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Starting: Sun May 1 00:13:05 UTC 2011
Ending: Tue May 31 23:59:33 UTC 2011
Messages: 909

• New political tone in America   Arnold Zwicky
• New political tone in America   victor steinbok
• Quote: 'till they could see the white of their eyes (attrib General Putnam 1800 June)   Garson O'Toole
• New political tone in America   victor steinbok
• Quote: 'till they could see the white of their eyes (attrib General Putnam 1800 June)   victor steinbok
• Fwd: Killing people and breaking things   Neal Whitman
• New political tone in America   Ben Zimmer
• New political tone in America   victor steinbok
• Heard on The judges: "Ripping and running"   Wilson Gray
• Rum, sodomy, lash; rum, bum, baccer and other expressions   Garson O'Toole
• to leave = 'to leave a bequest to'   Jonathan Lighter
• Rum, sodomy, lash; rum, bum, baccer and other expressions   Laurence Horn
• Rum, sodomy, lash; rum, bum, baccer and other expressions   Dan Goncharoff
• Rum, sodomy, lash; rum, bum, baccer and other expressions   Jonathan Lighter
• to leave = 'to leave a bequest to'   victor steinbok
• to leave = 'to leave a bequest to'   victor steinbok
• Rum, sodomy, lash; rum, bum, baccer and other expressions   Douglas G. Wilson
• Rum, sodomy, lash; rum, bum, baccer and other expressions   Jonathan Lighter
• to leave = 'to leave a bequest to'   Jonathan Lighter
• Killing people and breaking things   Jonathan Lighter
• "book-shelf", 1766 et al., antedating 1818   Joel S. Berson
• Heard on The judges: "Ripping and running"   Wilson Gray
• Perhaps of interest   Wilson Gray
• A street railroad car called a "long parlor"   George Thompson
• "book-shelf", 1766 et al., antedating 1818   victor steinbok
• to leave = 'to leave a bequest to'   victor steinbok
• "Don't just do something...."   Jonathan Lighter
• speed humps   Jonathan Lighter
• speed humps   Garson O'Toole
• Heard on The judges: "Ripping and running"   Wilson Gray
• Heard on The judges: "Ripping and running"   Jonathan Lighter
• speed humps   Jonathan Lighter
• speed humps   Dan Goncharoff
• Heard on The judges: "Ripping and running"   Dan Goncharoff
• "Don't just do something...."   Dan Goncharoff
• Heard on The judges: "Ripping and running"   Wilson Gray
• speed humps   Laurence Horn
• Killing people and breaking things   David A. Daniel
• speed humps   Wilson Gray
• speed humps   victor steinbok
• speed humps   paul johnson
• "book-shelf", 1766 et al., antedating 1818   victor steinbok
• speed humps   Michael Quinion
• speed humps   Jonathan Lighter
• "Don't just do something...."   Garson O'Toole
• "Don't just do something...."   Jonathan Lighter
• speed humps   Ben Zimmer
• Heard on The judges: "Ripping and running"   Eric Nielsen
• speed bump; speed hump; speed table   David Barnhart
• speed humps   Charles C Doyle
• letter-sound relationships in US English   Tom Zurinskas
• speed humps   Jonathan Lighter
• "Don't just do something...."   Jonathan Lighter
• speed humps   Garson O'Toole
• speed humps   Garson O'Toole
• speed humps   Garson O'Toole
• speed humps   Ben Zimmer
• the over-under is....   George Thompson
• rumble strip   Joan H. Hall
• speed humps   ronbutters at AOL.COM
• A word of caution about the OED's "Advanced search results"   Joel S. Berson
• speed humps   Joel S. Berson
• speed humps   Joel S. Berson
• speed humps   Ronald Butters
• rumble strip   Ronald Butters
• rumble strip   Joel S. Berson
• speed humps   Joel S. Berson
• rumble strip   Eric Nielsen
• "Don't just do something...."   Garson O'Toole
• rumble strip   Wilson Gray
• rumble strip   Alice Faber
• "Don't just do something...."   Jonathan Lighter
• rumble strip   Jonathan Lighter
• rumble strip   Dan Goncharoff
• rumble strip   Jonathan Lighter
• "Don't just do something...."   Ben Zimmer
• rumble strip   Wilson Gray
• Rum, sodomy, lash; rum, bum, baccer and other expressions   Garson O'Toole
• "Don't just do something...."   Jonathan Lighter
• Doctor Livingstone, I presume   victor steinbok
• a critical mondegreen   George Thompson
• a critical mondegreen   Wilson Gray
• rumble strip   victor steinbok
• rumble strip   Eric Nielsen
• Doctor Livingstone, I presume   Wilson Gray
• rumble strip   Wilson Gray
• rumble strip   Dan Goncharoff
• Doctor Livingstone, I presume   Jonathan Lighter
• authentic definition   Tom Zurinskas
• rumble strip   Dan Goncharoff
• Rum, sodomy, lash; rum, bum, baccer and other expressions   Jonathan Lighter
• real-time (UNCLASSIFIED)   Jonathan Lighter
• Doctor Livingstone, I presume   Arnold Zwicky
• real-time (UNCLASSIFIED)   Jonathan Lighter
• a critical mondegreen   Arnold Zwicky
• Doctor Livingstone, I presume   Baker, John
• "Don't just do something...."   Garson O'Toole
• Doctor Livingstone, I presume   victor steinbok
• speed humps   Barbara Need
• Doctor Livingstone, I presume   Garson O'Toole
• real-time   Joel S. Berson
• real-time   Jonathan Lighter
• speed humps, serpentines, and other traffic calmings   Joel S. Berson
• rumble strip   Laurence Horn
• real-time   Joel S. Berson
• real-time   Jonathan Lighter
• real-time (UNCLASSIFIED)   Laurence Horn
• Even Further Antedating of "Hot Dog"   Shapiro, Fred
• compass/caliper   victor steinbok
• Even Further Antedating of "Hot Dog"   Jonathan Lighter
• Even Further Antedating of "Hot Dog"   Ben Zimmer
• real-time   Joel S. Berson
• Even Further Antedating of "Hot Dog"   Joel S. Berson
• real-time   Jonathan Lighter
• Rum, sodomy, lash; rum, bum, baccer and other expressions   James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at netscape.com>
• new (?) proverb   Jonathan Lighter
• special operators   victor steinbok
• new (?) proverb   victor steinbok
• special operators   Jonathan Lighter
• Even Further Antedating of "Hot Dog"   Laurence Horn
• special operators   Laurence Horn
• Early sucker   crawford
• new (?) proverb   Jonathan Lighter
• new (?) proverb   Jonathan Lighter
• Even Further Antedating of "Hot Dog"   Jonathan Lighter
• pomophobe   Jonathan Lighter
• pomophobe   Jonathan Lighter
• Even Further Antedating of "Hot Dog" -- (message from B. Popik)   Cohen, Gerald Leonard
• new (?) proverb   Jonathan Lighter
• pomophobe   Laurence Horn
• real-time   Joel S. Berson
• real-time   Dan Goncharoff
• Modern Proverb: Amateur practices till he can do it right; professional till he can't do it wrong (1976 probably)   Garson O'Toole
• new (?) proverb   Dan Goncharoff
• real-time   Joel S. Berson
• real-time   victor steinbok
• real-time   Dan Goncharoff
• pomophobe   Wilson Gray
• Modern Proverb: Amateur practices till he can do it right; professional till he can't do it wrong (1976 probably)   Garson O'Toole
• pomophobe   Joel S. Berson
• pomophobe   Jonathan Lighter
• real-time   victor steinbok
• real-time   Joel S. Berson
• real-time   Alice Faber
• real-time   victor steinbok
• pomophobe   victor steinbok
• A not-pointless flash-mob?   Joel S. Berson
• pomophobe   Joel S. Berson
• real-time baseball   Joel S. Berson
• A not-pointless flash-mob?   Wilson Gray
• real-time baseball   victor steinbok
• A not-pointless flash-mob?   Garson O'Toole
• pomophobe   Jonathan Lighter
• real-time baseball   Alice Faber
• real-time baseball   Joel S. Berson
• Doctor Livingstone, I presume   Wilson Gray
• The pointless flash-mob   Joel S. Berson
• real-time baseball   Alice Faber
• pomophobe   Joel S. Berson
• pomophobe   Jonathan Lighter
• The pointless flash-mob   victor steinbok
• pomophobe   Wilson Gray
• Enter The Dragon   Wilson Gray
• Enter The Dragon   Garson O'Toole
• real-time baseball   victor steinbok
• Heard on The judges: "Ripping and running"   Wilson Gray
• pomophobe   Laurence Horn
• Enter The Dragon   victor steinbok
• The pointless flash-mob   victor steinbok
• book review   victor steinbok
• Enter The Dragon   Jonathan Lighter
• The pointless flash-mob   Jonathan Lighter
• pomophobe   Jonathan Lighter
• new (?) proverb   James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at netscape.com>
• Rum, sodomy, lash; rum, bum, baccer and other expressions   James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at netscape.com>
• Bin Laden and PC   Jonathan Lighter
• Bin Laden and PC   Charles C Doyle
• Viral Quotes in the News: great deal of satisfaction over many obituary notices (Clarence S. Darrow 1922 Nov 13)   Garson O'Toole
• pomophobe   Joel S. Berson
• real-time baseball   Joel S. Berson
• Bin Laden and PC   Jonathan Lighter
• pomophobe   Jonathan Lighter
• Another new proverb   Jonathan Lighter
• "pedantry"   Arnold Zwicky
• cabbage together   Alice Faber
• cabbage together   Arnold Zwicky
• (across the) "block" ~= street, and the OED?   Mark Mandel
• The Dutch and Australian flash-mobs   Joel S. Berson
• (across the) "block" ~= street, and the OED?   Jonathan Lighter
• Murphy's Law   Mark Mandel
• Heard on The judges: "Ripping and running"   Eric Nielsen
• "Right back at you!"   Jonathan Lighter
• The pointless flash-mob   Joel S. Berson
• Enter The Dragon   Eric Nielsen
• "Right back at you!"   Laurence Horn
• cabbage together   Joel S. Berson
• OT: (across the) (unknowable) "block"   Joel S. Berson
• Despite rapid growth, India lets its girls die (AP headline online)   Joel S. Berson
• Q: "to taper" = "to gradually *increase* in intensity"   Joel S. Berson
• The pointless flash-mob   Jeff Prucher
• Bin Laden and PC   Wilson Gray
• Enter The Dragon   Laurence Horn
• Q: "to taper" = "to gradually *increase* in intensity"   Garson O'Toole
• Bin Laden and PC   Laurence Horn
• "Right back at you!"   Jonathan Lighter
• Bin Laden and PC   Jonathan Lighter
• Bin Laden and PC   Laurence Horn
• Bin Laden and PC   Jonathan Lighter
• Bin Laden and PC   Jonathan Lighter
• Bin Laden and PC   Charles C Doyle
• Another new proverb   victor steinbok
• Despite rapid growth, India lets its girls die (AP headline online)   ronbutters at AOL.COM
• Another new proverb   Garson O'Toole
• Modern Proverb: Amateur practices till he can do it right; professional till he can't do it wrong (1976 probably)   Charles C Doyle
• Bin Laden and PC   Jonathan Lighter
• "Right back at you!"   Wilson Gray
• Bin Laden and PC   Jonathan Lighter
• Another new proverb   Jonathan Lighter
• Another new proverb   Jonathan Lighter
• "Right back at you!"   Jonathan Lighter
• The pointless flash-mob   victor steinbok
• Geronimo origin   David Barnhart
• cabbage together   Wilson Gray
• Another new proverb (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
• Another new proverb (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
• Another new proverb (UNCLASSIFIED)   Jonathan Lighter
• Another new proverb (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
• Bin Laden and KIA   Joel S. Berson
• Q: "to taper" = "to gradually *increase* in intensity"   Joel S. Berson
• Black Friday (day after Thanksgiving), 1961   Bonnie Taylor-Blake
• Bin Laden and PC   Tom Zurinskas
• cabbage together (with cow)   Joel S. Berson
• Enter The Dragon   Eric Nielsen
• Enter The Dragon   Eric Nielsen
• "Ces sites sont cool! Checkez ces beautes!" [NT]   Wilson Gray
• more on Geronimo's Apache name   David Barnhart
• kinetic AND killing people and breaking things   Neal Whitman
• Faustian illeanism in the desert   Jonathan Lighter
• More book reviews of interest   victor steinbok
• More book reviews of interest   Jonathan Lighter
• Faustian illeanism in the desert   Laurence Horn
• More book reviews of interest   Laurence Horn
• More book reviews of interest (P.S.)   Laurence Horn
• More book reviews of interest   Jonathan Lighter
• add to the Rolodex   victor steinbok
• add to the Rolodex   Ben Zimmer
• name magic   Jonathan Lighter
• Query: "military brat" prior to 1981?   Cohen, Gerald Leonard
• Query: "military brat" prior to 1981?   Charles C Doyle
• Query: "military brat" prior to 1981? (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
• Query: "military brat" prior to 1981? (UNCLASSIFIED)   Jonathan Lighter
• Query: "military brat" prior to 1981?   victor steinbok
• Query: "military brat" prior to 1981? (UNCLASSIFIED)   victor steinbok
• Query: "military brat" prior to 1981? (UNCLASSIFIED)   victor steinbok
• deather(ism), proofer(ism)   Ben Zimmer
• Query: "military brat" prior to 1981? (UNCLASSIFIED)   Jim Parish
• deather(ism), proofer(ism)   Garson O'Toole
• Query: "military brat" prior to 1981? (UNCLASSIFIED)   Jonathan Lighter
• (across the) "block" ~= street, and the OED?   Dan Goncharoff
• Query: "military brat" prior to 1981? (UNCLASSIFIED)   victor steinbok
• (across the) "block" ~= street, and the OED?   victor steinbok
• tornado advisory terms (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
• Query: "military brat" prior to 1981? (UNCLASSIFIED)   Michael McKernan
• Black Friday (day after Thanksgiving), 1961   Garson O'Toole
• Query: "military brat" prior to 1981? (UNCLASSIFIED)   Charles C Doyle
• Query: "military brat" prior to 1981? (UNCLASSIFIED)   victor steinbok
• Query: "military brat" prior to 1981? (UNCLASSIFIED)   Jonathan Lighter
• Faustian illeanism in the desert   Jonathan Lighter
• Keeping Up with the Goonses   Baker, John
• Faustian illeanism in the desert   Jonathan Lighter
• yet another "fact"   Jonathan Lighter
• Trivia: "WORLD+DOG"   Wilson Gray
• Keeping Up with the Goonses   Wilson Gray
• Query: "military brat" prior to 1981?   Wilson Gray
• There's a broken heart for every light on Broadway   Jonathan Lighter
• "I was sitting in my mother's lap and she was cutting _me_ some cake."   Wilson Gray
• name magic   Wilson Gray
• Motto: live free or die (supplementary)   Garson O'Toole
• backronym   victor steinbok
• "I was sitting in my mother's lap and she was cutting _me_ some cake."   John McChesney-Young
• "I was sitting in my mother's lap and she was cutting _me_ some cake."   Wilson Gray
• name magic   Margaret Lee
• Motto: live free or die (supplementary)   David A. Daniel
• name magic   Jonathan Lighter
• "I was sitting in my mother's lap and she was cutting _me_ some cake."   Laurence Horn
• "I was sitting in my mother's lap and she was cutting _me_ some cake."   Laurence Horn
• submarine slang (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
• ... she was cutting _me_ some cake."   Joel S. Berson
• "... and she was cutting _me_ some cake."   Joel S. Berson
• compass/caliper (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
• public spiritedness   Dan Goncharoff
• public spiritedness   victor steinbok
• public spiritedness   Jonathan Lighter
• public spiritedness   Joel S. Berson
• public spiritedness   Charles C Doyle
• Sounds app and truespel phonetics analysis of the letters of the alphabet   Tom Zurinskas
• Quote: Preach the gospel all the time - if necessary, use words (attrib Francis of Assisi 1989 August)   Garson O'Toole
• Note from a former Zionist   victor steinbok
• compass/caliper (UNCLASSIFIED)   victor steinbok
• Eskimos, move over!   Jonathan Lighter
• N-word Hill, Calif.   Jonathan Lighter
• Grandson of "is is"   Jonathan Lighter
• let it drag   Jonathan Lighter
• let it drag   Wilson Gray
• Grandson of "is is"   Wilson Gray
• N-word Hill, Calif.   Wilson Gray
• "Baby daddy"   Wilson Gray
• Viral Quotes: Remark about a funeral: I approve of it (attrib Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar 1887; attrib Mark Twain 1938)   Garson O'Toole
• pomophobe   Wilson Gray
• One letter off   victor steinbok
• N-word Hill, Calif.   Dan Goodman
• N-word Hill, Calif.   Robin Hamilton
• Viral Quotes: Remark about a funeral: I approve of it (attrib Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar 1887; attrib Mark Twain 1938)   Arnold Zwicky
• N-word Hill, Calif.   Laurence Horn
• pomophobe   Laurence Horn
• pomophobe   Arnold Zwicky
• N-word Hill, Calif.   Dan Goodman
• Quote: It's what we learn after we think we know it all that counts. (Kin Hubbard 1921 July 21)   Garson O'Toole
• public spiritedness   Garson O'Toole
• Viral Quotes: Remark about a funeral: I approve of it (attrib Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar 1887; attrib Mark Twain 1938)   victor steinbok
• pomophobe   Charles C Doyle
• Legal Sense of "Defender"   Shapiro, Fred
• working out an etymological puzzle   Laurence Horn
• Quote: It's what we learn after we think we know it all that counts. (Kin Hubbard 1921 July 21)   Dan Goncharoff
• working out an etymological puzzle   ronbutters at AOL.COM
• working out an etymological puzzle   Paul Johnston
• pomophobe   James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at netscape.com>
• Legal Sense of "Defender"   victor steinbok
• pomophobe   Eric Nielsen
• pomophobe   Laurence Horn
• Navy SEALs as sex symbols   victor steinbok
• Navy SEALs as sex symbols   Laurence Horn
• Eggcorny goodness: Subwolfer   Erik Hoover
• N-word Hill, Calif.   Wilson Gray
• let it drag   Dan Goncharoff
• let it drag   Jonathan Lighter
• let it drag   Laurence Horn
• Dialect dissonance, again   Wilson Gray
• let it drag   Jonathan Lighter
• "Could you please do _as_ a favor and test ...?" [NT]   Wilson Gray
• let it drag   Dan Goncharoff
• let it drag   Garson O'Toole
• let it drag   Jonathan Lighter
• Eggcorny goodness: Subwolfer   Tom Zurinskas
• paranoid   victor steinbok
• paranoid   victor steinbok
• paranoid   victor steinbok
• paranoid   Garson O'Toole
• paranoid   Garson O'Toole
• working out an etymological puzzle   Douglas G. Wilson
• paranoid   victor steinbok
• paranoid   Garson O'Toole
• paranoid   Dan Goncharoff
• paranoid   victor steinbok
• paranoid   Dave Wilton
• Christian name   Jonathan Lighter
• paranoid   Jonathan Lighter
• paranoid   Garson O'Toole
• Viral Quotes: Remark about a funeral: I approve of it (attrib Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar 1887; attrib Mark Twain 1938)   Garson O'Toole
• paranoid   Jonathan Lighter
• Viral Quotes: Remark about a funeral: I approve of it (attrib Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar 1887; attrib Mark Twain 1938)   Jonathan Lighter
• Viral Quotes: Remark about a funeral: I approve of it (attrib Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar 1887; attrib Mark Twain 1938)   victor steinbok
• working out an etymological puzzle   Laurence Horn
• Viral Quotes: Remark about a funeral: I approve of it (attrib Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar 1887; attrib Mark Twain 1938)   Laurence Horn
• Viral Quotes: Remark about a funeral: I approve of it (attrib Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar 1887; attrib Mark Twain 1938)   Jonathan Lighter
• "... se reconstruyen _mini-sistemas_ ..." [NT]   Wilson Gray
• Viral Quotes: Remark about a funeral: I approve of it (attrib Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar 1887; attrib Mark Twain 1938)   Laurence Horn
• Viral Quotes: Remark about a funeral: I approve of it (attrib Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar 1887; attrib Mark Twain 1938)   Jonathan Lighter
• Phrase: none of your funeral (antedating 1850 July 6) also shift in semantics   Garson O'Toole
• profiling   Jonathan Lighter
• Phrase: none of your funeral (antedating 1850 July 6) also shift in semantics   Jonathan Lighter
• Epithet by which future history will remember Obama   Jonathan Lighter
• Epithet by which future history will remember Obama   Tom Zurinskas
• Epithet by which future history will remember Obama   Garson O'Toole
• no more pets   David Barnhart
• no more pets   victor steinbok
• fish-fry   victor steinbok
• ladder   victor steinbok
• ladder   Douglas G. Wilson
• profiling   victor steinbok
• ladder   victor steinbok
• ladder   Wilson Gray
• ladder   victor steinbok
• Epithet by which future history will remember Obama   Wilson Gray
• cold peace   victor steinbok
• profiling   Wilson Gray
• Phrase: none of your funeral (antedating 1850 July 6) also shift in semantics   Stephen Goranson
• no more pets   Jonathan Lighter
• Epithet by which future history will remember Obama   Jonathan Lighter
• no more pets   Garson O'Toole
• no more pets   Laurence Horn
• Phrase: none of your funeral (antedating 1850 July 6) also shift in semantics   Laurence Horn
• dentalizations and the Howard Gardner mystery   Michael Newman
• no more pets   Jonathan Lighter
• Phrase: none of your funeral (antedating 1850 July 6) also shift in semantics   Jonathan Lighter
• a candidate for WOTY   David Barnhart
• Phrase: none of your funeral (antedating 1850 July 6) also shift in semantics   Garson O'Toole
• Epithet by which future history will remember Obama   Wilson Gray
• Chicago Code   victor steinbok
• note on "bastard"   Jonathan Lighter
• no more pets   Tom Zurinskas
• money bomb   victor steinbok
• note on "bastard"   victor steinbok
• money bomb   Ben Zimmer
• note on "bastard"   Jonathan Lighter
• no more pets   victor steinbok
• The R word   William Palmer
• The R word   Mark Jakubik
• The R word   ronbutters at AOL.COM
• The R word   Sylvia Swift
• The R word   Jonathan Lighter
• The perils of the rising Mississippi   Joel S. Berson
• The R word   Tom Zurinskas
• note on "bastard"   Joel S. Berson
• money bomb   Joel S. Berson
• The R word   Jonathan Lighter
• note on "bastard"   Jonathan Lighter
• note on "bastard"   Laurence Horn
• R-word revisited   David Barnhart
• The R word   Eric Nielsen
• The R word   Jonathan Lighter
• gattable   victor steinbok
• pingpong diplomacy   victor steinbok
• The R word   Dave Wilton
• note on "bastard"   Robin Hamilton
• fail over   Victor Steinbok
• fluent   Victor Steinbok
• lemon party   Jonathan Lighter
• lemon party   ronbutters at AOL.COM
• lemon party   ronbutters at AOL.COM
• lemon party   Tom Zurinskas
• dentalizations and the Howard Gardner mystery   Gordon, Matthew J.
• lemon party   Ben Zimmer
• lemon party   Jonathan Lighter
• More on lemon party   ronbutters at AOL.COM
• dentalizations and the Howard Gardner mystery   Michael Newman
• Fish-fry   Michael Sheehan
• fail over   Dave Wilton
• lemon party   Jonathan Lighter
• fail over   victor steinbok
• fail over   Chris Waigl
• lemon party   Ben Zimmer
• fail over   victor steinbok
• lemon party   Jonathan Lighter
• lemon party   victor steinbok
• lemon party   Ben Zimmer
• fluent (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
• More on lemon party   Joel S. Berson
• Antedating of "Democracy"   Shapiro, Fred
• Antedating of "Democracy"   Jonathan Lighter
• Antedating of "Democracy"   victor steinbok
• channel agnostic   James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at netscape.com>
• eno's vegetable moto   victor steinbok
• channel agnostic   Laurence Horn
• dentalizations and the Howard Gardner mystery   Wilson Gray
• channel agnostic   Dave Wilton
• interesting quote for channel agnostic   David Barnhart
• wing suit; squirrel suit   Jonathan Lighter
• eno's vegetable moto   Douglas G. Wilson
• eno's vegetable moto   victor steinbok
• "Pit" as the past tense of "pit"   Neal Whitman
• "Pit" as the past tense of "pit"   Arnold Zwicky
• Rolodex (virtual and vast) redux   Joel S. Berson
• "... is an easily-understood grid known as a 'pattern'."   Wilson Gray
• "Living Large"   Shapiro, Fred
• "Living Large"   Wilson Gray
• "Living Large"   Garson O'Toole
• "Living Large"   Wilson Gray
• COHA/COCA meets Google Books   Neal Whitman
• "Living Large"   Garson O'Toole
• "Living Large"   victor steinbok
• "Living Large"   Garson O'Toole
• "Living Large"   victor steinbok
• "Living Large"   Jonathan Lighter
• "Living Large"   Wilson Gray
• "Living Large"   victor steinbok
• "Living Large"   victor steinbok
• "Living Large"   Douglas G. Wilson
• Heard on Childrens [sic] Hospital: _cripple-sticks_   Wilson Gray
• Even Further Antedating of "Hot Dog"   Ben Zimmer
• "Living Large"   Margaret Lee
• "Old-school" is not what it used to be   victor steinbok
• "Living Large"   Garson O'Toole
• "Old-school" is not what it used to be   Jonathan Lighter
• "Living Large"   victor steinbok
• sweet   victor steinbok
• The curious case of a terminus ad quem   James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at netscape.com>
• LBS   Jonathan Lighter
• The curious case of a terminus ad quem   James Harbeck
• LBS   James Harbeck
• "the other painting's owner"   Joel S. Berson
• STI   Jonathan Lighter
• LBS   Jonathan Lighter
• LBS   Douglas G. Wilson
• LBS   victor steinbok
• STI   victor steinbok
• STI   Laurence Horn
• _Boody_ "arse" vs. _booty_ "id."   Wilson Gray
• STI   Douglas G. Wilson
• LBS   Tom Zurinskas
• STI   Jonathan Lighter
• _Boody_ "arse" vs. _booty_ "id."   Jonathan Lighter
• LBS   Jonathan Lighter
• LBS   Jonathan Lighter
• _Boody_ "arse" vs. _booty_ "id."   Jonathan Lighter
• "bizarre" and "controversial"   Jonathan Lighter
• profiling   Jonathan Lighter
• STI   Laurence Horn
• "Designee" Not in OED   Shapiro, Fred
• STI   Jonathan Lighter
• _Boody_ "arse" vs. _booty_ "id."   Douglas G. Wilson
• STI   Laurence Horn
• STI   Joel S. Berson
• LBS   Joel S. Berson
• "treasure trove" -- EMCPOTY   Joel S. Berson
• LBS   Neal Whitman
• "[all] found"   Joel S. Berson
• LBS   Joel S. Berson
• profiling   Tom Zurinskas
• STI   victor steinbok
• _Boody_ "arse" vs. _booty_ "id."   Jonathan Lighter
• LBS   Jonathan Lighter
• LBS   Jonathan Lighter
• STI   victor steinbok
• STI   Jonathan Lighter
• STI   victor steinbok
• Churchill quote: spurious?   Jonathan Lighter
• LBS   Tom Zurinskas
• Churchill quote: spurious?   Tom Zurinskas
• "[all] found"   George Thompson
• LBS   Tom Zurinskas
• "Designee" Not in OED   Charles C Doyle
• STI   Jonathan Lighter
• More signs of the Apocalypse   Jonathan Lighter
• LBS   Jonathan Lighter
• Churchill quote: spurious?   Jonathan Lighter
• spinning in the grave   Jonathan Lighter
• A less-interesting "Memorex moment," but WTF?   Wilson Gray
• no more pets   Mark Mandel
• Query on Language Columns in Media   Shapiro, Fred
• Churchill quote: spurious?   Garson O'Toole
• spinning in the grave   Wilson Gray
• Churchill quote: spurious?   Wilson Gray
• A less-interesting "Memorex moment," but WTF?   victor steinbok
• STI   Dave Wilton
• "bizarre" and "controversial"   Wilson Gray
• More signs of the Apocalypse   Dan Goodman
• Churchill quote: spurious?   Jonathan Lighter
• A less-interesting "Memorex moment," but WTF?   Wilson Gray
• More signs of the Apocalypse   Jonathan Lighter
• Quip: If your husband were alive, your conduct would make him turn in his grave (1898)   Garson O'Toole
• Quip: If your husband were alive, your conduct would make him turn in his grave (1898)   Jonathan Lighter
• Quip: If your husband were alive, your conduct would make him turn in his grave (1898)   Garson O'Toole
• Quip: If your husband were alive, your conduct would make him turn in his grave (1898)   Jonathan Lighter
• "[all] found"   Joel S. Berson
• Churchill quote: spurious?   victor steinbok
• Churchill quote: spurious?   imwitty
• Churchill quote: spurious?   Jonathan Lighter
• Churchill quote: spurious?   Jonathan Lighter
• Query on Language Columns in Media   Laurence Horn
• LBS   Laurence Horn
• LBS   Tom Zurinskas
• Churchill quote: spurious?   victor steinbok
• LBS   Laurence Horn
• Query on Language Columns in Media   Arnold Zwicky
• manageable/imaginable   victor steinbok
• Query on Language Columns in Media   Arnold Zwicky
• Query on Language Columns in Media   Ben Zimmer
• Query on Language Columns in Media   Arnold Zwicky
• Query on Language Columns in Media   Geoffrey Nunberg
• "jawn" and other Philly slang   Ben Zimmer
• "jawn" and other Philly slang; skeeve   Paul Johnston
• skeevy   Jonathan Lighter
• skeevy   Jesse Sheidlower
• skeevy   Michael Newman
• _Boody_ "arse" vs. _booty_ "id."   Eric Nielsen
• Query on Language Columns in Media   Amy West
• Query on Language Columns in Media   Arnold Zwicky
• _Boody_ "arse" vs. _booty_ "id."   ronbutters at AOL.COM
• paranoid   Garson O'Toole
• paranoid   Laurence Horn
• LBS   Tom Zurinskas
• paranoid   Ben Zimmer
• paranoid   Jonathan Lighter
• paranoid   Garson O'Toole
• paranoid   Garson O'Toole
• paranoid   victor steinbok
• paranoid   Jonathan Lighter
• paranoid   victor steinbok
• algo   victor steinbok
• dragon-slayer   Jonathan Lighter
• paranoid   Tom Zurinskas
• paranoid   victor steinbok
• _Boody_ "arse" vs. _booty_ "id."   Douglas G. Wilson
• another reversal?   victor steinbok
• peak == largest ?   victor steinbok
• _Boody_ "arse" vs. _booty_ "id."   Wilson Gray
• Query on Language Columns in Media   Amy West
• flyjin   Amy West
• another reversal?   Charles C Doyle
• another reversal?   Jonathan Lighter
• Plus la change -- and Dominique Strauss-Kahn   Joel S. Berson
• "wildest streams"   Joel S. Berson
• Plus la change -- and Dominique Strauss-Kahn   ronbutters at AOL.COM
• Plus la change -- and Dominique Strauss-Kahn   Laurence Horn
• Plus la change -- and Dominique Strauss-Kahn   Joel S. Berson
• Plus la change -- and Dominique Strauss-Kahn   Laurence Horn
• Antedating of "Disarmament"   Shapiro, Fred
• Plus la change -- and Dominique Strauss-Kahn   Joel S. Berson
• Antedating of "Disarmament"   Joel S. Berson
• Origin of the term "Upstate"   Chris Wholers
• Origin of the term "Upstate"   Joel S. Berson
• Origin of the term "Upstate"   Jonathan Lighter
• Origin of the term "Upstate"   Jonathan Lighter
• up-state update   David Barnhart
• Origin of the term "Upstate"   Chris Wholers
• Origin of the term "Upstate"   Shapiro, Fred
• Origin of the term "Upstate"   Joel S. Berson
• Origin of the term "Upstate"   Joel S. Berson
• down-state (1904)   David Barnhart
• up-state update   victor steinbok
• Origin of the term "Upstate"   victor steinbok
• Origin of the term "Upstate"   Laurence Horn
• "wildest streams"   Margaret Lee
• Origin of the term "Upstate"   George Thompson
• Origin of the term "Upstate"   Jonathan Lighter
• up-state/down-state   David Barnhart
• up-state/down-state   Michael Newman
• Origin of the term "Upstate"   Charles C Doyle
• 6   William Warren
• up-state/down-state   Shapiro, Fred
• up-state/down-state   paul johnson
• Michigan "downstate"   David Barnhart
• Michigan "downstate"   Paul Johnston
• Origin of the term "Upstate"   Ben Zimmer
• up-state/down-state   Joel S. Berson
• Origin of the term "Upstate"   Joel S. Berson
• UD: (2005) _do the thing_ = "have sex"; (2007) _stinky leg_ = "penis"   Wilson Gray
• up-state/down-state   Joel S. Berson
• up-state/down-state   Shapiro, Fred
• UD: (2005) _do the thing_ = "have sex"; (2007) _stinky leg_ = "penis"   Jonathan Lighter
• Michigan "downstate"   Jonathan Lighter
• up-state/down-state   victor steinbok
• 6   victor steinbok
• up-state/down-state Vermont   Joel S. Berson
• northern summer   Tom Zurinskas
• Michigan "downstate"   Joel S. Berson
• up-state/down-state   Michael Newman
• up-state/down-state   Joel S. Berson
• up-state/down-state   Dan Goncharoff
• UD: (2005) _do the thing_ = "have sex"; (2007) _stinky leg_ = "penis"   Wilson Gray
• up-state/down-state   victor steinbok
• "Disenfranchisement" Listed as Obsolete   Shapiro, Fred
• 6   Wilson Gray
• up-state/down-state   victor steinbok
• "Report: Schwarzenegger _Baby Mama_ Was Fired In Attempt To Save Marriage"   Wilson Gray
• 8   William Warren
• conservatism/conservative   victor steinbok
• 8   victor steinbok
• Origin of the term "Upstate"   Lynne Murphy
• Origin of the term "Upstate"   Lynne Murphy
• Origin of the term "Upstate"   Laurence Horn
• QOTY?   Jonathan Lighter
• mutual   victor steinbok
• mutual   Dan Goncharoff
• frenemy   Tom Zurinskas
• the language of gesture   George Thompson
• up-state/down-state   George Thompson
• the language of gesture   Jonathan Lighter
• the language of gesture   Jonathan Lighter
• the language of gesture   Jonathan Lighter
• Google News Archive will not add further content   Grant Barrett
• papal   Jonathan Lighter
• Poor judgment (and language) about Judgment Day   Joel S. Berson
• vaycay; hiccough   Jonathan Lighter
• Poor judgment (and language) about Judgment Day   Jonathan Lighter
• Poor judgment (and language) about Judgment Day   Jonathan Lighter
• Poor judgment (and language) about Judgment Day   Dan Goncharoff
• Poor judgment (and language) about Judgment Day   Jonathan Lighter
• vaycay; hiccough   Laurence Horn
• an accidental contruction?   Charles C Doyle
• vaycay; hiccough   Tom Zurinskas
• Poor judgment (and language) about Judgment Day   Tom Zurinskas
• Poor judgment (and language) about Judgment Day   Robin Hamilton
• Poor judgment (and language) about Judgment Day   Jonathan Lighter
• Heard on Mob Wives   Wilson Gray
• A new kind of tectonic drift?   Wilson Gray
• Poor judgment (and language) about Judgment Day   Wilson Gray
• Poor judgment (and language) about Judgment Day   Jonathan Lighter
• an accidental contruction?   victor steinbok
• vaycay; hiccough   victor steinbok
• Heard on Mob Wives   victor steinbok
• Poor judgment (and language) about Judgment Day   victor steinbok
• vaycay; hiccough   Jonathan Lighter
• Heard on Mob Wives   Laurence Horn
• Poor judgment (and language) about Judgment Day   Amy West
• dynamic = "influencing circumstance(s)"?   Jonathan Lighter
• dynamic = "influencing circumstance(s)"?   victor steinbok
• dynamic = "influencing circumstance(s)"?   Dan Goncharoff
• dynamic = "influencing circumstance(s)"?   Jonathan Lighter
• gang = '(with neutral force) group (of people)'   Jonathan Lighter
• May 21 -- God's Providence   Joel S. Berson
• "Designee" Not in OED   Baker, John
• "The Twitter Thesaurus: Gives You Shorter Synonyms"   Martin Kaminer
• Out of world reply [RE: May 21 -- God's Providence]   David A. Daniel
• devil's choice   Jonathan Lighter
• devil's choice   Jonathan Lighter
• overlooked quotation   Jonathan Lighter
• overlooked quotation   Jonathan Lighter
• fodder   Jonathan Lighter
• fodder   ronbutters at AOL.COM
• "The Twitter Thesaurus: Gives You Shorter Synonyms"   Dan Goodman
• beyond words   Jonathan Lighter
• Heard on Mob Wives   Jonathan Lighter
• dynamic = "influencing circumstance(s)"?   Laurence Horn
• fodder   Ben Zimmer
• Heard on Mob Wives   Wilson Gray
• gang = '(with neutral force) group (of people)'   Wilson Gray
• "Looking For New Words Added in the Past Century"   Damien Hall
• What's new isn't always what it seems to be.   David Barnhart
• fodder   Jonathan Lighter
• "Looking For New Words Added in the Past Century"   victor steinbok
• Heard on Mob Wives   George Thompson
• fodder   Ben Zimmer
• the sport of kings   Jonathan Lighter
• the sport of kings   Jonathan Lighter
• fodder   Robin Hamilton
• fodder   Tom Zurinskas
• fodder (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
• fodder (UNCLASSIFIED)   Jonathan Lighter
• Pawlenty's accent hopping   Tom Zurinskas
• nail that Jell-O   Jonathan Lighter
• nail that Jell-O   Ben Zimmer
• nail that Jell-O   Jonathan Lighter
• nail that Jell-O   victor steinbok
• nail that Jell-O   Ben Zimmer
• nail that Jell-O   Gerald Cohen
• nail that Jell-O   victor steinbok
• nail that Jell-O   Garson O'Toole
• "Looking For New Words Added in the Past Century"   Garson O'Toole
• "Looking For New Words Added in the Past Century"   Douglas G. Wilson
• "Looking For New Words Added in the Past Century"   victor steinbok
• nail that Jell-O   victor steinbok
• "Thanks! I Needed That!"   Jonathan Lighter
• tidal wave of change   Tom Zurinskas
• narrative   Jonathan Lighter
• narrative   ronbutters at AOL.COM
• narrative   Laurence Horn
• narrative   Michael Quinion
• narrative   Garson O'Toole
• "You want punched out?"   Ben Zimmer
• "You want punched out?"   Jonathan Lighter
• Heard on Springer: "Sex?" "No."   Wilson Gray
• Heard on Springer: "Sex?" "No."   Jonathan Lighter
• Heard on Springer: "Sex?" "No."   Laurence Horn
• "You want punched out?"   Ben Zimmer
• Heard on Springer: "Sex?" "No."   David A. Daniel
• "You want punched out?"   Gordon, Matthew J.
• "You want punched out?"   Douglas G. Wilson
• "You want punched out?"   Ben Zimmer
• Heard on Springer: "Sex?" "No."   Jonathan Lighter
• Heard on Springer: "Sex?" "No."   David A. Daniel
• "You want punched out?"   Neal Whitman
• Victualler in 1820 Philadelphia, PA USA   Michael McKernan
• Victualler in 1820 Philadelphia, PA USA   Robin Hamilton
• Victualler in 1820 Philadelphia, PA USA   George Thompson
• "You want punched out?"   Joel S. Berson
• "You want punched out?"   Laurence Horn
• "You want punched out?"   Herb Stahlke
• Heard on Springer: "Sex?" "No."   Wilson Gray
• "You want punched out?"   Douglas G. Wilson
• _Half-way house_ > _halfway home_   Wilson Gray
• narrative   Amy West
• narrative   Amy West
• narrative   Jonathan Lighter
• Bill Klem Quote   Shapiro, Fred
• Bill Klem Quote   Jonathan Lighter
• Bill Klem Quote   Shapiro, Fred
• Bill Klem Quote   Ben Zimmer
• Bill Klem Quote   Dan Goncharoff
• Bill Klem Quote   Jonathan Lighter
• Bill Klem Quote   Jonathan Lighter
• narrative   Ronald Butters
• Quote: Baseball: they ain't nothin' until I call 'em (attrib Charley Moran 1947 August 30)   Garson O'Toole
• tot mom   Jonathan Lighter
• tot mom   Jonathan Lighter
• Quote: Baseball: calling them as he sees them [variant: call em as I see em] (1910 May 24)   Garson O'Toole
• Quote: Baseball: calling them as he sees them [variant: call em as I see em] (1910 May 24)   victor steinbok
• tot mom   Laurence Horn
• "... you are missing the subtle _queues_ that Japanese take for granted." [NT]   Wilson Gray
• bogus quotes strike again?   Jonathan Lighter
• tot mom   Jonathan Lighter
• tot mom   Wilson Gray
• bogus quotes strike again?   Wilson Gray
• Proverb: If you can't beat 'em, join 'em (antedating 1901 July 10)   Garson O'Toole
• "Yankees suck" constitutes profanity?   Ben Zimmer
• "... you are missing the subtle _queues_ that Japanese take for granted." [NT]   Joel S. Berson
• "Yankees suck" constitutes profanity?   Laurence Horn
• "You want punched out?"   Douglas G. Wilson
• "Simple _is_ that." [NT]   Wilson Gray
• short note: black strap molasses   victor steinbok
• short note: under the radar   victor steinbok
• short note: black strap molasses   Wilson Gray
• short note: black strap molasses   victor steinbok
• short note: black strap molasses   David A. Daniel
• Bill Klem Quote   Jonathan Lighter
• OT: Baseball philosophy was Re: Bill Klem Quote   Amy West
• narrative   Amy West
• Bill Klem Quote   victor steinbok
• Bill Klem Quote   victor steinbok
• Baseball philosophy was Re: Bill Klem Quote   Dave Wilton
• short note: black strap molasses   Charles C Doyle
• short note: black strap molasses   Joel S. Berson
• short note: black strap molasses   Joel S. Berson
• short note: black strap molasses   Joel S. Berson
• Bill Klem Quote   Joel S. Berson
• Heard on Springer: caucasian BIN   Wilson Gray
• Heard on Springer: caucasian BIN   Darla Wells
• short note: black strap molasses   victor steinbok
• Bill Klem Quote   Shapiro, Fred
• Bill Klem Quote   Garson O'Toole
• Backwards "replace"   Joel S. Berson
• Heard on The Judges   Wilson Gray
• short note: black strap molasses   Wilson Gray
• Bill Klem Quote   Dan Goncharoff
• Backwards "replace"   Laurence Horn
• black strap molasses   Joel S. Berson
• short note: black strap molasses   Wilson Gray
• Heard on Springer: caucasian BIN   Wilson Gray
• short note: black strap molasses   Dan Goncharoff
• Bill Klem Quote   victor steinbok
• Heard on Springer: caucasian BIN   Margaret Lee
• Heard on Springer: caucasian BIN   Tom Zurinskas
• "bone in her teeth"   Joel S. Berson
• "come about", nautical -- "of the wind", and Obs., in OED?   Joel S. Berson
• "bone in her teeth"   Jonathan Lighter
• "bone in her teeth"   Joel S. Berson
• "bone in her teeth"   Wilson Gray
• Heard on MythBusters:   Wilson Gray
• Fa-word: encountered in NPR news today   David Barnhart
• Fa-word: encountered in NPR news today   ronbutters at AOL.COM
• Fa-word: encountered in NPR news today   Laurence Horn
• A variation on the shaving cream song   victor steinbok
• A variation on the shaving cream song   Wilson Gray
• A variation on the shaving cream song   victor steinbok
• A variation on the shaving cream song   Laurence Horn
• A variation on the shaving cream song   victor steinbok
• A variation on the shaving cream song   Garson O'Toole
• "slut" in the news   Ben Zimmer
• supercede; dispositive   Jonathan Lighter
• "slut" in the news   Jonathan Lighter
• Fa-word: encountered in NPR news today   Joel S. Berson
• [SPAM:##] Re: [SPAM:##] "slut" in the news   Arnold Zwicky
• A variation on the shaving cream song   Arnold Zwicky
• more on fa-word   David Barnhart
• more on fa-word   Laurence Horn
• "slut" in the news   Laurence Horn
• more on fa-word   Jonathan Lighter
• "moonraker" and Wiltshire cheese, 1789   Joel S. Berson
• "slut" in the news   Jonathan Lighter
• "moonraker" and Wiltshire cheese, 1789   Wilson Gray
• supercede; dispositive   victor steinbok
• supercede; dispositive   Jonathan Lighter
• Google effectively ends objective searches   Mark Mandel
• Google effectively ends objective searches   Ben Zimmer
• Google effectively ends objective searches   Garson O'Toole
• _Kiss my grits!_ = "Kiss my ass!," by a writer for The Family Guy   Wilson Gray
• "slut" in the news   Wilson Gray
• "real time"   Jonathan Lighter
• _Kiss my grits!_ = "Kiss my ass!," by a writer for The Family Guy   Jonathan Lighter
• _Kiss my grits!_ = "Kiss my ass!," by a writer for The Family Guy   ronbutters at AOL.COM
• A variation on the shaving cream song   George Thompson
• Stella Johnson, "Don't Come Over", (Decca), 1936   George Thompson
• A variation on the shaving cream song   Laurence Horn
• Stella Johnson, "Don't Come Over", (Decca), 1936   Laurence Horn
• OT: Decca   Wilson Gray
• A variation on the shaving cream song   George Thompson
• No subject   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
• "real time"   Joel S. Berson
• Stella Johnson, "Don't Come Over", (Decca), 1936   Wilson Gray
• "slut" in the news   Nancy Friedman
• "real time"   Dan Goncharoff
• "real time"   Jonathan Lighter
• Google effectively ends objective searches   Mark Mandel
• Google effectively ends objective searches   Mark Mandel
• _Kiss my grits!_ = "Kiss my ass!," by a writer for The Family Guy   Wilson Gray
• "Una venezolana _muy zorra_!"   Wilson Gray
• _Kiss my grits!_ = "Kiss my ass!," by a writer for The Family Guy   Margaret Lee
• _Kiss my grits!_ = "Kiss my ass!," by a writer for The Family Guy   Jonathan Lighter
• _Kiss my grits!_ = "Kiss my ass!," by a writer for The Family Guy   Charles C Doyle
• _Kiss my grits!_ = "Kiss my ass!," by a writer for The Family Guy   Jonathan Lighter
• _Kiss my grits!_ = "Kiss my ass!," by a writer for The Family Guy   Laurence Horn
• mystery quote: "Men like war...."   Jonathan Lighter
• _Kiss my grits!_ = "Kiss my ass!," by a writer for The Family Guy   Jonathan Lighter
• mystery quote: "Men like war...."   Garson O'Toole
• _Kiss my grits!_   Joel S. Berson
• _Kiss my grits!_   Jonathan Lighter
• mystery quote: "Men like war...."   Jonathan Lighter
• mystery quote: "Men like war...."   Garson O'Toole
• _Kiss my grits!_ = "Kiss my ass!," by a writer for The Family Guy   Wilson Gray
• _Kiss my grits!_ = "Kiss my ass!," by a writer for The Family Guy   Wilson Gray
• _Kiss my grits!_ = "Kiss my ass!," by a writer for The Family Guy   Wilson Gray
• _Kiss my grits!_   Wilson Gray
• OT: NYT   Wilson Gray
• OT: NYT   Jonathan Lighter
• _Kiss my grits!_ = "Kiss my ass!," by a writer for The Family Guy   Wilson Gray
• _Kiss my grits!_ = "Kiss my ass!," by a writer for The Family Guy   Wilson Gray
• mystery quote: "Men like war...."   Jonathan Lighter
• _Kiss my grits!_ = "Kiss my ass!," by a writer for The Family Guy   Wilson Gray

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