June 2011 Archives by thread
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- _Kiss my grits!_ = "Kiss my ass!," by a writer for The Family Guy
victor steinbok
- _Kiss my grits!_
Jonathan Lighter
- Fwd: Re: _Kiss my grits!_ = "Kiss my ass!," by a writer for The Family Guy
Laurence Horn
- "Skank"
Wilson Gray
- "Stuck on the Van Wyck"? New York dialect
Joel S. Berson
- Bilingualists are faster
Joel S. Berson
- braggadocious
Jonathan Lighter
- OT: Bilingualism and dementia
Amy West
- Eggcorn: grandeloquent
Neal Whitman
- Jesse, spread all over the Times
Laurence Horn
- squirmish; pub
Jonathan Lighter
- OED's "bogey" and "par"
Joel S. Berson
- WordNet and Google
Randy Alexander
- rebranding
Jonathan Lighter
- readout
Jonathan Lighter
- MA tornadoes
victor steinbok
- (temporary) SOTA
Laurence Horn
- Not in HDAS?
Wilson Gray
- Fwd: A quote for God, country, and Yale?
Joel S. Berson
- to MacGuff
Jonathan Lighter
- Springfield
Amy West
- squirmish
Arnold Zwicky
- truthy and falsy
Patty
- A quote for God, country, and Yale?
Garson O'Toole
- Keyser-Soeze Phenomenon
Jonathan Lighter
- "to kick the bucket", 1789
Joel S. Berson
- "... an _inciteful_ critical observer ..." [NT]
Wilson Gray
- Kick the bucket (antedating grammatical variant 1778 February; also 1780)
Garson O'Toole
- Jo Mama
victor steinbok
- Headline: "Stamping Out Low-Cost Nanodevices"
Wilson Gray
- Hyphens and dashes, oh my
Joel S. Berson
- The Meat Sheet [was: rebranding]
Joel S. Berson
- baked in the cake; drawers
Jonathan Lighter
- Jo Mama (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- viral tot mom
Jonathan Lighter
- "way overpay" as a unit
victor steinbok
- How do you say "associatoin" and "associate" (v) or "associated"
Tom Zurinskas
- HDAS ahead of schedule?
Jonathan Lighter
- veHEment
Jonathan Lighter
- missing the concept
victor steinbok
- algarabia
victor steinbok
- despairing = 'discouraging'
Jonathan Lighter
- cold hot coffee [was: missing the concept]
Joel S. Berson
- Scientific Conversions
Joel S. Berson
- intactivist / intactivism
Ben Zimmer
- milli-Helen, milliHelen, as a unit of beauty (1958 March 11)
Garson O'Toole
- milli-Helen, milliHelen, as a unit of beauty (1958 March 11)
Wilson Gray
- milli-Helen, milliHelen, as a unit of beauty (1958 March 11)
Laurence Horn
- milli-Helen, milliHelen, as a unit of beauty (1958 March 11)
Jesse Sheidlower
- milli-Helen, milliHelen, as a unit of beauty (1958 March 11)
Stephen Goranson
- milli-Helen, milliHelen, as a unit of beauty (1958 March 11)
Jesse Sheidlower
- milli-Helen, milliHelen, as a unit of beauty (1958 March 11)
Garson O'Toole
- milli-Helen, milliHelen, as a unit of beauty (1958 March 11)
Dave Hause
- milli-Helen, milliHelen, as a unit of beauty (1958 March 11)
Stephen Goranson
- not new, but new to me: _Trivalry_
Laurence Horn
- the power of "the"
Jonathan Lighter
- "cynning" =? king
Joel S. Berson
- parasites and the body politic
Arnold Zwicky
- Fwd: Request from WAMU 88.5 in Washington, D.C.
Grant Barrett
- "traced to"
James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at netscape.com>
- _Travel_ as TRANS
Wilson Gray
- the "Streisand Effect"
Jonathan Lighter
- deal
Jonathan Lighter
- "deja moo"
Joel S. Berson
- Paul Goncharoff
Joel S. Berson
- Travel_ as TRANS
Brian Hitchcock
- Posted to Slashdot: "Customers think the sales force is just interested in _alleviating_ them of their money!" [NT]
Wilson Gray
- A: "I'd _rep your post a thousand times_, if I could."
Wilson Gray
- Heard on The Judges
Wilson Gray
- naughty Internet initialisms
Jonathan Lighter
- Word-final [Ng] in BE?
Wilson Gray
- doughnuts = 'money'
Jonathan Lighter
- foo foo rah
Michael Sheehan
- doughnuts = 'money' (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- "on the loom"
maberry at uw.edu
- sidekick = 'side dish'
Jonathan Lighter
- WOT moment - "Newtiny"
Joel S. Berson
- menna
Lynne Murphy
- "I don't know what all the _fuzz_ is about."
Wilson Gray
- A reversed "replace"
Joel S. Berson
- Not in HDAS? _brumsky_
Wilson Gray
- beyond words
victor steinbok
- "Fizhure"
Douglas G. Wilson
- Lockjaw: Locust Valley (1965), Long Island (1972), Larchmont (1973)
Ben Zimmer
- Lockjaw: Locust Valley (1965), Long Island (1972), Larchmont (1973)
Dan Goncharoff
- Lockjaw: Locust Valley (1965), Long Island (1972), Larchmont (1973)
Jonathan Lighter
- Lockjaw: Locust Valley (1965), Long Island (1972), Larchmont (1973)
Gordon, Matthew J.
- Lockjaw: Locust Valley (1965), Long Island (1972), Larchmont (1973)
Dan Goncharoff
- Lockjaw: Locust Valley (1965), Long Island (1972), Larchmont (1973)
Garson O'Toole
- Lockjaw: Locust Valley (1965), Long Island (1972), Larchmont (1973)
Jesse Sheidlower
- Lockjaw: Locust Valley (1965), Long Island (1972), Larchmont (1973)
Jesse Sheidlower
- Lockjaw: Locust Valley (1965), Long Island (1972), Larchmont (1973)
Joel S. Berson
- _Narrative_
Wilson Gray
- political blend du jour: Obamneycare
Ben Zimmer
- egress/ingress
Victor Steinbok
- long, short, diphthongs
Tom Zurinskas
- "step out" = die, 1846
George Thompson
- "It was as disappointing as all _get-go_!" [NT]
Wilson Gray
- Heard on "[Name] and Bash"
Wilson Gray
- "go off" [was "step out"] = die
Joel S. Berson
- step out= to die
Joan H. Hall
- how to say "automotive" USA/UK
Tom Zurinskas
- Heard on The Judges, etc.
Wilson Gray
- PC in "It's Always Sunny in Philadephia"
Wilson Gray
- The Meaning of "Make a Statement"
Baker, John
- great lines in blog comments
victor steinbok
- Colloquialism: to see a man about a dog (antedating 1865 November)
Garson O'Toole
- _Kicks_ = "shoes" in 1941?
Wilson Gray
- If you can't beat them join them (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- _G-string_
Wilson Gray
- "hashtag" = 'hash symbol'
Ben Zimmer
- Colloquialism: to see a man about a dog (antedating 1865 November) (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- HDAS: _kicky_ "delightful; diverting; exciting." 1942, 1966; an undocumented interdating
Wilson Gray
- Bowie on Palin
Ben Zimmer
- Non-abusive tot moms
Neal Whitman
- Colloquialism: to see a man about a dog
Joel S. Berson
- actor, actress, star
Jonathan Lighter
- actor, actress, star
Jonathan Lighter
- actor, actress, star
Joel S. Berson
- actor, actress, star
Wilson Gray
- actor, actress, star
Jonathan Lighter
- actor, actress, star
Laurence Horn
- "pumping (up) someone's tires" = 'praise, flatter'
Ben Zimmer
- "fact" = "supposition", "hypothesis", from 1831
George Thompson
- "Chinese overtime" (and "textiled hikers")
Laurence Horn
- It's new to me:
Wilson Gray
- Heard on Futurama:
Wilson Gray
- Comments thread about British accents in comics
Mark Mandel
- Term "True Religion"
Shapiro, Fred
- Transitive "surge"
Neal Whitman
- Idiom: shake the dew off the lily (antedating 1951 probably)
Garson O'Toole
- Signs that make you go "hmmmm"
Alice Faber
- "Copyright _for_ [Name], LLC"
Wilson Gray
- "... sporting _a_ much trimmer _buttock_."
Wilson Gray
- "This is the proverbial pot that we have to shit or get off of." [NT]
Wilson Gray
- Missed-point dept.
Jonathan Lighter
- cankle and fralp
Jonathan Lighter
- Quote: Frank Zappa on rock journalism (antedating); Also a question about the Rolling Stone magazine archive
Garson O'Toole
- Topical quote about the blood supply to the brain and other organs (Robin Williams 1995)
Garson O'Toole
- masseuse = 'masseur'
Jonathan Lighter
- Missed-point dept. (origin of "Joe" (coffee)
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Quote: It is difficult to predict, especially the future (variant in English 1956) (attrib Neils Bohr 1971); Question about Danish text
Garson O'Toole
- _Hardleg_, UD 2006:
Wilson Gray
- the butt patrol
Arnold Zwicky
- How dare I?
Neal Whitman
- Quote: If you want something very, very badly, let it go free (1972 edition question)
Garson O'Toole
- Quote: If you want something very, very badly, let it go free (1972 edition question)
Laurence Horn
- Quote: If you want something very, very badly, let it go free (1972 edition question)
Garson O'Toole
- Quote: If you want something very, very badly, let it go free (1972 edition question)
Jonathan Lighter
- Quote: If you want something very, very badly, let it go free (1972 edition question)
Garson O'Toole
- Quote: If you want something very, very badly, let it go free (1972 edition question)
Shapiro, Fred
- Quote: If you want something very, very badly, let it go free (1972 edition question)
Shapiro, Fred
- Quote: If you want something very, very badly, let it go free (1972 edition question)
Garson O'Toole
- Quote: If you want something very, very badly, let it go free (1972 edition question)
Shapiro, Fred
- Blend: "don't have the first clue about..."
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Quote: If you want something very, very badly, let it go free (1972 edition question) (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- _Glee_ "brag, get all all happy," etc.
Wilson Gray
- Google and the BL
Wilson Gray
- Memorable Quotations for 2011 - candidate courtesy of Conan O'Brien
Garson O'Toole
- Idiom: throwing (shoving) under the bus [political sacrifice or removal] (probably 1985)
Garson O'Toole
- Heard on Springer: _cold play_. It's *not* only rock 'n' roll?
Wilson Gray
- "dudo", 1840, meaning ???
George Thompson
- "dudo", 1840, meaning ???
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- "dudo", 1840, meaning ???
Jonathan Lighter
- "dudo", 1840, meaning ???
Laurence Horn
- "dudo", 1840, meaning ???
George Thompson
- "dudo", 1840, meaning ???
Baker, John
- "dudo", 1840, meaning ???
Arnold Zwicky
- "dudo", 1840, meaning ???
George Thompson
- "dudo", 1840, meaning ???
Charles C Doyle
- "dudo", 1840, meaning ???
Tom Zurinskas
- "suction about"
George Thompson
- What are you going to do?:-(
Wilson Gray
- Modern Proverb: Old age and treachery will overcome youth and skill (1977 July 29)
Garson O'Toole
- A parent on verbing nouns
Joel Berson
- An oldie? "... hammer and tongues ..."
Wilson Gray
- Eudora problem
Joel Berson
- "due"
Jonathan Lighter
- Modern Fable: Lions and gazelles (Dan Montano 1985 July 6)
Garson O'Toole
- Modern Fable: Lions and gazelles (Dan Montano 1985 July 6) (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- "slangevity"
Arnold Zwicky
- The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong; but that is the way to bet (antedating attrib Hugh Keough 1919 February 8)
Garson O'Toole
- "a nice girl like you"
Jonathan Lighter
- House numbering
Joel Berson
- Rules of Etymology of Initialism - Specific case, "BDSM"
Sinful Sailor
- QOTY? -- "hiding in plain sight"
Joel Berson
- House numbering -- minor detail
Joel Berson
- Headline: Australian ISP's To Start _Filtering_ the Internet
Wilson Gray
- Heard on Springer: in re the BIN+verb dialect-split in BE
Wilson Gray
- Siamese coupling (variant), from 1831
George Thompson
- For the fans of mad prescriptivism
George Thompson
- "A Gymnick"
George Thompson
- Parenthese
Benjamin Barrett
- Meta-Quote: I really didn't say everything I said (Yogi Berra 1986 February 24)
Garson O'Toole
- Parenthesee
Neal Whitman
- molest, n.
Jonathan Lighter
- molest, n.
Wilson Gray
- molest, n.
Jonathan Lighter
- molest, n.
Arnold Zwicky
- molest, n.
Wilson Gray
- molest, n.
Arnold Zwicky
- molest, n.
Dan Goncharoff
- molest, n.
Arnold Zwicky
- molest, n.
Charles C Doyle
- molest, n.
Dan Goncharoff
- molest, n.
Laurence Horn
- molest, n.
Wilson Gray
- molest, n.
Joel S. Berson
- Antedating(1906) "Brooklyn side" (bowling) and a theory
sclements at NEO.RR.COM
- House numbering [1817 Boston]
Joel S. Berson
- succession = 'secession'
Jonathan Lighter
- UD: _Master texting_
Wilson Gray
- Foreign Accent Syndrome
Tom Zurinskas
- Does the OED oppose "contrapose"?
Joel S. Berson
- "Not once but twice" triggers subj-aux inversion?
Neal Whitman
- "That's racist!" [Was Re: Missed-point dept. (origin of "Joe" (coffee)]
Jonathan Lighter
- drunk and disorderly
Joel S. Berson
- House numbering in Boston -- 1784
Joel S. Berson
- Heard on Springer: more BE _BIN_
Wilson Gray
- Heard on The Judges: _the gate_ = "the start, the get-go, the B-ginning, the B-go," etc.
Wilson Gray
- Whom anxiety?
Joel S. Berson
- Grammar question -- "from throughout the year"?
Joel S. Berson
- "fuik" and "sea dog"
George Thompson
- "Financials" Not in OED
Shapiro, Fred
- retail therapy
Jonathan Lighter
- If enough people believe it, then it must be true.
Wilson Gray
- "English" -- a verb (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Barbara Need notes the use of...
Wilson Gray
- "put" anxiety
Jonathan Lighter
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