
  • pleeb   Victor Steinbok
• Annual meeting: proposals due Monday   Jesse Sheidlower
• Science Fiction at the British Library   George Thompson
• What words should be imported   Tom Zurinskas
• "flying horses", "exercise", "quadrille" -- and "fandango" 1831   Joel S. Berson
  • "flying horses", "exercise", "quadrille" -- and "fandango" 1831   Ronald Butters
• Fwd: Re: "flying horses"   Joel S. Berson
• Housing/financial haircut   Ann Burlingham
  • Housing/financial haircut   Dan Goncharoff
  • Housing/financial haircut   Ben Zimmer
  • Housing/financial haircut   Baker, John
  • Housing/financial haircut   Ann Burlingham
• more taboo avoidance   victor steinbok
  • more taboo avoidance   ronbutters at AOL.COM
  • more taboo avoidance   Joel S. Berson
  • more taboo avoidance   victor steinbok
  • more taboo avoidance   Wilson Gray
  • more taboo avoidance   Benjamin Barrett
  • more taboo avoidance   victor steinbok
  • more taboo avoidance   Jonathan Lighter
  • more taboo avoidance   Wilson Gray
• pearl-clutching   victor steinbok
  • pearl-clutching   Alice Faber
  • pearl-clutching   Arnold Zwicky
  • pearl-clutching   Garson O'Toole
  • pearl-clutching   Arnold Zwicky
  • pearl-clutching   Garson O'Toole
  • pearl-clutching   Arnold Zwicky
• Jook (1932), juk (1939) and juk (1993)   Benjamin Barrett
• lobster   victor steinbok
• cursade for childern books   victor steinbok
• Bachmann   victor steinbok
• Flying coaches, 1776 and possible interpretation   Joel S. Berson
• "flying horses" depicted in 1721   Joel S. Berson
  • "flying horses" depicted in 1721   George Thompson
  • "flying horses" depicted in 1721   Joel S. Berson
  • "flying horses" depicted in 1721   Michael Quinion
  • "flying horses" depicted in 1721   Garson O'Toole
• Fwd: pearl-clutching   Arnold Zwicky
• "Could use to [infinitive]"   Douglas G. Wilson
• Throat singing   Benjamin Barrett
  • Throat singing   victor steinbok
  • Throat singing   Benjamin Barrett
  • Throat singing   victor steinbok
  • Throat singing   Benjamin Barrett
  • Throat singing   victor steinbok
  • Throat singing   Benjamin Barrett
  • Throat singing   Eric Nielsen
• Anna Siewierska   Arnold Zwicky
• "all things + NP"   Jonathan Lighter
  • "all things + NP"   Jonathan Lighter
• "nerd" etymythology   Garson O'Toole
  • "nerd" etymythology   Ben Zimmer
  • "nerd" etymythology   Wilson Gray
  • "nerd" etymythology   Ben Zimmer
• stealed   Jonathan Lighter
  • stealed   Laurence Horn
• a blend for Jerry (and anyone else who collects them)   Laurence Horn
• Tomming   victor steinbok
• Lionized   Benjamin Barrett
  • Lionized   Wilson Gray
  • Lionized   Joel S. Berson
• stiff, adv. (antedating)   Jonathan Lighter
• Tsuyu (dipping broth, 1914)   Benjamin Barrett
  • Tsuyu (dipping broth, 1914)   victor steinbok
  • Tsuyu (dipping broth, 1914)   Benjamin Barrett
  • Tsuyu (dipping broth, 1914)   Douglas G. Wilson
  • Tsuyu (dipping broth, 1914)   Benjamin Barrett
• OT: (fairly) new (but unlisted) "benefits"   Joel S. Berson
• Aphorism: Mode passes; style remains. (Coco Chanel 1965) Question about French version   Garson O'Toole
  • Aphorism: Mode passes; style remains. (Coco Chanel 1965) Question about French version   Charles C Doyle
  • Aphorism: Mode passes; style remains. (Coco Chanel 1965) Question about French version   Chris Waigl
  • Aphorism: Mode passes; style remains. (Coco Chanel 1965) Question about French version   Garson O'Toole
  • Aphorism: Mode passes; style remains. (Coco Chanel 1965) Question about French version   victor steinbok
  • Aphorism: Mode passes; style remains. (Coco Chanel 1965) Question about French version   Garson O'Toole
  • Aphorism: Mode passes; style remains. (Coco Chanel 1965) Question about French version   victor steinbok
  • Aphorism: Mode passes; style remains. (Coco Chanel 1965) Question about French version   victor steinbok
  • Aphorism: Mode passes; style remains. (Coco Chanel 1965) Question about French version   Garson O'Toole
• Concept of Self-Fulfilling Prophecy   Shapiro, Fred
  • Concept of Self-Fulfilling Prophecy   Jonathan Lighter
  • Concept of Self-Fulfilling Prophecy   victor steinbok
  • Concept of Self-Fulfilling Prophecy   Wilson Gray
  • Concept of Self-Fulfilling Prophecy   Laurence Horn
  • Concept of Self-Fulfilling Prophecy   Charles C Doyle
  • Concept of Self-Fulfilling Prophecy   Wilson Gray
  • Concept of Self-Fulfilling Prophecy   Ben Zimmer
  • Concept of Self-Fulfilling Prophecy   Laurence Horn
  • Concept of Self-Fulfilling Prophecy   Wilson Gray
  • Concept of Self-Fulfilling Prophecy   Jonathan Lighter
  • Concept of Self-Fulfilling Prophecy   Laurence Horn
  • Concept of Self-Fulfilling Prophecy   Baker, John
  • Concept of Self-Fulfilling Prophecy   Jonathan Lighter
  • Concept of Self-Fulfilling Prophecy   George Thompson
  • Concept of Self-Fulfilling Prophecy   Dan Goncharoff
  • Concept of Self-Fulfilling Prophecy   Jonathan Lighter
  • Concept of Self-Fulfilling Prophecy   Garson O'Toole
• Somewhat amusing typo -- "altering" for "alerting"   Joel S. Berson
• "Cock"   Jonathan Lighter
  • "Cock"   Wilson Gray
  • "Cock"   Benjamin Barrett
  • "Cock"   Wilson Gray
  • "Cock"   Eric Nielsen
  • "Cock"   Jonathan Lighter
  • "Cock"   Ron Butters
  • "Cock"   Ron Butters
  • "Cock"   Baker, John
  • "Cock"   Jonathan Lighter
  • "Cock"   Laurence Horn
  • "Cock"   Jonathan Lighter
  • "Cock"   Ronald Butters
  • "Cock"   Benjamin Barrett
  • "Cock"   victor steinbok
  • "Cock"   Baker, John
  • "Cock"   Jonathan Lighter
  • "Cock"   Laurence Horn
  • "Cock"   Baker, John
  • "Cock"   Jonathan Lighter
  • "Cock"   Baker, John
  • "Cock"   Douglas G. Wilson
  • "Cock"   Wilson Gray
  • "Cock"   Jonathan Lighter
  • "Cock"   Jonathan Lighter
  • "Cock"   Douglas G. Wilson
  • "Cock"   Tom Zurinskas
  • "Cock"   Jonathan Lighter
• treating ugly   victor steinbok
  • treating ugly   Wilson Gray
• P. Petit quote   Jonathan Lighter
• "chat-down"   Ben Zimmer
• tranche = 'an installment of any kind'   Jonathan Lighter
  • tranche = 'an installment of any kind'   Dan Goncharoff
  • tranche = 'an installment of any kind'   Jonathan Lighter
  • tranche = 'an installment of any kind'   Dan Goncharoff
• arm:leg =? penis:vagina   Ronald Butters
  • arm:leg =? penis:vagina   Laurence Horn
  • arm:leg =? penis:vagina   Ronald Butters
  • arm:leg =? penis:vagina   Wilson Gray
  • arm:leg =? penis:vagina   Darla Wells
  • arm:leg =? penis:vagina   Douglas G. Wilson
  • arm:leg =? penis:vagina   Laurence Horn
• dead man's switch   victor steinbok
  • dead man's switch   Joel S. Berson
  • dead man's switch   Dan Goncharoff
  • dead man's switch   victor steinbok
  • dead man's switch   Jonathan Lighter
  • dead man's switch   Garson O'Toole
  • dead man's switch   victor steinbok
• Because X   Baker, John
  • Because X   Jonathan Lighter
• swear word   victor steinbok
  • swear word   Damien Hall
  • swear word   victor steinbok
• hum bao and humbao (1990)   Benjamin Barrett
  • hum bao and humbao (1990)   Douglas G. Wilson
  • hum bao and humbao (1990)   Benjamin Barrett
  • hum bao and humbao (1990)   victor steinbok
  • hum bao and humbao (1990)   Benjamin Barrett
  • hum bao and humbao (1990)   victor steinbok
  • hum bao and humbao (1990)   Ben Zimmer
  • hum bao and humbao (1990)   victor steinbok
  • hum bao and humbao (1990)   Ben Zimmer
• Dim sum =? savory snack   Benjamin Barrett
  • Dim sum =? savory snack   Laurence Horn
  • Dim sum =? savory snack   Benjamin Barrett
  • Dim sum =? savory snack   Joel S. Berson
  • Dim sum =? savory snack   Joel S. Berson
  • Dim sum =? savory snack   Benjamin Barrett
  • Dim sum =? savory snack   Benjamin Barrett
  • Dim sum =? savory snack   Joel S. Berson
  • Dim sum =? savory snack   Benjamin Barrett
  • Dim sum =? savory snack   Joel S. Berson
  • Dim sum =? savory snack   Benjamin Barrett
  • Dim sum =? savory snack   Laurence Horn
  • Dim sum =? savory snack   Laurence Horn
  • Dim sum =? savory snack   Laurence Horn
  • Dim sum =? savory snack   Benjamin Barrett
  • Dim sum =? savory snack   victor steinbok
  • Dim sum =? savory snack   victor steinbok
  • Dim sum =? savory snack   Benjamin Barrett
  • Dim sum =? savory snack   Joel S. Berson
  • Dim sum =? savory snack   Laurence Horn
  • Dim sum =? savory snack   Joel S. Berson
  • Dim sum =? savory snack   Benjamin Barrett
  • Dim sum =? savory snack   Joel S. Berson
• "I deleted a sentence _on accident_." [NT]   Wilson Gray
  • "I deleted a sentence _on accident_." [NT]   Benjamin Barrett
• No subject   Robert Fiske
• Vocabula Spam   Baker, John
• Reversed "avowal"   Joel S. Berson
  • Reversed "avowal"   George Thompson
  • Reversed "avowal"   Joel S. Berson
  • Reversed "avowal"   Dan Goncharoff
  • Reversed "avowal"   Laurence Horn
  • Reversed "avowal"   victor steinbok
  • Reversed "avowal"   George Thompson
  • Reversed "avowal"   Joel S. Berson
  • Reversed "avowal"   Dan Goncharoff
• "and nor" -- British, or foot-in-mouth?   Joel S. Berson
  • "and nor" -- British, or foot-in-mouth?   ronbutters at AOL.COM
  • "and nor" -- British, or foot-in-mouth?   Joel S. Berson
  • "and nor" -- British, or foot-in-mouth?   Jim WALKER
  • "and nor" -- British, or foot-in-mouth?   Arnold Zwicky
  • "and nor" -- British, or foot-in-mouth?   Arnold Zwicky
  • "and nor" -- British, or foot-in-mouth?   Joel S. Berson
  • "and nor" -- British, or foot-in-mouth?   Jonathan Lighter
  • "and nor" -- British, or foot-in-mouth?   Joel S. Berson
  • "and nor" -- British, or foot-in-mouth?   Laurence Horn
• Google News Archive link is dead   Garson O'Toole
  • Google News Archive link is dead   Jonathan Lighter
  • Google News Archive link is dead   victor steinbok
  • Google News Archive link is dead   Garson O'Toole
  • Google News Archive link is dead   Ben Zimmer
  • Google News Archive link is dead   Ben Zimmer
• Google News Archive link is dead (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
• OT: "Dirty" pictures referendum on W:pedia [NT]   Wilson Gray
  • OT: "Dirty" pictures referendum on W:pedia [NT]   victor steinbok
• another "could(n't) care less" variation   Ben Zimmer
• Dim sum =? savory snack / "and nor"   Arnold Zwicky
• new nadoes   Jonathan Lighter
  • new nadoes   Joel S. Berson
• profanity vs. obscenity   Joel S. Berson
  • profanity vs. obscenity   Geoffrey Nunberg
• Maine is _down_ east of Massachusetts.   Wilson Gray
  • Maine is _down_ east of Massachusetts.   Laurence Horn
  • Maine is _down_ east of Massachusetts.   Joel S. Berson
  • Maine is _down_ east of Massachusetts.   Laurence Horn
• Jersey-Shore-isms   Wilson Gray
• solitaire   victor steinbok
• obscene vs. profane   David Barnhart
  • obscene vs. profane   Damien Hall
  • obscene vs. profane   victor steinbok
  • obscene vs. profane   Jonathan Lighter
  • obscene vs. profane   Jonathan Lighter
• darby   George Thompson
• More lo fan(s) (1948)   Benjamin Barrett
• "staged"   Jonathan Lighter
• "love it or leave it"   Jonathan Lighter
  • "love it or leave it"   Wilson Gray
  • "love it or leave it"   Jonathan Lighter
  • "love it or leave it"   Jonathan Lighter
  • "love it or leave it"   Jonathan Lighter
  • "love it or leave it"   Laurence Horn
  • "love it or leave it"   Dan Goncharoff
  • "love it or leave it"   Jonathan Lighter
  • "love it or leave it"   Wilson Gray
  • "love it or leave it"   Laurence Horn
  • "love it or leave it"   Charles C Doyle
• "You'll get the _top-of-the-notch_ audio quality." [NT]   Wilson Gray
• Judge Judy: "There was a gate. They had somebody there in a _stiff collar_. Nobody got past that gate."   Wilson Gray
• Green's Dictionary: "top apple" and one more "big apple" attestation   Gerald Cohen
• "=?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=A6talk_?=about me and say all *kinds* of this, that, and the _third_!"   Wilson Gray
• On the early days of Philadelphia's Black Friday (ca. 1960)   Bonnie Taylor-Blake
• Freudian   victor steinbok
  • Freudian   Jonathan Lighter
  • Freudian   Ron Butters
  • Freudian   victor steinbok
  • Freudian   Ronald Butters
  • Freudian   victor steinbok
• cookies and related stuff   victor steinbok
  • cookies and related stuff   victor steinbok
  • cookies and related stuff   Benjamin Barrett
  • cookies and related stuff   victor steinbok
• Sorting the IPA alphabet   Joel S. Berson
  • Sorting the IPA alphabet   Laurence Horn
  • Sorting the IPA alphabet   Neal Whitman
  • Sorting the IPA alphabet   Gordon, Matthew J.
  • Sorting the IPA alphabet   Laurence Horn
• "Save Growlery! The Social Networks Built of Old Words"   Wilson Gray
  • "Save Growlery! The Social Networks Built of Old Words"   Laurence Horn
  • "Save Growlery! The Social Networks Built of Old Words"   Martin Kaminer
  • "Save Growlery! The Social Networks Built of Old Words"   Wilson Gray
  • "Save Growlery! The Social Networks Built of Old Words"   Laurence Horn
  • "Save Growlery! The Social Networks Built of Old Words"   Wilson Gray
• IPA[lphabet] alphabet   Joel S. Berson
• Dialect variation in the Times   Wilson Gray
  • Dialect variation in the Times   Laurence Horn
  • Dialect variation in the Times   Darla Wells
  • Dialect variation in the Times   Ben Zimmer
  • Dialect variation in the Times   Wilson Gray
  • Dialect variation in the Times   Laurence Horn
  • Dialect variation in the Times   Eric Nielsen
  • Dialect variation in the Times   Laurence Horn
  • Dialect variation in the Times   Laurence Horn
  • Dialect variation in the Times   Eric Nielsen
  • Dialect variation in the Times   Laurence Horn
  • Dialect variation in the Times   Eric Nielsen
• fouter, n. (antedating)   Jonathan Lighter
  • fouter, n. (antedating)   Laurence Horn
  • fouter, n. (antedating)   Janis Vizier Nihart
  • fouter, n. (antedating)   Wilson Gray
• "cheek music"   Jonathan Lighter
  • "cheek music"   Joel S. Berson
  • "cheek music"   Jonathan Lighter
  • "cheek music"   Laurence Horn
  • "cheek music"   Joel S. Berson
• Idiom: crawl back into the woodwork (antedating OED to 1933 August; Dorothy Parker)   Garson O'Toole
• Uzbek Language   Botir Djuraev
• confirming "JL's Law"   George Thompson
• "=?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=A6_?=at a future time-point."   Wilson Gray
• Atari (1908)   Benjamin Barrett
• "cheek music", 1800, 1802   Joel S. Berson
  • "cheek music", 1800, 1802   Dan Goncharoff
  • "cheek music", 1800, 1802   George Thompson
  • "cheek music", 1800, 1802   Wilson Gray
• a bit more on the Coors Light example...   Laurence Horn
• as ... than ...   victor steinbok
  • as ... than ...   Arnold Zwicky
  • as ... than ...   Spanbock/Svoboda-Spanbock
• no laughing aside   Jonathan Lighter
  • no laughing aside   Laurence Horn
  • no laughing aside   Jonathan Lighter
  • no laughing aside   Wilson Gray
  • no laughing aside   Jonathan Lighter
• "dim <someone's> daylights", 1800   Joel S. Berson
  • "dim <someone's> daylights", 1800   Victor Steinbok
  • "dim <someone's> daylights", 1800   Victor Steinbok
• "true blue", 1800   Joel S. Berson
  • "true blue", 1800   Jonathan Lighter
• "Antarctica's Ice _Flow_ Fully Mapped For the First Time" [NT]   Wilson Gray
  • "Antarctica's Ice _Flow_ Fully Mapped For the First Time" [NT]   Benjamin Barrett
  • "Antarctica's Ice _Flow_ Fully Mapped For the First Time" [NT]   Joel S. Berson
  • "Antarctica's Ice _Flow_ Fully Mapped For the First Time" [NT]   Victor Steinbok
  • "Antarctica's Ice _Flow_ Fully Mapped For the First Time" [NT]   Chris Waigl
• Boxing slang from 1802, including "darken his daylights"   Joel S. Berson
• Heard on Springer: _what =?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=A6_?=for_ = "why"?   Wilson Gray
• Marie Antoinette never said, "Let them eat cake."   Victor Steinbok
• "dim <someone's> daylights", 1800 (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
  • "dim <someone's> daylights", 1800 (UNCLASSIFIED)   Joel S. Berson
• Hard work never killed anybody, but why take a chance - Question about old time radio   Garson O'Toole
  • Hard work never killed anybody, but why take a chance - Question about old time radio   Wilson Gray
  • Hard work never killed anybody, but why take a chance - Question about old time radio   Garson O'Toole
• Hard work never killed anybody, but why take a chance - Question about old time radio (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
• "Antarctica's Ice _Flow_ Fully Mapped For the First Time" [N[Y]T]   Joel S. Berson
• Interesting phrasing   Victor Steinbok
  • Interesting phrasing   Jonathan Lighter
  • Interesting phrasing   victor steinbok
  • Interesting phrasing   Ronald Butters
  • Interesting phrasing   Joel S. Berson
  • Interesting phrasing   Laurence Horn
  • Interesting phrasing   Alice Faber
  • Interesting phrasing   Jonathan Lighter
• Kittereen   George Thompson
• []'s   victor steinbok
• down economy   victor steinbok
  • down economy   Jonathan Lighter
  • down economy   Dan Goncharoff
• wafer   victor steinbok
• the "Ishmael effect"   Jonathan Lighter
• "The dog ate my ..."   Joel S. Berson
  • "The dog ate my ..."   Jonathan Lighter
  • "The dog ate my ..."   Victor Steinbok
  • "The dog ate my ..."   Jonathan Lighter
  • "The dog ate my ..."   Wilson Gray
  • "The dog ate my ..."   Arnold Zwicky
  • "The dog ate my ..."   Jim Parish
  • "The dog ate my ..."   Dave Hause
  • "The dog ate my ..."   victor steinbok
  • "The dog ate my ..."   Randy Alexander
  • "The dog ate my ..."   Garson O'Toole
  • "The dog ate my ..."   Joel S. Berson
• on reversed "substitute"   Arnold Zwicky
• Yo!   Jonathan Lighter
• "Start your conversion from _a far_!"   Wilson Gray
• danseuse [post-dating 1878 --> 1926]   victor steinbok
• Season ticket   victor steinbok
• Phrase origin tale: waiting for the other shoe to drop (1904 June 30)   Garson O'Toole
• a missing "fast"?   Laurence Horn
  • a missing "fast"?   Dan Goncharoff
  • a missing "fast"?   Laurence Horn
  • a missing "fast"?   Dan Goncharoff
  • a missing "fast"?   victor steinbok
  • a missing "fast"?   Laurence Horn
  • a missing "fast"?   Nancy Friedman
• "few and far in between"   Arnold Zwicky
• danseuse [post-dating 1878 --> 1926] (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
  • danseuse [post-dating 1878 --> 1926] (UNCLASSIFIED)   victor steinbok
• Heard on Springer: _strewn_ [stroUn]   Wilson Gray
  • Heard on Springer: _strewn_ [stroUn]   Alison Murie
  • Heard on Springer: _strewn_ [stroUn]   Ben Zimmer
  • Heard on Springer: _strewn_ [stroUn]   victor steinbok
  • Heard on Springer: _strewn_ [stroUn]   victor steinbok
  • Heard on Springer: _strewn_ [stroUn]   Wilson Gray
  • Heard on Springer: _strewn_ [stroUn]   Laurence Horn
  • Heard on Springer: _strewn_ [stroUn]   Wilson Gray
  • Heard on Springer: _strewn_ [stroUn]   Laurence Horn
  • Heard on Springer: _strewn_ [stroUn]   Paul Johnston
  • Heard on Springer: _strewn_ [stroUn]   Laurence Horn
• Apostrophe Debacle   Jonathan Lighter
  • Apostrophe Debacle   Joel S. Berson
  • Apostrophe Debacle   Wilson Gray
  • Apostrophe Debacle   Benjamin Barrett
• Red state, blue state   Joel S. Berson
• WOTY candidate: "spaghetti model"   Laurence Horn
  • WOTY candidate: "spaghetti model"   Garson O'Toole
• Nounjective?   Michael Quinion
  • Nounjective?   Laurence Horn
  • Nounjective?   Michael Quinion
  • Nounjective?   Garson O'Toole
  • Nounjective?   Wilson Gray
• on reversed "substitute" (intransitive version)   Laurence Horn
  • on reversed "substitute" (intransitive version)   Wilson Gray
  • on reversed "substitute" (intransitive version)   Laurence Horn
  • on reversed "substitute" (intransitive version)   Joel S. Berson
  • on reversed "substitute" (intransitive version)   Laurence Horn
  • on reversed "substitute" (intransitive version)   Joel S. Berson
  • on reversed "substitute" (intransitive version)   Dan Goncharoff
  • on reversed "substitute" (intransitive version)   Laurence Horn
• amateur of the day: anti-clockwise (and counter-clockwise)   victor steinbok
  • amateur of the day: anti-clockwise (and counter-clockwise)   Laurence Horn
  • amateur of the day: anti-clockwise (and counter-clockwise)   Wilson Gray
  • amateur of the day: anti-clockwise (and counter-clockwise)   Joel S. Berson
  • amateur of the day: anti-clockwise (and counter-clockwise)   Spanbock/Svoboda-Spanbock
  • amateur of the day: anti-clockwise (and counter-clockwise)   Joel S. Berson
  • amateur of the day: anti-clockwise (and counter-clockwise)   Spanbock/Svoboda-Spanbock
• _-jacking_   Wilson Gray
  • _-jacking_   Laurence Horn
  • _-jacking_   victor steinbok
  • _-jacking_   Ben Zimmer
• Query: Source of a Roman Jakobson quote   Cohen, Gerald Leonard
• Secret erotic life of lexicographers (Noah Webster 1896) (Samuel Johnson 1906)   Garson O'Toole
• noun attributive   David Barnhart
  • noun attributive   Wilson Gray
• "What's this software? Like, 9 years old?"   Wilson Gray
  • "What's this software? Like, 9 years old?"   victor steinbok
  • "What's this software? Like, 9 years old?"   Wilson Gray
  • "What's this software? Like, 9 years old?"   Laurence Horn
  • "What's this software? Like, 9 years old?"   victor steinbok
  • "What's this software? Like, 9 years old?"   Wilson Gray
  • "What's this software? Like, 9 years old?"   Jonathan Lighter
• An 1838 sighting of the "brass monkey" expression   Bonnie Taylor-Blake
  • An 1838 sighting of the "brass monkey" expression   victor steinbok
• Hurricanes   Joel S. Berson
  • Hurricanes   Wilson Gray
• "critter"   Arnold Zwicky
  • "critter"   Charles C Doyle
  • "critter"   Douglas G. Wilson
  • "critter"   Andrea Morrow
  • "critter"   Joel S. Berson
  • "critter"   Douglas G. Wilson
  • "critter"   Wilson Gray
  • "critter"   victor steinbok
  • "critter"   Jonathan Lighter
  • "critter"   Laurence Horn
  • "critter"   Wilson Gray
  • "critter"   Laurence Horn
  • "critter"   Jonathan Lighter
  • "critter"   Jim Parish
  • "critter"   victor steinbok
  • "critter"   victor steinbok
  • "critter"   Wilson Gray
  • "critter"   Dave Hause
• reversed "blame"   Arnold Zwicky
  • reversed "blame"   Wilson Gray
  • reversed "blame"   Joel S. Berson
  • reversed "blame"   Arnold Zwicky
  • reversed "blame"   victor steinbok
  • reversed "blame"   Joel S. Berson
• "Uncle Tomming"   Arnold Zwicky
  • "Uncle Tomming"   Wilson Gray
  • "Uncle Tomming"   Garson O'Toole
  • "Uncle Tomming"   Garson O'Toole
  • "Uncle Tomming"   victor steinbok
  • "Uncle Tomming"   Jonathan Lighter
• Recency illusion: today's example   Jesse Sheidlower
  • Recency illusion: today's example   Ben Zimmer
  • Recency illusion: today's example   Wilson Gray
  • Recency illusion: today's example   Wilson Gray
  • Recency illusion: today's example   victor steinbok
  • Recency illusion: today's example   Laurence Horn
  • Recency illusion: today's example   Wilson Gray
  • Recency illusion: today's example   Dan Goncharoff
• Crash blossom of the week (thanks to Michael Quinion)   Laurence Horn
  • Crash blossom of the week (thanks to Michael Quinion)   Joel S. Berson
• "critters"   Arnold Zwicky
  • "critters"   Laurence Horn
• Dick, Tom and Harry   victor steinbok
• auteur of the day: anti-clockwise (and counter-clockwise)   Joel S. Berson
• transfer--quick observation   victor steinbok
• open-ended hurricane headline   victor steinbok
  • open-ended hurricane headline   Laurence Horn
  • open-ended hurricane headline   Ron Butters
• -ify and -ification   Arnold Zwicky
  • -ify and -ification   Laurence Horn
  • -ify and -ification   Arnold Zwicky
  • -ify and -ification   Wilson Gray
• Hibachi - North America meaning missing   Benjamin Barrett
• "telegraph pole" antedating   Jonathan Lighter
• gamify, gamification   Garson O'Toole
  • gamify, gamification   Arnold Zwicky
• batter (or shooes, or the sun) "half a quarter high"   Joel S. Berson
  • batter (or shooes, or the sun) "half a quarter high"   Garson O'Toole
  • batter (or shooes, or the sun) "half a quarter high"   victor steinbok
  • batter (or shooes, or the sun) "half a quarter high"   Wilson Gray
• A school system's dirty-word spreadsheet   Wilson Gray
  • A school system's dirty-word spreadsheet   Joel S. Berson
  • A school system's dirty-word spreadsheet   Laurence Horn
  • A school system's dirty-word spreadsheet   Jonathan Lighter
  • A school system's dirty-word spreadsheet   Arnold Zwicky
  • A school system's dirty-word spreadsheet   Brian Hitchcock
• Stupefication   Randy Alexander
  • Stupefication   Joel S. Berson
  • Stupefication   Arnold Zwicky
  • Stupefication   Chris Waigl
  • Stupefication   Wilson Gray
  • Stupefication   Arnold Zwicky
  • Stupefication   Randy Alexander
• choppergate   victor steinbok
  • choppergate   Joel S. Berson
  • choppergate   victor steinbok
  • choppergate   Dan Goncharoff
  • choppergate   Joel S. Berson
  • choppergate   victor steinbok
  • choppergate   victor steinbok
• OT: -ify and -ification   Joel S. Berson
• disenfranchised = 'disenchanted (about something political)'   Jonathan Lighter
• for portmanteau lovers   Arnold Zwicky
• Heard on Springer: _voluntell_   Wilson Gray
• Lo mein (1957)   Benjamin Barrett
• Lyric: _shortage_ = "short circuit"   Wilson Gray
• OT: Heard on Judge Greg Mathis's show: "Racism!"   Wilson Gray
• baby bump   victor steinbok
  • baby bump   Benjamin Barrett
  • baby bump   Jesse Sheidlower
  • baby bump   victor steinbok
  • baby bump   Ben Zimmer
  • baby bump   Jesse Sheidlower
• Off topic: web page duplication and twitter manipulation   Garson O'Toole
  • Off topic: web page duplication and twitter manipulation   Lynne Murphy
  • Off topic: web page duplication and twitter manipulation   Garson O'Toole
  • Off topic: web page duplication and twitter manipulation   imwitty
• Fwd: [ADS-L] batter (or shooes, or the sun) "half a quarter high"   Joel S. Berson
• "eighth" and the OED   Joel S. Berson
• "lipstick lesbian" (1972?)   Ben Zimmer
• oxymoron = 'redundancy; tautology'   Jonathan Lighter
• headline   victor steinbok
• "gink"?   Laurence Horn
  • "gink"?   Garson O'Toole
  • "gink"?   Jonathan Lighter
  • "gink"?   Laurence Horn
  • "gink"?   Wilson Gray
  • "gink"?   Laurence Horn
  • "gink"?   Jonathan Lighter
  • "gink"?   Douglas G. Wilson
  • "gink"?   Jonathan Lighter
  • "gink"?   Dan Goncharoff
  • "gink"?   Jonathan Lighter
  • "gink"?   Laurence Horn
• One happy language!   Laurence Horn
  • One happy language!   Jonathan Lighter
  • One happy language!   Ben Zimmer
  • One happy language!   Chris Waigl
  • One happy language!   victor steinbok
  • One happy language!   Jonathan Lighter
• ginchy = 'hinky; leery'   Jonathan Lighter
• "the Big [initial]"   Jonathan Lighter
  • "the Big [initial]"   Laurence Horn

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