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Starting: Fri Jul 1 01:55:00 UTC 2011
Ending: Sun Jul 31 20:29:39 UTC 2011
Messages: 556

• Sense of "Flip" Not in OED   Shapiro, Fred
  • Sense of "Flip" Not in OED   victor steinbok
• another flip   victor steinbok
  • another flip   Wilson Gray
• "This is the proverbial pot that we have to shit or get off of."   Neal Whitman
• "booster coat" (and "bag") not in the OED   Joel S. Berson
• "booster" = shoplifter, antedating to 1911; also "stuss-house" (?)   Joel S. Berson
  • "booster" = shoplifter, antedating to 1911; also "stuss-house" (?)   Jesse Sheidlower
  • "booster" = shoplifter, antedating to 1911; also "stuss-house" (?)   Jonathan Lighter
  • "booster" = shoplifter, antedating to 1911; also "stuss-house" (?)   Garson O'Toole
  • "booster" = shoplifter, antedating to 1911; also "stuss-house" (?)   Douglas G. Wilson
• booster = capper, confederate (antedating HDAS to 1893 April 12)   Garson O'Toole
• "mural" = moderately large, landscape-oriented painting   Joel S. Berson
• "mural" = moderately large, landscape-oriented painting (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
• "colonist", "colonial" -- and antedating the latter?   Joel S. Berson
• Legal "Form Book" Not in OED   Shapiro, Fred
• "Form of Action" Not in OED   Shapiro, Fred
  • "Form of Action" Not in OED   victor steinbok
  • "Form of Action" Not in OED   Shapiro, Fred
  • "Form of Action" Not in OED   Baker, John
  • "Form of Action" Not in OED   Joanne Despres
  • "Form of Action" Not in OED   Shapiro, Fred
• strong enough = 'able'   Jonathan Lighter
  • strong enough = 'able'   Wilson Gray
  • strong enough = 'able'   Jonathan Lighter
• "Hot Dog" article in The Atlantic (June 2)   Cohen, Gerald Leonard
  • "Hot Dog" article in The Atlantic (June 2)   Jonathan Lighter
  • "Hot Dog" article in The Atlantic (June 2)   victor steinbok
• second hand   victor steinbok
  • second hand   Jonathan Lighter
  • second hand   Joel S. Berson
  • second hand   Douglas G. Wilson
• Grammar question -- "from throughout the year"?   Randy Alexander
• more soccer broadcasts   victor steinbok
  • more soccer broadcasts   Douglas G. Wilson
  • more soccer broadcasts   Joel S. Berson
  • more soccer broadcasts   victor steinbok
  • more soccer broadcasts   Damien Hall
  • more soccer broadcasts   Ben Zimmer
  • more soccer broadcasts   victor steinbok
• "hot dog" on Morning Edition   Ben Zimmer
  • "hot dog" on Morning Edition   Laurence Horn
  • "hot dog" on Morning Edition   Ben Zimmer
• "cut the muster" (1912)   Ben Zimmer
  • "cut the muster" (1912)   Wilson Gray
  • "cut the muster" (1912)   Baker, John
  • "cut the muster" (1912)   victor steinbok
• "Hot Dog" article in The Atlantic   Cohen, Gerald Leonard
  • "Hot Dog" article in The Atlantic   ronbutters at AOL.COM
• "NEW! Subtitulado para los sordos" [NT]   Wilson Gray
  • "NEW! Subtitulado para los sordos" [NT]   Laurence Horn
• Q: OED quotations for "flying   Joel S. Berson
  • Q: OED quotations for "flying   Jonathan Lighter
  • Q: OED quotations for "flying   victor steinbok
• Mark Twain's quotation about memory - the mystery of multiple versions   Garson O'Toole
• Building numbers on Long Wharffe   Joel S. Berson
• "[That comment] goes to show how well you know me, anymore."   Wilson Gray
  • "[That comment] goes to show how well you know me, anymore."   Laurence Horn
  • "[That comment] goes to show how well you know me, anymore."   Wilson Gray
  • "[That comment] goes to show how well you know me, anymore."   ronbutters at AOL.COM
• "She's too doodly, your honor!" "'Too *doodly'*?! What's that?"   Wilson Gray
  • "She's too doodly, your honor!" "'Too *doodly'*?! What's that?"   Laurence Horn
• cut the mustard   Stephen Goranson
  • cut the mustard   Garson O'Toole
  • cut the mustard   Jonathan Lighter
  • cut the mustard   Garson O'Toole
  • cut the mustard   victor steinbok
  • cut the mustard   Tom Zurinskas
• "slut" in the news   Jonathan Lighter
  • "slut" in the news   Wilson Gray
  • "slut" in the news   Jonathan Lighter
  • "slut" in the news   Laurence Horn
  • "slut" in the news   Garson O'Toole
  • "slut" in the news   Wilson Gray
  • "slut" in the news   Wilson Gray
  • "slut" in the news   John Fitzpatrick
• dead ringer; manyerisms   Jonathan Lighter
• A *genuine* eggcorn?   Wilson Gray
  • A *genuine* eggcorn?   Ben Zimmer
• ... manyerisms   Joel S. Berson
  • ... manyerisms   Laurence Horn
  • ... manyerisms   Jonathan Lighter
• Book to Honor Richard W. Bailey   Michael Adams
  • Book to Honor Richard W. Bailey   Ben Zimmer
• "Les _stocks_ s'=?UTF-8?Q?=C3=A9puisent_?=!" [NT]   Wilson Gray
• Seven-year itch   Michael Quinion
  • Seven-year itch   Stephen Goranson
  • Seven-year itch   Jonathan Lighter
  • Seven-year itch   Joel S. Berson
  • Seven-year itch   Garson O'Toole
• consect   Jonathan Lighter
  • consect   Baker, John
  • consect   Jonathan Lighter
  • consect   Wilson Gray
  • consect   Baker, John
  • consect   Dan Goncharoff
  • consect   Baker, John
  • consect   Jonathan Lighter
  • consect   Dan Goncharoff
  • consect   victor steinbok
  • consect   Tom Zurinskas
  • consect   victor steinbok
• "pull a geographic"   Jonathan Lighter
  • "pull a geographic"   Eric Nielsen
• OT: Seven-Year Itch   Wilson Gray
• "_Beach-surfing_ webcam widget"   Wilson Gray
• "if I could pinch a penny to make a nickel, I'd do it!"   Wilson Gray
• "uterus" an indecorous word? ("slut" in the news)   Geoffrey Nunberg
  • "uterus" an indecorous word? ("slut" in the news)   paul johnson
  • "uterus" an indecorous word? ("slut" in the news)   Wilson Gray
  • "uterus" an indecorous word? ("slut" in the news)   Jonathan Lighter
  • "uterus" an indecorous word? ("slut" in the news)   Wilson Gray
  • "uterus" an indecorous word? ("slut" in the news)   George Thompson
  • "uterus" an indecorous word? ("slut" in the news)   Geoffrey Nunberg
  • "uterus" an indecorous word? ("slut" in the news)   victor steinbok
  • "uterus" an indecorous word? ("slut" in the news)   Garson O'Toole
  • "uterus" an indecorous word? ("slut" in the news)   Darla Wells
  • "uterus" an indecorous word? ("slut" in the news)   Wilson Gray
  • "uterus" an indecorous word? ("slut" in the news)   ronbutters at AOL.COM
  • "uterus" an indecorous word? ("slut" in the news)   ronbutters at AOL.COM
  • "uterus" an indecorous word? ("slut" in the news)   George Thompson
  • "uterus" an indecorous word? ("slut" in the news)   Dan Goncharoff
  • "uterus" an indecorous word? ("slut" in the news)   Brian Hitchcock
• Phrase: the old, slam-bang, thank-you-ma'ams (automobile tires circa 1925 probably)   Garson O'Toole
  • Phrase: the old, slam-bang, thank-you-ma'ams (automobile tires circa 1925 probably)   Wilson Gray
  • Phrase: the old, slam-bang, thank-you-ma'ams (automobile tires circa 1925 probably)   George Thompson
  • Phrase: the old, slam-bang, thank-you-ma'ams (automobile tires circa 1925 probably)   Dan Goncharoff
  • Phrase: the old, slam-bang, thank-you-ma'ams (automobile tires circa 1925 probably)   Wilson Gray
  • Phrase: the old, slam-bang, thank-you-ma'ams (automobile tires circa 1925 probably)   Jonathan Lighter
  • Phrase: the old, slam-bang, thank-you-ma'ams (automobile tires circa 1925 probably)   Garson O'Toole
  • Phrase: the old, slam-bang, thank-you-ma'ams (automobile tires circa 1925 probably)   Robin Hamilton
  • Phrase: the old, slam-bang, thank-you-ma'ams (automobile tires circa 1925 probably)   victor steinbok
• overlooked quote   Jonathan Lighter
  • overlooked quote   Garson O'Toole
  • overlooked quote   Jonathan Lighter
• put foot in mouth   Michael Sheehan
  • put foot in mouth   Garson O'Toole
  • put foot in mouth   Wilson Gray
• Request for examples of children's speech   Cohen, Gerald Leonard
  • Request for examples of children's speech   Ann Burlingham
  • Request for examples of children's speech   Joel S. Berson
  • Request for examples of children's speech   Katy Steinmetz
  • Request for examples of children's speech   Arnold Zwicky
  • Request for examples of children's speech   Neal Whitman
• Genetic programs   Joel S. Berson
• "mall-ware"   Joel S. Berson
• [SPAM:##] "slut" and "uterus"   Arnold Zwicky
  • [SPAM:##] "slut" and "uterus"   Wilson Gray
• "They was trying to hand me out a flyer." [NT]   Wilson Gray
• "Knowledge-Based Gibberish", by Alex Beam   Joel S. Berson
• ("slut" in the news)   ronbutters at AOL.COM
• Quote: If after ten minutes at the poker table you do not know who the patsy is - you are the patsy   Garson O'Toole
  • Quote: If after ten minutes at the poker table you do not know who the patsy is - you are the patsy   Dan Goncharoff
  • Quote: If after ten minutes at the poker table you do not know who the patsy is - you are the patsy   Garson O'Toole
• antedating of Grantland Rice quote   Jonathan Lighter
  • antedating of Grantland Rice quote   Shapiro, Fred
• From W:pedia on Krishna:   Wilson Gray
  • From W:pedia on Krishna:   Darla Wells
• "vulgar euphemism" (cf "uterus" & "slut")   Geoffrey Nunberg
  • "vulgar euphemism" (cf "uterus" & "slut")   Laurence Horn
  • "vulgar euphemism" (cf "uterus" & "slut")   Geoffrey Nunberg
  • "vulgar euphemism" (cf "uterus" & "slut")   Jonathan Lighter
  • "vulgar euphemism" (cf "uterus" & "slut")   Wilson Gray
• [SPAM:##] Re: "vulgar euphemism" (cf "uterus" & "slut")   Arnold Zwicky
• Youtube video on the spread of English   Salikoko Mufwene
• "The History Of English In Ten Minutes".   Mark Mandel
• Question about accurate dating: Quote: You have four years to be irresponsible here. Relax. (attrib Tom Petty 2001 May 9 probably)   Garson O'Toole
  • Question about accurate dating: Quote: You have four years to be irresponsible here. Relax. (attrib Tom Petty 2001 May 9 probably)   Neal Whitman
  • Question about accurate dating: Quote: You have four years to be irresponsible here. Relax. (attrib Tom Petty 2001 May 9 probably)   Garson O'Toole
• library (v.): no online hits   Damien Hall
  • library (v.): no online hits   victor steinbok
  • library (v.): no online hits   victor steinbok
• Some London slang terms - origins?   Damien Hall
  • Some London slang terms - origins?   Wilson Gray
  • Some London slang terms - origins?   George Thompson
• fooferall   victor steinbok
  • fooferall   Wilson Gray
  • fooferall   Arnold Zwicky
  • fooferall   victor steinbok
  • fooferall   victor steinbok
  • fooferall   Wilson Gray
  • fooferall   victor steinbok
  • fooferall   Ben Zimmer
• =?windows-1252?Q?=91Project_Nim=2C=92_?=About a Chimpanzee Subjected to Research - Review - NYTimes.com   Jocelyn Limpert
• Tot Moms and Baby Mamas   Neal Whitman
• "They was trying to hand me out a flyer."   Damien Hall
  • "They was trying to hand me out a flyer."   Alice Faber
  • "They was trying to hand me out a flyer."   George Thompson
  • "They was trying to hand me out a flyer."   Damien Hall
  • "They was trying to hand me out a flyer."   Neal Whitman
  • "They was trying to hand me out a flyer."   Stone, William
  • "They was trying to hand me out a flyer."   Baker, John
  • "They was trying to hand me out a flyer."   Arnold Zwicky
  • "They was trying to hand me out a flyer."   Laurence Horn
  • "They was trying to hand me out a flyer."   Dan Goncharoff
  • "They was trying to hand me out a flyer."   Douglas G. Wilson
  • "They was trying to hand me out a flyer."   Arnold Zwicky
  • "They was trying to hand me out a flyer."   Laurence Horn
  • "They was trying to hand me out a flyer."   Wilson Gray
• "Goes Off"   Martin Kaminer
• Some London slang terms - origins? (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
  • Some London slang terms - origins? (UNCLASSIFIED)   david hughes
• Jon, Not Garson   Shapiro, Fred
• Famous quotation about the weather in San Francisco (Duluth in 1900) and a mystery volume with restricted access in Google Books   Garson O'Toole
  • Famous quotation about the weather in San Francisco (Duluth in 1900) and a mystery volume with restricted access in Google Books   Jonathan Lighter
  • Famous quotation about the weather in San Francisco (Duluth in 1900) and a mystery volume with restricted access in Google Books   George Thompson
  • Famous quotation about the weather in San Francisco (Duluth in 1900) and a mystery volume with restricted access in Google Books   Garson O'Toole
  • Famous quotation about the weather in San Francisco (Duluth in 1900) and a mystery volume with restricted access in Google Books   Garson O'Toole
  • Famous quotation about the weather in San Francisco (Duluth in 1900) and a mystery volume with restricted access in Google Books   Joel S. Berson
  • Famous quotation about the weather in San Francisco (Duluth in 1900) and a mystery volume with restricted access in Google Books   Garson O'Toole
  • Famous quotation about the weather in San Francisco (Duluth in 1900) and a mystery volume with restricted access in Google Books   Garson O'Toole
  • Famous quotation about the weather in San Francisco (Duluth in 1900) and a mystery volume with restricted access in Google Books   Dave Wilton
  • Famous quotation about the weather in San Francisco (Duluth in 1900) and a mystery volume with restricted access in Google Books   Garson O'Toole
  • Famous quotation about the weather in San Francisco (Duluth in 1900) and a mystery volume with restricted access in Google Books   Stephen Goranson
  • Famous quotation about the weather in San Francisco (Duluth in 1900) and a mystery volume with restricted access in Google Books   Stephen Goranson
  • Famous quotation about the weather in San Francisco (Duluth in 1900) and a mystery volume with restricted access in Google Books   Garson O'Toole
  • Famous quotation about the weather in San Francisco (Duluth in 1900) and a mystery volume with restricted access in Google Books   George Thompson
• "anachronism" and the OED   Joel S. Berson
  • "anachronism" and the OED   Jonathan Lighter
  • "anachronism" and the OED   Dan Goncharoff
  • "anachronism" and the OED   Joel S. Berson
  • "anachronism" and the OED   Dan Goncharoff
  • "anachronism" and the OED   Joel S. Berson
• "dialog" and other -log's   Charles C Doyle
  • "dialog" and other -log's   Ben Zimmer
• Common Sense of "Grieve" Not in OED   Shapiro, Fred
• Help: Need syllabuses on syntax, pragmatics, and stylistics   Grant Barrett
• Maybe it's word-order   Wilson Gray
• "... uses at least a dozen different words to describe such _phenomenon_." [NT]   Wilson Gray
• "shocking"   Jonathan Lighter
  • "shocking"   Wilson Gray
  • "shocking"   Jonathan Lighter
• money digger   George Thompson
• "money digger"   George Thompson
• "carmageddon" -- word of the weekend?   Joel S. Berson
  • "carmageddon" -- word of the weekend?   Jonathan Lighter
  • "carmageddon" -- word of the weekend?   Laurence Horn
  • "carmageddon" -- word of the weekend?   Joel S. Berson
  • "carmageddon" -- word of the weekend?   Laurence Horn
  • "carmageddon" -- word of the weekend?   Tom Zurinskas
  • "carmageddon" -- word of the weekend?   Nancy Friedman
  • "carmageddon" -- word of the weekend?   Laurence Horn
  • "carmageddon" -- word of the weekend?   Jim Parish
  • "carmageddon" -- word of the weekend?   Arnold Zwicky
• Thank you ma'am; Kiss me (bump or dip in road)   Garson O'Toole
  • Thank you ma'am; Kiss me (bump or dip in road)   Laurence Horn
  • Thank you ma'am; Kiss me (bump or dip in road)   David A. Daniel
  • Thank you ma'am; Kiss me (bump or dip in road)   Jonathan Lighter
  • Thank you ma'am; Kiss me (bump or dip in road)   Laurence Horn
  • Thank you ma'am; Kiss me (bump or dip in road)   Tom Zurinskas
  • Thank you ma'am; Kiss me (bump or dip in road)   Tom Zurinskas
• Spelling affecting online retail   Randy Alexander
• Olive Garden Repents!   Jonathan Lighter
  • Olive Garden Repents!   Laurence Horn
  • Olive Garden Repents!   Wilson Gray
  • Olive Garden Repents!   Laurence Horn
  • Olive Garden Repents!   Jonathan Lighter
  • Olive Garden Repents!   victor steinbok
• Voltaire & Baudouin I   Jonathan Lighter
  • Voltaire & Baudouin I   Garson O'Toole
  • Voltaire & Baudouin I   David A. Daniel
  • Voltaire & Baudouin I   Jonathan Lighter
  • Voltaire & Baudouin I   David A. Daniel
  • Voltaire & Baudouin I   Wilson Gray
  • Voltaire & Baudouin I   David A. Daniel
  • Voltaire & Baudouin I   Laurence Horn
  • Voltaire & Baudouin I   Joel S. Berson
  • Voltaire & Baudouin I   Jonathan Lighter
  • Voltaire & Baudouin I   Dan Goncharoff
  • Voltaire & Baudouin I   Joel S. Berson
• relationship manager   Tom Zurinskas
• No, Yogi *didn't* say it.   Wilson Gray
• Oldest soccer rules book sells for $1.4 million at auction - ESPN   victor steinbok
  • Oldest soccer rules book sells for $1.4 million at auction - ESPN   David A. Daniel
  • Oldest soccer rules book sells for $1.4 million at auction - ESPN   victor steinbok
• "Carmageddon" (B. Popik website)   Cohen, Gerald Leonard
  • "Carmageddon" (B. Popik website)   Garson O'Toole
  • "Carmageddon" (B. Popik website)   Cohen, Gerald Leonard
• Olive Garden   Arnold Zwicky
• old pronunciation of "Los Angeles"   Jonathan Lighter
  • old pronunciation of "Los Angeles"   Charles C Doyle
  • old pronunciation of "Los Angeles"   Arnold Zwicky
  • old pronunciation of "Los Angeles"   Joel S. Berson
  • old pronunciation of "Los Angeles"   Wilson Gray
  • old pronunciation of "Los Angeles"   Jonathan Lighter
  • old pronunciation of "Los Angeles"   Wilson Gray
  • old pronunciation of "Los Angeles"   Barbara Need
  • old pronunciation of "Los Angeles"   Jonathan Lighter
  • old pronunciation of "Los Angeles"   Mark Mandel
• the "out years"   Jonathan Lighter
  • the "out years"   Jesse Sheidlower
  • the "out years"   Jonathan Lighter
• Quote: A picture is worth ten thousand words (Arthur Brisbane 1915 July 26)   Garson O'Toole
  • Quote: A picture is worth ten thousand words (Arthur Brisbane 1915 July 26)   Garson O'Toole
• coloured folk   George Thompson
  • coloured folk   Joel S. Berson
  • coloured folk   Laurence Horn
  • coloured folk   Wilson Gray
• Los Angeles   Brenda Lester
  • Los Angeles   Wilson Gray
• Quote: a man's got to believe something, and I believe I'll have another drink (Peter De Vries 1967)   Garson O'Toole
• Heard on the tube   Wilson Gray
• Google   victor steinbok
  • Google   Mark Mandel
• "I expect the same will be [WRT NP]"   Wilson Gray
• Overheard   ronbutters at AOL.COM
• coloured folk: to clarify   George Thompson
  • coloured folk: to clarify   Wilson Gray
  • coloured folk: to clarify   Jonathan Lighter
  • coloured folk: to clarify   Joel S. Berson
  • coloured folk: to clarify   Joel S. Berson
  • coloured folk: to clarify   Joel S. Berson
  • coloured folk: to clarify   Wilson Gray
  • coloured folk: to clarify   Wilson Gray
  • coloured folk: to clarify   Baker, John
• Limited Time offer: 'Camaggedon' T-shirts - latimes.com   victor steinbok
  • Limited Time offer: 'Camaggedon' T-shirts - latimes.com   Wilson Gray
• OT: old pronunciation of "Los Angeles"   Joel S. Berson
  • OT: old pronunciation of "Los Angeles"   Wilson Gray
• Phrase of the next few weeks?   Joel S. Berson
• "?-gate"   Joel S. Berson
  • "?-gate"   Michael Quinion
  • "?-gate"   Ben Zimmer
• Positive _(al)though_   Wilson Gray
  • Positive _(al)though_   Jonathan Lighter
  • Positive _(al)though_   Laurence Horn
  • Positive _(al)though_   Wilson Gray
  • Positive _(al)though_   Wilson Gray
• "nerd" etymythology   Ben Zimmer
  • "nerd" etymythology   Laurence Horn
  • "nerd" etymythology   Jonathan Lighter
  • "nerd" etymythology   victor steinbok
  • "nerd" etymythology   Garson O'Toole
  • "nerd" etymythology   Jonathan Lighter
  • "nerd" etymythology   Jonathan Lighter
  • "nerd" etymythology   Garson O'Toole
  • "nerd" etymythology   Ben Zimmer
  • "nerd" etymythology   Wilson Gray
  • "nerd" etymythology   Wilson Gray
• "aparcalypse"?   Joel S. Berson
  • "aparcalypse"?   Arnold Zwicky
  • "aparcalypse"?   Laurence Horn
  • "aparcalypse"?   Ben Zimmer
  • "aparcalypse"?   Joel S. Berson
• not WOTY yet   victor steinbok
  • not WOTY yet   victor steinbok
  • not WOTY yet   Lynne Murphy
• "... ranked very _lowly_ on the list." [NT]   Wilson Gray
• wineing   victor steinbok
  • wineing   Laurence Horn
• Two Meanings of "Index"/"Indexing" Not in OED   Shapiro, Fred
  • Two Meanings of "Index"/"Indexing" Not in OED   victor steinbok
• Heard on The Judges: *not* a beast, then?   Wilson Gray
• the moose's problem (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
  • the moose's problem (UNCLASSIFIED)   Dan Goncharoff
  • the moose's problem (UNCLASSIFIED)   Garson O'Toole
  • the moose's problem (UNCLASSIFIED)   Garson O'Toole
  • the moose's problem (UNCLASSIFIED)   Douglas G. Wilson
  • the moose's problem (UNCLASSIFIED)   Douglas G. Wilson
  • the moose's problem (UNCLASSIFIED)   Laurence Horn
  • the moose's problem (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
• "... define the _underlaying_ definitions in your assumptions ..." [NT]   Wilson Gray
• the earliest 'asshole'?   Geoffrey Nunberg
  • the earliest 'asshole'?   Jonathan Lighter
  • the earliest 'asshole'?   victor steinbok
  • the earliest 'asshole'?   Jonathan Lighter
  • the earliest 'asshole'?   Laurence Horn
  • the earliest 'asshole'?   Geoffrey Nunberg
  • the earliest 'asshole'?   Jesse Sheidlower
  • the earliest 'asshole'?   Geoffrey Nunberg
  • the earliest 'asshole'?   Laurence Horn
• the moose's problem   Joel S. Berson
• _ash pit_   Wilson Gray
  • _ash pit_   victor steinbok
  • _ash pit_   Wilson Gray
  • _ash pit_   Paul Johnston
  • _ash pit_   Wilson Gray
  • _ash pit_   Paul Johnston
• schadenfreude   Joel S. Berson
• underlaying   Arnold Zwicky
• _ash pit_/clinkers   paul johnson
• "epithet" avoidance once again ...   victor steinbok
  • "epithet" avoidance once again ...   Laurence Horn
  • "epithet" avoidance once again ...   victor steinbok
  • "epithet" avoidance once again ...   Wilson Gray
  • "epithet" avoidance once again ...   Charles C Doyle
  • "epithet" avoidance once again ...   Laurence Horn
• Rewriting   Joel S. Berson
• to overegg the pudding   Joel S. Berson
• furore   victor steinbok
  • furore   Lynne Murphy
• another minor point on phone hacking case   victor steinbok
• soap opera taboo avoidance   victor steinbok
• pet peeves   victor steinbok
  • pet peeves   sclements at NEO.RR.COM
  • pet peeves   Wilson Gray
  • pet peeves   Wilson Gray
  • pet peeves   victor steinbok
  • pet peeves   Ben Zimmer
  • pet peeves   victor steinbok
  • pet peeves   Lynne Murphy
  • pet peeves   George Thompson
  • pet peeves   victor steinbok
  • pet peeves   Dan Goncharoff
  • pet peeves   Brenda Lester
• Most borrowed Britishisms   Tom Zurinskas
• please unsubscribe me   Janis Vizier Nihart
• "shoot the pit", cock-fighting slang; post-dating   George Thompson
• "sable gentry" (was: "shoot the pit"...)   Laurence Horn
• "sable [gentry]"   Joel S. Berson
  • "sable [gentry]"   Laurence Horn
  • "sable [gentry]"   Joel S. Berson
  • "sable [gentry]"   Margaret Lee
  • "sable [gentry]"   George Thompson
  • "sable [gentry]"   ronbutters at AOL.COM
  • "sable [gentry]"   Wilson Gray
• Mark and Phillis [was: coloured folk: to clarify]   Joel S. Berson
  • Mark and Phillis [was: coloured folk: to clarify]   Wilson Gray
  • Mark and Phillis [was: coloured folk: to clarify]   Baker, John
  • Mark and Phillis [was: coloured folk: to clarify]   Wilson Gray
• Spreading da stink eye on da mainlend   Benjamin Barrett
  • Spreading da stink eye on da mainlend   Jonathan Lighter
  • Spreading da stink eye on da mainlend   Ben Zimmer
  • Spreading da stink eye on da mainlend   Benjamin Barrett
• Better than hackgate, anyway   Laurence Horn
  • Better than hackgate, anyway   Wilson Gray
• cycling jargon   victor steinbok
  • cycling jargon   John Fitzpatrick
• After Discovery, State Quietly Moves to Purge N-word From Official Documents   Dan Goncharoff
  • After Discovery, State Quietly Moves to Purge N-word From Official Documents   Wilson Gray
  • After Discovery, State Quietly Moves to Purge N-word From Official Documents   Jonathan Lighter
  • After Discovery, State Quietly Moves to Purge N-word From Official Documents   Wilson Gray
  • After Discovery, State Quietly Moves to Purge N-word From Official Documents   Dave Hause
  • After Discovery, State Quietly Moves to Purge N-word From Official Documents   Wilson Gray
  • After Discovery, State Quietly Moves to Purge N-word From Official Documents   Joel S. Berson
• "lady" PLUS "broken English"   Jonathan Lighter
• "(un)impregnable": hypernegation or hyponegation?   Laurence Horn
  • "(un)impregnable": hypernegation or hyponegation?   Mark Mandel
• inside baseball   victor steinbok
  • inside baseball   Garson O'Toole
  • inside baseball   Jesse Sheidlower
• top 10 words per phoneme   Tom Zurinskas
• "forgettable"   Ben Zimmer
  • "forgettable"   ronbutters at AOL.COM
  • "forgettable"   Laurence Horn
  • "forgettable"   Laurence Horn
  • "forgettable"   James Harbeck
  • "forgettable"   victor steinbok
  • "forgettable"   Dan Goncharoff
  • "forgettable"   Jonathan Lighter
  • "forgettable"   Laurence Horn
  • "forgettable"   James Harbeck
• "cannot" vs. "can not" (from Zuckerberg to Zimmer)   Laurence Horn
• "train" = 'handcar'   Jonathan Lighter
• bears with furniture   victor steinbok
  • bears with furniture   Dave Wilton
  • bears with furniture   Garson O'Toole
• another 1964 "the whole nine yards"?   Stephen Goranson
  • another 1964 "the whole nine yards"?   Garson O'Toole
• another 1964 "the whole nine yards"? (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
  • another 1964 "the whole nine yards"? (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
  • another 1964 "the whole nine yards"? (UNCLASSIFIED)   victor steinbok
  • another 1964 "the whole nine yards"? (UNCLASSIFIED)   Bonnie Taylor-Blake
  • another 1964 "the whole nine yards"? (UNCLASSIFIED)   Garson O'Toole
  • another 1964 "the whole nine yards"? (UNCLASSIFIED)   victor steinbok
  • another 1964 "the whole nine yards"? (UNCLASSIFIED)   Dave Hause
  • another 1964 "the whole nine yards"? (UNCLASSIFIED)   victor steinbok
  • another 1964 "the whole nine yards"? (UNCLASSIFIED)   Stephen Goranson
  • another 1964 "the whole nine yards"? (UNCLASSIFIED)   Bonnie Taylor-Blake
• Nine Yards (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
• gunwalking, gun-running   victor steinbok
  • gunwalking, gun-running   Dan Goncharoff
• A Pennsylvanian?   Wilson Gray
  • A Pennsylvanian?   Benjamin Barrett
  • A Pennsylvanian?   Wilson Gray
  • A Pennsylvanian?   Laurence Horn
  • A Pennsylvanian?   Benjamin Barrett
  • A Pennsylvanian?   Damien Hall
  • A Pennsylvanian?   Wilson Gray
  • A Pennsylvanian?   David Bowie
  • A Pennsylvanian?   Laurence Horn
  • A Pennsylvanian?   Wilson Gray
  • A Pennsylvanian?   David Bowie
• "needs washed": P.S.   Laurence Horn
  • "needs washed": P.S.   Neal Whitman
  • "needs washed": P.S.   Douglas G. Wilson
  • "needs washed": P.S.   Sarah
  • "needs washed": P.S.   Neal Whitman
• kaffir lime   victor steinbok
• verbing ol é   victor steinbok
  • verbing ol é   George Thompson
  • verbing ol é   Laurence Horn
• on my blog   Arnold Zwicky
• Heard on NOVA:   Wilson Gray
  • Heard on NOVA:   Jocelyn Limpert
  • Heard on NOVA:   Benjamin Barrett
  • Heard on NOVA:   Jonathan Lighter
  • Heard on NOVA:   Charles C Doyle
  • Heard on NOVA:   Laurence Horn
  • Heard on NOVA:   Arnold Zwicky
  • Heard on NOVA:   Charles C Doyle
  • Heard on NOVA:   Charles C Doyle
  • Heard on NOVA:   Charles C Doyle
  • Heard on NOVA:   Wilson Gray
  • Heard on NOVA:   Laurence Horn
  • Heard on NOVA:   Jonathan Lighter
  • Heard on NOVA:   Wilson Gray
  • Heard on NOVA:   Jonathan Lighter
  • Heard on NOVA:   victor steinbok
  • Heard on NOVA:   Wilson Gray
• Google hits increases guess ratio?   Benjamin Barrett
  • Google hits increases guess ratio?   Ben Zimmer
  • Google hits increases guess ratio?   Benjamin Barrett
• Prehistory of Term "Tin Pan Alley"   Shapiro, Fred
  • Prehistory of Term "Tin Pan Alley"   victor steinbok
  • Prehistory of Term "Tin Pan Alley"   Dan Goncharoff
  • Prehistory of Term "Tin Pan Alley"   Shapiro, Fred
  • Prehistory of Term "Tin Pan Alley"   Gerald Cohen
  • Prehistory of Term "Tin Pan Alley"   Dan Goncharoff
• "... for _people_ who add new settings _by oneself_." [NT]   Wilson Gray
• Quote attributed to Henry Ford about customers wanting a faster horse   Garson O'Toole
• "on the wrong side of history"   Jonathan Lighter
  • "on the wrong side of history"   Dan Goncharoff
• There must be a hole in the mattress...   Wilson Gray
• "You must be working _you_ one of them *good* jobs!" [NT]   Wilson Gray
• Useful book?   victor steinbok
• A new departure?   Wilson Gray
  • A new departure?   paul johnson
  • A new departure?   George Thompson
• another 1964 "the whole nine yards"   Stephen Goranson
  • another 1964 "the whole nine yards"   Stephen Goranson
• "blank stare"   Jonathan Lighter
  • "blank stare"   Wilson Gray
  • "blank stare"   Jonathan Lighter
• Inuit [was: Heard on NOVA:]   Joel S. Berson
  • Inuit [was: Heard on NOVA:]   Sarah
• a new blend, with or without legs   Laurence Horn
• academic paper on the F-word (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
  • academic paper on the F-word (UNCLASSIFIED)   Ben Zimmer
• white   victor steinbok
  • white   Wilson Gray
  • white   victor steinbok
  • white   victor steinbok
• Richard (alias "Long Dick") Chasmore   Joel S. Berson
  • Richard (alias "Long Dick") Chasmore   Jonathan Lighter
  • Richard (alias "Long Dick") Chasmore   Laurence Horn
  • Richard (alias "Long Dick") Chasmore   Wilson Gray
  • Richard (alias "Long Dick") Chasmore   Wilson Gray
  • Richard (alias "Long Dick") Chasmore   paul johnson
  • Richard (alias "Long Dick") Chasmore   Laurence Horn
  • Richard (alias "Long Dick") Chasmore   Jonathan Lighter
  • Richard (alias "Long Dick") Chasmore   paul johnson
  • Richard (alias "Long Dick") Chasmore   Ron Butters
• voice blindness   Tom Zurinskas
• "Interferant" Not in OED   Shapiro, Fred
• Misinterpretation of name of a Civil War bullet   Gerald Cohen

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