January 2011 Archives by date
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- Creaky voice
Ronald Butters
- "(speech) balloon", as in the comics
Paul Frank
- "(speech) balloon", as in the comics
Jonathan Lighter
- "(speech) balloon", as in the comics
Joel S. Berson
- Creaky voice
David Bowie
- Creaky voice
Paul Johnston
- advocaat
Victor Steinbok
- black-eyed peas and cashew
Victor Steinbok
- Creaky voice
Jonathan Lighter
- verbing error
Victor Steinbok
- Creaky voice
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- Antedating of "Poker" (Card Game)
Shapiro, Fred
- Antedating of "Poker" (Card Game)
Laurence Horn
- Creaky voice
Paul Johnston
- In lieu of
Neal Whitman
- she as a gender-neutral pronoun
Paul Frank
- sponge
Victor Steinbok
- Antedating of "Poker" (Card Game)
Victor Steinbok
- "poker" lore
Victor Steinbok
- "beyond the pale"
Victor Steinbok
- Tofu--not in the name
Victor Steinbok
- she as a gender-neutral pronoun
Michael Newman
- pollmo.com "Does the "e" in "England" sound the same as the "i" in "inch?"
Tom Zurinskas
- Antedating of "Poker" (Card Game)
Barbara Need
- she as a gender-neutral pronoun
Jonathan Lighter
- bone-smuggler
Jonathan Lighter
- Antedating of "Poker" (Card Game)
Arnold Zwicky
- she as a gender-neutral pronoun
Laurence Horn
- Antedating of "Poker" (Card Game)
Laurence Horn
- Antedating of "Tokenism"
Shapiro, Fred
- Is aborted
Federico Escobar
- Antedating of "Librarian"
Shapiro, Fred
- Is aborted
Laurence Horn
- pollmo.com "Does the "e" in "England" sound the same as the "i" in "inch?"
Herb Stahlke
- she as a gender-neutral pronoun
Jonathan Lighter
- "beyond the pale"
George Thompson
- Q: [Ho?]ly {T?]umpin[s?]
Joel S. Berson
- Q: [Ho?]ly {T?]umpin[s?]
Jonathan Lighter
- Antedating of "jack-o'-lantern", "twistified adj.", "by jiminy"
Joel S. Berson
- "beyond the pale"
Joel S. Berson
- bone-smuggler
Dave Wilton
- banished words - the "back story"
Tom Zurinskas
- pollmo.com "Does the "e" in "England" sound the same as the "i" in "inch?"
Tom Zurinskas
- banished words - the "back story"
Jonathan Lighter
- bone-smuggler
Jonathan Lighter
- banished words - the "back story"
Victor Steinbok
- bone-smuggler
Dave Wilton
- banished words - the "back story"
Laurence Horn
- bone-smuggler
Laurence Horn
- banished words - the "back story"
Alice Faber
- pollmo.com "Does the "e" in "England" sound the same as the "i" in "inch?"
Charles C Doyle
- "beyond the pale"
George Thompson
- "poker" lore
Dave Hause
- Is aborted
Federico Escobar
- she as a gender-neutral pronoun
Federico Escobar
- "beyond the pale"
Victor Steinbok
- she as a gender-neutral pronoun
Jonathan Lighter
- "beyond the pale"
Joel S. Berson
- she as a gender-neutral pronoun
Joel S. Berson
- "beyond the pale"
Joel S. Berson
- "poker" lore
Victor Steinbok
- My (two) messages in HTML
Joel S. Berson
- Antedating of "Poker" (Card Game)
David A. Daniel
- Creaky voice: Invitation to be part of my research project (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- she as a gender-neutral pronoun
Seán Fitzpatrick
- she as a gender-neutral pronoun
Laurence Horn
- Is aborted
Garson O'Toole
- Is aborted
Garson O'Toole
- "beyond the pale"
Garson O'Toole
- Doing-doing
Michael Quinion
- linguist
Victor Steinbok
- linguist
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- Fwd: Media Query: Baltimore "Hon" controversy
Grant Barrett
- Doing-doing
Laurence Horn
- Doing-doing
Laurence Horn
- linguist
Dave Wilton
- bone-smuggler
Jonathan Lighter
- she as a gender-neutral pronoun
Garson O'Toole
- she as a gender-neutral pronoun
Laurence Horn
- linguist
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- Doing-doing
Patty
- Wilson Gray was Re: linguist (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Wilson Gray was Re: linguist (UNCLASSIFIED)
Laurence Horn
- she as a gender-neutral pronoun (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- de-infest and other goodies
Victor Steinbok
- Doing-doing
Joel S. Berson
- trademarking "Hon"?!
Mark Mandel
- trademarking "Hon"?!
Dan Goncharoff
- Macquarie WOTY 2010 nominees
Ben Zimmer
- Wilson Gray was Re: linguist (UNCLASSIFIED)
Eric Nielsen
- Macquarie WOTY 2010 nominees
Jonathan Lighter
- Wilson Gray was Re: linguist (UNCLASSIFIED)
Jonathan Lighter
- Macquarie WOTY 2010 nominees
Michael Quinion
- Nominations for Name of the Year
Cleve Evans
- Nominations for Name of the Year
Jonathan Lighter
- Nominations for Name of the Year
Jonathan Lighter
- Fwd: Grant Opportunity: Direct an NEH Summer Program in 2012
Jesse Sheidlower
- Antedatings of "Taco"
Shapiro, Fred
- Antedatings of "Taco"
Jesse Sheidlower
- Nominations for Name of the Year
Joel S. Berson
- Nominations for Name of the Year
Laurence Horn
- trademarking "Hon"?!
Nancy Friedman
- Antedatings of "Taco" (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- pronunciation of "Syracuse"
Laura Ray
- trademarking "Hon"?!
Tom Zurinskas
- Antedatings of "Taco" (UNCLASSIFIED)
Sam Clements
- Antedatings of "Taco" (UNCLASSIFIED)
victor steinbok
- GIST (was: Linguist)
Brian Hitchcock
- de-infest and other goodies
Victor Steinbok
- Is aborted
Federico Escobar
- she as a gender-neutral pronoun
Federico Escobar
- she as a gender-neutral pronoun
Jonathan Lighter
- to switch gears
Victor Steinbok
- GIST (was: Linguist)
Garson O'Toole
- she as a gender-neutral pronoun
Paul Frank
- she as a gender-neutral pronoun
Laurence Horn
- be
Charles C Doyle
- to switch gears
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- be
David A. Daniel
- 2010 WOTY nominations open
Ben Zimmer
- to switch gears
Dan Goncharoff
- 2010 WOTY nominations open
Victor Steinbok
- to switch gears
Victor Steinbok
- to switch gears
Garson O'Toole
- to switch gears
Garson O'Toole
- to switch gears
Jonathan Lighter
- woty thought - smartphone
Tom Zurinskas
- motorhuckle boots
Herb Stahlke
- motorhuckle boots
Garson O'Toole
- To do meaning to impersonate
Paul Frank
- Photos of WOTY 2010 vote
Grant Barrett
- Photos of WOTY 2010 vote
Victor Steinbok
- Photos of WOTY 2010 vote
Victor Steinbok
- Name of the Year
geoffrey nunberg
- 2011 WOTY nomination: "robosigner"
Joel S. Berson
- motorhuckle boots
Jonathan Lighter
- motorhuckle boots
Jonathan Lighter
- Photos of WOTY 2010 vote
Tom Zurinskas
- 2011 WOTY nomination: "robosigner"
Ben Zimmer
- 2011 WOTY nomination: "robosigner"
Ben Zimmer
- Photos of WOTY 2010 vote
Victor Steinbok
- Idiom: In the catbird seat (antedating 1916)
Garson O'Toole
- Silver bullet (figurative 1945)
Garson O'Toole
- "waltzing matilda" antedated to 1890; Matilda (bluey, swag) 1889
Stephen Goranson
- 2011 WOTY nomination: "robosigner"
Joel S. Berson
- Silver bullet (figurative 1945)
George Thompson
- sketched out
Jonathan Lighter
- Silver bullet (figurative 1945)
Jonathan Lighter
- sketched out
Ben Zimmer
- Photos of WOTY 2010 vote
Ben Zimmer
- Silver bullet (figurative 1945)
Charles C Doyle
- Silver bullet (figurative 1945)
Michael Quinion
- Silver bullet (figurative 1945)
Baker, John
- Silver bullet (figurative 1945)
Joel S. Berson
- Silver bullet (figurative 1945)
Jonathan Lighter
- Silver bullet (figurative 1945)
Baker, John
- Silver bullet (figurative 1945)
Jonathan Lighter
- Silver bullet (figurative 1945)
Douglas G. Wilson
- Nice piece by Fred in YAM
Laurence Horn
- <3 is in the air--or in NYT presses
Victor Steinbok
- "melophone" 1841, antedates OED3 1859-
Joel S. Berson
- "pale of settlement", 1840, 1868, and 1919
Joel S. Berson
- Silver bullet (figurative 1945)
Jonathan Lighter
- Silver bullet (figurative 1945)
Jonathan Lighter
- Silver bullet, literal (WAS: figurative 1945)
Joel S. Berson
- Silver bullet -- literal!
Joel S. Berson
- Yogi and "too crowded" [Was: Nice piece by Fred in YAM]
Joel S. Berson
- Silver bullet -- literal!
Jonathan Lighter
- sketched out
Jonathan Lighter
- Silver bullet (figurative 1945)
Joel S. Berson
- <3 is in the air--or in NYT presses
Jeff Prucher
- <3 is in the air--or in NYT presses
Dan Goncharoff
- Silver bullet (figurative 1945)
Garson O'Toole
- "pale of settlement", 1840, 1868, and 1919
Dan Goncharoff
- "pale of settlement", 1840, 1868, and 1919
Joel S. Berson
- <3 is in the air--or in NYT presses
Victor Steinbok
- <3 is in the air--or in NYT presses
Dan Goncharoff
- sketched out
Victor Steinbok
- sketched out
Victor Steinbok
- sammich
Tom Zurinskas
- sammich
Jonathan Lighter
- <3 is in the air--or in NYT presses
Jonathan Lighter
- sammich
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- <3 is in the air--or in NYT presses
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- Cockney Bible
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Twitter dialectology
Wilson Gray
- walkback = "a partial retraction or softening of a previous statement that has been taken as definitive."
Jonathan Lighter
- walkback = "a partial retraction or softening of a previous statement that has been taken as definitive."
Victor Steinbok
- Another ancestor on NPR
Barbara Need
- Was that he was guilty obvious?
Randy Alexander
- walkback = "a partial retraction or softening of a previous statement that has been taken as definitive."
Neal Whitman
- crash blossom: "accuses critics of blood libel"
Michael Covarrubias
- Another ancestor on NPR
Paul Johnston
- Another ancestor on NPR
Joel S. Berson
- Was that he was guilty obvious?
Jonathan Lighter
- sammich
Laurence Horn
- crash blossom: "accuses critics of blood libel"
Jonathan Lighter
- Was that he was guilty obvious?
Douglas G. Wilson
- Was that he was guilty obvious?
Laurence Horn
- Was that he was guilty obvious?
Wilson Gray
- Was that he was guilty obvious?
Robin Hamilton
- Was that he was guilty obvious?
Laurence Horn
- crash blossom: "accuses critics of blood libel"
Laurence Horn
- Was that he was guilty obvious?
Ann Burlingham
- Was that he was guilty obvious?
Wilson Gray
- crash blossom: "accuses critics of blood libel"
Joel S. Berson
- crash blossom: "accuses critics of blood libel"
Jonathan Lighter
- Sober coach
Neal Whitman
- Sober coach
Laurence Horn
- Try New OED
Baker, John
- Try New OED
Wilson Gray
- X (eks)
Paul Frank
- capsule, etc. + bubble/pearl tea + tapioca pearls
Victor Steinbok
- Try New OED
David A. Daniel
- "pet parent"
Jonathan Lighter
- Does OED3 not know its nouns from its adjectives?
Joel S. Berson
- halitosic
Jonathan Lighter
- capsule, etc. + bubble/pearl tea + tapioca pearls
Jonathan Lighter
- halitosic
Laurence Horn
- halitosic
Laurence Horn
- halitosic
Jonathan Lighter
- halitosic
Jonathan Lighter
- demotive
Jonathan Lighter
- halitosic
Charles C Doyle
- halitosic
Joel S. Berson
- halitosic
Laurence Horn
- Microsoft's "app store" trademark complaint (+ WOTY)
Ben Zimmer
- halitosic
Garson O'Toole
- halitosic
Norm Jensen
- Microsoft's "app store" trademark complaint (+ WOTY)
Laurence Horn
- Microsoft's "app store" trademark complaint (+ WOTY)
Victor Steinbok
- "pet parent"
Seán Fitzpatrick
- Fw: Mossad and Sarah Palin
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- English lexicon too large and unwieldy?
Wilson Gray
- Descendants of prior generations
Joel S. Berson
- from "blood libel" to "pogrom"
Victor Steinbok
- from "blood libel" to "pogrom"
Jonathan Lighter
- from "blood libel" to "pogrom"
Joel S. Berson
- further looking for "biggie" = 'something impressive'
Wilson Gray
- from "blood libel" to "pogrom"
Wilson Gray
- from "blood libel" to "pogrom"
Laurence Horn
- from "blood libel" to "pogrom"
Jonathan Lighter
- from "blood libel" to "pogrom"
Joel S. Berson
- from "blood libel" to "pogrom"
Wilson Gray
- from "blood libel" to "pogrom"
Laurence Horn
- from "blood libel" to "pogrom"
Victor Steinbok
- from "blood libel" to "pogrom"
Dave Wilton
- from "blood libel" to "pogrom"
Joel S. Berson
- "warthog" with glottal stop
Neal Whitman
- Antedating of "Folkloristics"
Shapiro, Fred
- "warthog" with glottal stop
Tom Zurinskas
- from "blood libel" to "pogrom"
Tom Zurinskas
- from "blood libel" to "pogrom"
Jonathan Lighter
- from "blood libel" to "pogrom"
Tom Zurinskas
- USA twitter accents in text
Tom Zurinskas
- "warthog" with glottal stop
Paul Johnston
- "warthog" with glottal stop
Tom Zurinskas
- "warthog" with glottal stop
Paul Johnston
- "warthog" with glottal stop
Paul Johnston
- Antedating of "Folkloristics"
Dan Goncharoff
- Corrected Antedating of "Folkloristics"
Shapiro, Fred
- Antedating of "Folkloristics"
Shapiro, Fred
- Antedating of "Folkloristics"
Dan Goncharoff
- light-worlds
victor steinbok
- from "blood libel" to "pogrom"
Joel S. Berson
- Antedating of "Folkloristics"
Victor Steinbok
- gossipology/ist + fakexpert
Victor Steinbok
- from "blood libel" to "pogrom"
Tom Zurinskas
- Controlling the grammar
Jonathan Lighter
- from "blood libel" to "pogrom"
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- from "blood libel" to "pogrom"
Jonathan Lighter
- do, v.i.
Jonathan Lighter
- do, v.i.
Ronald Butters
- unsubscribe
Kathryn Remlinger
- do, v.i.
Dave Wilton
- do, v.i.
Paul Frank
- do, v.i.
Jonathan Lighter
- do, v.i.
Jonathan Lighter
- do, v.i.
Ronald Butters
- nonsense words and phonetics for kids
Tom Zurinskas
- So you thought texting-speak was new
David A. Daniel
- So you thought texting-speak was new
Jonathan Lighter
- So you thought texting-speak was new
Joel S. Berson
- do, v.i.
Laurence Horn
- So you thought texting-speak was new
Ben Zimmer
- So you thought texting-speak was new
Jonathan Lighter
- do, v.i.
Ronald Butters
- do, v.i.
Garson O'Toole
- do, v.i.
Jonathan Lighter
- Another QOTY
Jonathan Lighter
- do, v.i.
Wilson Gray
- unsubscribe
Wilson Gray
- do, v.i.
Jonathan Lighter
- from "blood libel" to "pogrom"
Tom Zurinskas
- unsubscribe
Gary Moore
- Unsubscribe me please
Gary Moore
- do, v.i.
Laurence Horn
- So you thought texting-speak was new
Joel S. Berson
- Another QOTY
Joel S. Berson
- do, v.i.
Victor Steinbok
- do, v.i.
Laurence Horn
- from "blood libel" to "pogrom"
Victor Steinbok
- do, v.i.
Victor Steinbok
- unsubscribe
Ben Zimmer
- Mired in the past, I was tense.
Wilson Gray
- do, v.i.
Garson O'Toole
- from "blood libel" to "pogrom"
Wilson Gray
- Unsubscribe me please
Wilson Gray
- Another QOTY
Wilson Gray
- So you thought texting-speak was new
Wilson Gray
- do, v.i.
Ronald Butters
- Unsubscribe me please
Jonathan Lighter
- do, v.i. and Wilson's mother
Ronald Butters
- do, v.i.
Jonathan Lighter
- Another QOTY
Jonathan Lighter
- Unsubscribe me please
Jocelyn Limpert
- do, v.i.
Dan Goncharoff
- do, v.i.
Jonathan Lighter
- Unsubscribe me please
Laurence Horn
- So you thought texting-speak was new
Laurence Horn
- Unsubscribe me please
Garson O'Toole
- do, v.i.
Herb Stahlke
- do, v.i.
Wilson Gray
- do, with cognate accusative
Eric Nielsen
- So you thought texting-speak was new
Seán Fitzpatrick
- do, v.i.
David Bowie
- do, v.i.
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- do, v.i.
Joel S. Berson
- Try New OED
Joel S. Berson
- diverse = 'ethnically different'
Jonathan Lighter
- do, v.i.
Jonathan Lighter
- do, v.i.
Jonathan Lighter
- do, v.i.
Joel S. Berson
- diverse = 'ethnically different'
Joel S. Berson
- diverse = 'ethnically different'
Jonathan Lighter
- on the ground = 'in the world'
Jonathan Lighter
- antedating Steadicam (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- trash-tweeting
Charles C Rice
- diverse = 'ethnically different'
Wilson Gray
- on the ground = 'in the world'
Garson O'Toole
- family
Jonathan Lighter
- on the ground = 'in the world'
Jonathan Lighter
- diverse = 'ethnically different'
Jonathan Lighter
- on the ground = 'in the world'
Garson O'Toole
- on the ground = 'in the world'
Laurence Horn
- on the ground = 'in the world'
Laurence Horn
- family
Jonathan Lighter
- on the ground = 'in the world'
Jonathan Lighter
- family
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- diverse = 'ethnically different'
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- diverse = 'ethnically different'
Leslie Decker
- on the ground = 'in the world'
Joel S. Berson
- diverse = 'ethnically different'
Jonathan Lighter
- diverse => 'ethnically different'
Ronald Butters
- diverse = 'ethnically different'
Joel S. Berson
- diverse = 'ethnically different'
Ronald Butters
- diverse => 'ethnically different'
Victor Steinbok
- diverse => 'ethnically different'
Laurence Horn
- verse
Victor Steinbok
- doomsday device
Victor Steinbok
- verse
Jeff Prucher
- verse
Ben Zimmer
- verse
Jonathan Lighter
- doomsday device
Shapiro, Fred
- doomsday device
Victor Steinbok
- OT: A tweet from Hugh Hefner
Wilson Gray
- basketball
Victor Steinbok
- "His locks have been styled to resemble pig tales." [NT]
Wilson Gray
- basketball
Laurence Horn
- gazebo (antedating 1749)
Garson O'Toole
- basketball
Jonathan Lighter
- diverse = 'ethnically different'
Amy West
- diverse => 'ethnically different'
Amy West
- verse
Amy West
- gazebo (antedating 1749)
Joel S. Berson
- verse
Ben Zimmer
- verse
Arnold Zwicky
- verse
Robin Hamilton
- Another Linguistics Issue at the Supreme Court
Baker, John
- verse
Jonathan Lighter
- bellybutton
Charles C Doyle
- bellybutton
victor steinbok
- verse
victor steinbok
- verse
Dan Goncharoff
- feet first
Victor Steinbok
- verse
Victor Steinbok
- bellybutton
Wilson Gray
- feet first
Victor Steinbok
- verse
Garson O'Toole
- OT Fwd: Endangered Alphabets (perhaps some of us can help)
Wilson Gray
- bellybutton
Jonathan Lighter
- bellybutton
Garson O'Toole
- bellybutton
Laurence Horn
- basketball --- (blend?)
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Mike Linn
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- bellybutton
Paul Frank
- basketball --- (blend?)
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- bellybutton
Eric Nielsen
- porch monkey
Victor Steinbok
- porch monkey
Jonathan Lighter
- netroots - meaning "internet grassroots," a "netmanteau"?
Tom Zurinskas
- netroots - meaning "internet grassroots," a "netmanteau"?
William Palmer
- verse
Amy West
- JK Re: verse
Amy West
- basketball --- (blend?)
Joel S. Berson
- basketball --- (blend?)
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- basketball --- (blend?)
Joel S. Berson
- basketball --- (blend?)
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- verse
Brian Hitchcock
- Another Linguistics Issue at the Supreme Court
Brian Hitchcock
- Another Linguistics Issue at the Supreme Court
Brian Hitchcock
- Another Linguistics Issue at the Supreme Court
Brian Hitchcock
- verse
Robin Hamilton
- Another Linguistics Issue at the Supreme Court
Jonathan Lighter
- verse
Jonathan Lighter
- porch monkey (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- porch monkey
Wilson Gray
- verse
Joel S. Berson
- to decenter
Jonathan Lighter
- An undue bill
Joel S. Berson
- road monkey (antedating 1885 Feb 24) brush monkey (1885 Feb 24)
Garson O'Toole
- gazebo (antedating 1749)
Garson O'Toole
- road monkey (antedating 1885 Feb 24) brush monkey (1885 Feb 24)
William Palmer
- Linguistic Contributions of Batman
Shapiro, Fred
- road monkey (antedating 1885 Feb 24) brush monkey (1885 Feb 24)
Jonathan Lighter
- Linguistic Contributions of Batman
Paul Frank
- porch monkey
Joel S. Berson
- bawdy = 'brassy-sounding; strident'
Jonathan Lighter
- porch monkey
Jonathan Lighter
- Linguistic Contributions of Batman
Joel S. Berson
- Linguistic Contributions of Batman
Joel S. Berson
- porch monkey
Joel S. Berson
- q for que, x=?
Darla Wells
- Linguistic Contributions of Batman
Dave Wilton
- porch monkey
Robin Hamilton
- Linguistic Contributions of Batman
Paul
- Linguistic Contributions of Batman
David A. Daniel
- q for que, x=?
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- q for que, x=?
Douglas G. Wilson
- Linguistic Contributions of Batman
Eric Nielsen
- Linguistic Contributions of Batman -- Ooops
Eric Nielsen
- "Toenailed": of nails
Wilson Gray
- "Toenailed": of nails
Laurence Horn
- "Toenailed": of nails
Wilson Gray
- porch monkey
Wilson Gray
- Linguistic Contributions of Batman
Garson O'Toole
- Catalan, 0 vs. English, 2
Wilson Gray
- q for que, x=?
Federico Escobar
- Univac, Multivac (1955), Microvac (1956) and fictional etymologies
Garson O'Toole
- Univac, Multivac (1955), Microvac (1956) and fictional etymologies
Garson O'Toole
- "Toenailed": of nails
Norm Jensen
- "Toenailed": of nails
Joel S. Berson
- "Toenailed": of nails
Wilson Gray
- "Toenailed": of nails
Wilson Gray
- more wild kitchen lingo
Victor Steinbok
- "Toenailed": of nails
Tom Zurinskas
- Determine the Plural of Prius advertising campaign - Prii, Priuses, Prius, Prium, Prien
Garson O'Toole
- bunga-bunga
Jonathan Lighter
- bunga-bunga
Neal Whitman
- alienation
Jonathan Lighter
- blitz
Joel S. Berson
- alienation
Ben Zimmer
- shorthand
Victor Steinbok
- alienation
Jonathan Lighter
- spotted in the wild
Victor Steinbok
- authentic = 'realistic in one's attitudes'
Jonathan Lighter
- Puzzling Antedating of "Scofflaw"
Shapiro, Fred
- Linguistic Contributions of Batman -- Ooops (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Puzzling Antedating of "Scofflaw"
Baker, John
- Puzzling Antedating of "Scofflaw"
Garson O'Toole
- "pethy" as a dialectal variant of "pithy"; Ozarks usage
Gerald Cohen
- Old Naval Saying
Jonathan Lighter
- Old Naval Saying
Laurence Horn
- shorthand
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- shorthand
Ben Zimmer
- mudsplasher
Jonathan Lighter
- authentic = 'realistic in one's attitudes'
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- Puzzling Antedating of "Scofflaw"
Shapiro, Fred
- Puzzling Antedating of "Scofflaw"
Charles C Doyle
- shorthand
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- authentic = 'realistic in one's attitudes'
Joel S. Berson
- antedating of "battlewagon"
Jonathan Lighter
- authentic = 'realistic in one's attitudes'
Ronald Butters
- Linguistic Contributions of Batman -- Ooops (UNCLASSIFIED)
Eric Nielsen
- "youse guys" in the 1890s.
Jonathan Lighter
- "In God We Trust...."
Jonathan Lighter
- blitz
Dan Goncharoff
- "In God We Trust...."
Garson O'Toole
- blitz
Joel S. Berson
- tiger mothers
Jonathan Lighter
- tiger mothers
Joel S. Berson
- Univac
Joel S. Berson
- tiger mothers
Laurence Horn
- Univac
Robin Hamilton
- tiger mothers
Victor Steinbok
- tiger mothers
Joel S. Berson
- Univac
Joel S. Berson
- tiger mothers and other tiggers
Robin Hamilton
- OT: q for que, x=?
Joel S. Berson
- Heard on Springer
Wilson Gray
- tiger mothers and other tiggers
Laurence Horn
- Heard on The Boondocks
Wilson Gray
- Univac
Robin Hamilton
- Quote or Proverb: My boys trust in the Lord, and keep your powder dry (antedating 1832 February 28)
Garson O'Toole
- Heard on The Boondocks
Victor Steinbok
- Quote or Proverb: My boys trust in the Lord, and keep your powder dry (antedating 1832 February 28)
Dan Goncharoff
- Quote or Proverb: My boys trust in the Lord, and keep your powder dry (antedating 1832 February 28)
Garson O'Toole
- [FORENSIC-LINGUISTICS] mobile app for detecting paedophiles
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- made up words
Victor Steinbok
- Quote or Proverb: Sleep on your matchlocks and keep your powder dry (1836)
Joel S. Berson
- Heard on The Boondocks
Wilson Gray
- kids and texting - actually helps spelling
Tom Zurinskas
- Quote or Proverb: My boys trust in the Lord, and keep your powder dry (antedating 1832 February 28)
Victor Steinbok
- Allen Metcalf's new book on "OK"
George Thompson
- Quote or Proverb: My boys trust in the Lord, and keep your powder dry (antedating 1832 February 28)
Dan Goncharoff
- Quote or Proverb: My boys trust in the Lord, and keep your powder dry (antedating 1832 February 28)
Garson O'Toole
- Followup Batman Question
Shapiro, Fred
- Followup Batman Question
Victor Steinbok
- Quote or Proverb: My boys trust in the Lord, and keep your powder dry (antedating 1832 February 28)
Victor Steinbok
- In the wild: boujie
Victor Steinbok
- Thirteen below in NE PA, last night
Wilson Gray
- In the wild: boujie
George Thompson
- Linguistic Contributions of Batman
Jeff Prucher
- LLBA for individuals?
David Bowie
- In the wild: boujie
Wilson Gray
- In the wild: boujie
Victor Steinbok
- In the wild: boujie
Victor Steinbok
- Quote or Proverb: My boys trust in the Lord, and keep your powder dry (antedating 1832 February 28)
Joel S. Berson
- tiger mothers and other tiggers
Randy Alexander
- In the wild: boujie
Jesse Sheidlower
- tiger mothers and other tiggers
Paul Frank
- tiger mothers and other tiggers
Paul Frank
- In the wild: boujie
Shapiro, Fred
- Lincoln document altered
Jesse Sheidlower
- In the wild: boujie
Jonathan Lighter
- Quote or Proverb: My boys trust in the Lord, and keep your powder dry (antedating 1832 February 28)
Jonathan Lighter
- Heard on Springer
Amy West
- Question about "Krio"
Bethany Dumas
- Quote or Proverb: My boys trust in the Lord, and keep your powder dry (antedating 1832 February 28)
Joel S. Berson
- Quote or Proverb: My boys trust in the Lord, and keep your powder dry (antedating 1832 February 28)
Garson O'Toole
- Followup Batman Question
Baker, John
- Followup Batman Question (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Followup Batman Question (UNCLASSIFIED)
Baker, John
- Book on Origin of New York City's Nickname "The Big Apple"
Gerald Cohen
- Book on Origin of New York City's Nickname "The Big Apple"
Michael Newman
- Book on Origin of New York City's Nickname "The Big Apple"
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Book on Origin of New York City's Nickname "The Big Apple"
Jonathan Lighter
- Quote or Proverb: My boys trust in the Lord, and keep your powder dry
Charles C Doyle
- "Horrible" as a noun?
Jocelyn Limpert
- "Horrible" as a noun?
Ben Zimmer
- "Horrible" as a noun?
Joel S. Berson
- "Horrible" as a noun?
Baker, John
- Shakespearean quotation
Joel S. Berson
- "atmospheric," n.
Jonathan Lighter
- In the wild: boujie
Leslie Decker
- The initial "so"
Michael Sheehan
- The initial "so"
Arnold Zwicky
- The initial "so"
Wilson Gray
- "Horrible" as a noun?
Shapiro, Fred
- "Horrible" as a noun?
Shapiro, Fred
- asparagus, topinambur
Victor Steinbok
- Quote or Proverb: My boys trust in the Lord, and keep your powder dry (antedating 1832 February 28)
Joel S. Berson
- "Horribles" (and a 1792 instance)
Joel S. Berson
- more culinary musings
Victor Steinbok
- more culinary musings
Paul
- more culinary musings
Alice Faber
- "Horribles" (and a 1792 instance)
Victor Steinbok
- more culinary musings
Victor Steinbok
- "youse guys" in the 1890s.
Wilson Gray
- "Horribles" (and a 1792 instance)
Victor Steinbok
- "Horrible" as a noun?
George Thompson
- "Horrible" as a noun?
Joel S. Berson
- "(Parade of the) Horribles" (1851)
Joel S. Berson
- "(Parade of the) Horribles" (1851)
Victor Steinbok
- "(Parade of the) Horribles" (1851)
Joel S. Berson
- "youse guys" in the 1890s.
Jonathan Lighter
- Old Naval Saying
Wilson Gray
- "youse guys" in the 1890s.
Wilson Gray
- Question about "Krio"
Wilson Gray
- Heard on Springer
Wilson Gray
- modality = 'kind'
Jonathan Lighter
- asparagus, topinambur
Brian Hitchcock
- modality = 'kind'
Laurence Horn
- update/upgrade confusion
Victor Steinbok
- modality = 'kind'
Victor Steinbok
- origin of the phrase: the right to privacy
Dennis Baron
- modality = 'kind'
Jonathan Lighter
- origin of the phrase: the right to privacy
Joel S. Berson
- Pauli
Victor Steinbok
- origin of the phrase: the right to privacy
Dan Goncharoff
- Pauli
Wilson Gray
- modality = 'kind'
Garson O'Toole
- origin of the phrase: the right to privacy
Baker, John
- origin of the phrase: the right to privacy
Dennis Baron
- The Gentleman's Companion (1870)
Dan Goncharoff
- origin of the phrase: the right to privacy
Joel S. Berson
- origin of the phrase: the right to privacy
Jonathan Lighter
- origin of the phrase: the right to privacy
Joel S. Berson
- FW: Pauli
Seán Fitzpatrick
- origin of the phrase: the right to privacy
Jonathan Lighter
- hollowed-out miliitary
Tom Zurinskas
- Quote: There is no God, and Harriet is his prophet (1851 August)
Garson O'Toole
- Heard on Springer
Amy West
- FW: Pauli
Laurence Horn
- prompt, n. = 'an intellectual or emotional stimulus to artistic creation; inspiration'
Jonathan Lighter
- FW: Pauli
Jonathan Lighter
- FW: Pauli
Laurence Horn
- FW: Pauli
Jim Parish
- Pauli
Arnold Zwicky
- googol
Joel S. Berson
- Quote: There is no God, and Harriet is his prophet (1851 August)
Ben Zimmer
- googol
Jonathan Lighter
- Quote: There is no God, and Harriet is his prophet (1851 August)
Garson O'Toole
- Pauli
Shapiro, Fred
- Pauli
victor steinbok
- horse feathers (1925 February 25)
Garson O'Toole
- horse feathers (1925 February 25)
Michael Quinion
- inciting violence - syntax (was from "blood libel" to "pogrom")
Brian Hitchcock
- Pauli
Laurence Horn
- that
Victor Steinbok
- "smash-mouth" + Univ. of Wisconsin student slang (1965)
Ben Zimmer
- homosexuality
David Barnhart
- homosexuality
Jocelyn Limpert
- innocent
Jonathan Lighter
- innocent
David A. Daniel
- homosexuality
Ronald Butters
- horse feathers (1925 February 25)
Garson O'Toole
- innocent
Joel S. Berson
- Terms for college grades, 1958; was: "smash-mouth" + Univ. of Wisconsin student slang (1965)
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- homosexuality
Ann Burlingham
- the X you have never Y
George Thompson
- homosexuality
George Thompson
- Fwd: Perhaps of interest
Wilson Gray
- "Big butts are the new black in Hollywood!"
Wilson Gray
- homosexuality and innocence
Joel S. Berson
- Terms for college grades, 1958; was: "smash-mouth" + Univ. of Wisconsin student slang (1965)
Wilson Gray
- "nip X in the butt"
Laurence Horn
- homosexuality
Laurence Horn
- "smash-mouth" + Univ. of Wisconsin student slang (1965)
Wilson Gray
- "nip X in the butt"
Wilson Gray
- Terms for college grades, 1958; was: "smash-mouth" + Univ. of Wisconsin student slang (1965)
Victor Steinbok
- political language (UK version)
Victor Steinbok
- political language (UK version)
Tom Zurinskas
- political language (UK version)
Dan Goncharoff
- Pauli
Shapiro, Fred
- a carpenter dog
George Thompson
- Pauli
Laurence Horn
- Antedating of "Medieval"
Shapiro, Fred
- political language (UK version)
Wilson Gray
- Antedating of "Medieval"
Charles C Doyle
- whole nine yards
Stephen Goranson
- Egg corn?
Wilson Gray
- "My son must done already knew." [NT]
Wilson Gray
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