May 2011 Archives by subject
Starting: Sun May 1 00:13:05 UTC 2011
Ending: Tue May 31 23:59:33 UTC 2011
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- "... and she was cutting _me_ some cake."
Joel S. Berson
- "... is an easily-understood grid known as a 'pattern'."
Wilson Gray
- "... se reconstruyen _mini-sistemas_ ..." [NT]
Wilson Gray
- "... you are missing the subtle _queues_ that Japanese take for granted." [NT]
Wilson Gray
- "... you are missing the subtle _queues_ that Japanese take for granted." [NT]
Joel S. Berson
- "[all] found"
Joel S. Berson
- "[all] found"
George Thompson
- "[all] found"
Joel S. Berson
- "Baby daddy"
Wilson Gray
- "bizarre" and "controversial"
Jonathan Lighter
- "bizarre" and "controversial"
Wilson Gray
- "bone in her teeth"
Joel S. Berson
- "bone in her teeth"
Jonathan Lighter
- "bone in her teeth"
Joel S. Berson
- "bone in her teeth"
Wilson Gray
- "book-shelf", 1766 et al., antedating 1818
Joel S. Berson
- "book-shelf", 1766 et al., antedating 1818
victor steinbok
- "book-shelf", 1766 et al., antedating 1818
victor steinbok
- "Ces sites sont cool! Checkez ces beautes!" [NT]
Wilson Gray
- "come about", nautical -- "of the wind", and Obs., in OED?
Joel S. Berson
- "Could you please do _as_ a favor and test ...?" [NT]
Wilson Gray
- "Designee" Not in OED
Shapiro, Fred
- "Designee" Not in OED
Charles C Doyle
- "Designee" Not in OED
Baker, John
- "Disenfranchisement" Listed as Obsolete
Shapiro, Fred
- "Don't just do something...."
Jonathan Lighter
- "Don't just do something...."
Dan Goncharoff
- speed humps
Michael Quinion
- "Don't just do something...."
Garson O'Toole
- "Don't just do something...."
Jonathan Lighter
- "Don't just do something...."
Jonathan Lighter
- "Don't just do something...."
Garson O'Toole
- "Don't just do something...."
Jonathan Lighter
- "Don't just do something...."
Ben Zimmer
- "Don't just do something...."
Jonathan Lighter
- "Don't just do something...."
Garson O'Toole
- "I was sitting in my mother's lap and she was cutting _me_ some cake."
Wilson Gray
- "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
- "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
- "jawn" and other Philly slang
Ben Zimmer
- "jawn" and other Philly slang; skeeve
Paul Johnston
- "Living Large"
Shapiro, Fred
- "Living Large"
Wilson Gray
- "Living Large"
Garson O'Toole
- "Living Large"
Wilson Gray
- "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
- "Living Large"
Margaret Lee
- "Living Large"
Garson O'Toole
- "Living Large"
victor steinbok
- "Looking For New Words Added in the Past Century"
Damien Hall
- "Looking For New Words Added in the Past Century"
victor steinbok
- "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
- "moonraker" and Wiltshire cheese, 1789
Joel S. Berson
- "moonraker" and Wiltshire cheese, 1789
Wilson Gray
- "Old-school" is not what it used to be
victor steinbok
- "Old-school" is not what it used to be
Jonathan Lighter
- "pedantry"
Arnold Zwicky
- "Pit" as the past tense of "pit"
Neal Whitman
- "Pit" as the past tense of "pit"
Arnold Zwicky
- "real time"
Jonathan Lighter
- "real time"
Joel S. Berson
- "real time"
Dan Goncharoff
- "real time"
Jonathan Lighter
- "Report: Schwarzenegger _Baby Mama_ Was Fired In Attempt To Save Marriage"
Wilson Gray
- "Right back at you!"
Jonathan Lighter
- "Right back at you!"
Laurence Horn
- "Right back at you!"
Jonathan Lighter
- "Right back at you!"
Wilson Gray
- "Right back at you!"
Jonathan Lighter
- "Simple _is_ that." [NT]
Wilson Gray
- "slut" in the news
Ben Zimmer
- "slut" in the news
Jonathan Lighter
- "slut" in the news
Laurence Horn
- "slut" in the news
Jonathan Lighter
- "slut" in the news
Wilson Gray
- "slut" in the news
Nancy Friedman
- "Thanks! I Needed That!"
Jonathan Lighter
- "the other painting's owner"
Joel S. Berson
- "The Twitter Thesaurus: Gives You Shorter Synonyms"
Martin Kaminer
- "The Twitter Thesaurus: Gives You Shorter Synonyms"
Dan Goodman
- "treasure trove" -- EMCPOTY
Joel S. Berson
- "Una venezolana _muy zorra_!"
Wilson Gray
- "wildest streams"
Joel S. Berson
- "wildest streams"
Margaret Lee
- "Yankees suck" constitutes profanity?
Ben Zimmer
- "Yankees suck" constitutes profanity?
Laurence Horn
- "You want punched out?"
Ben Zimmer
- "You want punched out?"
Jonathan Lighter
- "You want punched out?"
Ben Zimmer
- "You want punched out?"
Gordon, Matthew J.
- "You want punched out?"
Douglas G. Wilson
- "You want punched out?"
Ben Zimmer
- "You want punched out?"
Neal Whitman
- "You want punched out?"
Joel S. Berson
- "You want punched out?"
Laurence Horn
- "You want punched out?"
Herb Stahlke
- "You want punched out?"
Douglas G. Wilson
- "You want punched out?"
Douglas G. Wilson
- (across the) "block" ~= street, and the OED?
Mark Mandel
- (across the) "block" ~= street, and the OED?
Jonathan Lighter
- (across the) "block" ~= street, and the OED?
Dan Goncharoff
- (across the) "block" ~= street, and the OED?
victor steinbok
- ... she was cutting _me_ some cake."
Joel S. Berson
- 6
William Warren
- 6
victor steinbok
- 6
Wilson Gray
- 8
William Warren
- 8
victor steinbok
- [SPAM:##] Re: [SPAM:##] "slut" in the news
Arnold Zwicky
- _Boody_ "arse" vs. _booty_ "id."
Wilson Gray
- _Boody_ "arse" vs. _booty_ "id."
Jonathan Lighter
- _Boody_ "arse" vs. _booty_ "id."
Jonathan Lighter
- _Boody_ "arse" vs. _booty_ "id."
Douglas G. Wilson
- _Boody_ "arse" vs. _booty_ "id."
Jonathan Lighter
- _Boody_ "arse" vs. _booty_ "id."
Eric Nielsen
- _Boody_ "arse" vs. _booty_ "id."
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- _Boody_ "arse" vs. _booty_ "id."
Douglas G. Wilson
- _Boody_ "arse" vs. _booty_ "id."
Wilson Gray
- _Half-way house_ > _halfway home_
Wilson Gray
- _Kiss my grits!_
Joel S. Berson
- _Kiss my grits!_
Jonathan Lighter
- _Kiss my grits!_
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
Jonathan Lighter
- _Kiss my grits!_ = "Kiss my ass!," by a writer for The Family Guy
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- _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
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
- _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
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!_ = "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
- a candidate for WOTY
David Barnhart
- a critical mondegreen
George Thompson
- a critical mondegreen
Wilson Gray
- a critical mondegreen
Arnold Zwicky
- add to the Rolodex
victor steinbok
- add to the Rolodex
Ben Zimmer
- A less-interesting "Memorex moment," but WTF?
Wilson Gray
- A less-interesting "Memorex moment," but WTF?
victor steinbok
- A less-interesting "Memorex moment," but WTF?
Wilson Gray
- algo
victor steinbok
- an accidental contruction?
Charles C Doyle
- an accidental contruction?
victor steinbok
- A new kind of tectonic drift?
Wilson Gray
- A not-pointless flash-mob?
Joel S. Berson
- A not-pointless flash-mob?
Wilson Gray
- A not-pointless flash-mob?
Garson O'Toole
- Another new proverb
Jonathan Lighter
- Another new proverb
victor steinbok
- Another new proverb
Garson O'Toole
- Another new proverb
Jonathan Lighter
- Another new proverb
Jonathan Lighter
- 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
- another reversal?
victor steinbok
- another reversal?
Charles C Doyle
- another reversal?
Jonathan Lighter
- Antedating of "Democracy"
Shapiro, Fred
- Antedating of "Democracy"
Jonathan Lighter
- Antedating of "Democracy"
victor steinbok
- Antedating of "Disarmament"
Shapiro, Fred
- Antedating of "Disarmament"
Joel S. Berson
- A street railroad car called a "long parlor"
George Thompson
- authentic definition
Tom Zurinskas
- 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
- A variation on the shaving cream song
Arnold Zwicky
- A variation on the shaving cream song
George Thompson
- A variation on the shaving cream song
Laurence Horn
- A variation on the shaving cream song
George Thompson
- A word of caution about the OED's "Advanced search results"
Joel S. Berson
- backronym
victor steinbok
- Backwards "replace"
Joel S. Berson
- Backwards "replace"
Laurence Horn
- Baseball philosophy was Re: Bill Klem Quote
Dave Wilton
- beyond words
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
- Bill Klem Quote
Jonathan Lighter
- Bill Klem Quote
victor steinbok
- Bill Klem Quote
victor steinbok
- Bill Klem Quote
Joel S. Berson
- Bill Klem Quote
Shapiro, Fred
- Bill Klem Quote
Garson O'Toole
- Bill Klem Quote
Dan Goncharoff
- Bill Klem Quote
victor steinbok
- Bin Laden and KIA
Joel S. Berson
- Bin Laden and PC
Jonathan Lighter
- Bin Laden and PC
Charles C Doyle
- Bin Laden and PC
Jonathan Lighter
- Bin Laden and PC
Wilson Gray
- Bin Laden and PC
Laurence Horn
- 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
- Bin Laden and PC
Jonathan Lighter
- Bin Laden and PC
Jonathan Lighter
- Bin Laden and PC
Tom Zurinskas
- Black Friday (day after Thanksgiving), 1961
Bonnie Taylor-Blake
- Black Friday (day after Thanksgiving), 1961
Garson O'Toole
- black strap molasses
Joel S. Berson
- bogus quotes strike again?
Jonathan Lighter
- bogus quotes strike again?
Wilson Gray
- book review
victor steinbok
- cabbage together
Alice Faber
- cabbage together
Arnold Zwicky
- cabbage together
Joel S. Berson
- cabbage together
Wilson Gray
- cabbage together (with cow)
Joel S. Berson
- channel agnostic
James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at netscape.com>
- channel agnostic
Laurence Horn
- channel agnostic
Dave Wilton
- Chicago Code
victor steinbok
- Christian name
Jonathan Lighter
- Churchill quote: spurious?
Jonathan Lighter
- Churchill quote: spurious?
Tom Zurinskas
- Churchill quote: spurious?
Jonathan Lighter
- Churchill quote: spurious?
Garson O'Toole
- Churchill quote: spurious?
Wilson Gray
- Churchill quote: spurious?
Jonathan Lighter
- Churchill quote: spurious?
victor steinbok
- Churchill quote: spurious?
imwitty
- Churchill quote: spurious?
Jonathan Lighter
- Churchill quote: spurious?
Jonathan Lighter
- Churchill quote: spurious?
victor steinbok
- COHA/COCA meets Google Books
Neal Whitman
- cold peace
victor steinbok
- compass/caliper
victor steinbok
- compass/caliper (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- compass/caliper (UNCLASSIFIED)
victor steinbok
- conservatism/conservative
victor steinbok
- deather(ism), proofer(ism)
Ben Zimmer
- deather(ism), proofer(ism)
Garson O'Toole
- dentalizations and the Howard Gardner mystery
Michael Newman
- dentalizations and the Howard Gardner mystery
Gordon, Matthew J.
- dentalizations and the Howard Gardner mystery
Michael Newman
- dentalizations and the Howard Gardner mystery
Wilson Gray
- Despite rapid growth, India lets its girls die (AP headline online)
Joel S. Berson
- Despite rapid growth, India lets its girls die (AP headline online)
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- devil's choice
Jonathan Lighter
- devil's choice
Jonathan Lighter
- Dialect dissonance, again
Wilson Gray
- Doctor Livingstone, I presume
victor steinbok
- Doctor Livingstone, I presume
Wilson Gray
- Doctor Livingstone, I presume
Jonathan Lighter
- Doctor Livingstone, I presume
Arnold Zwicky
- Doctor Livingstone, I presume
Baker, John
- Doctor Livingstone, I presume
victor steinbok
- Doctor Livingstone, I presume
Garson O'Toole
- Doctor Livingstone, I presume
Wilson Gray
- down-state (1904)
David Barnhart
- dragon-slayer
Jonathan Lighter
- dynamic = "influencing circumstance(s)"?
Jonathan Lighter
- dynamic = "influencing circumstance(s)"?
victor steinbok
- dynamic = "influencing circumstance(s)"?
Dan Goncharoff
- dynamic = "influencing circumstance(s)"?
Jonathan Lighter
- dynamic = "influencing circumstance(s)"?
Laurence Horn
- Early sucker
crawford
- Eggcorny goodness: Subwolfer
Erik Hoover
- Eggcorny goodness: Subwolfer
Tom Zurinskas
- eno's vegetable moto
victor steinbok
- eno's vegetable moto
Douglas G. Wilson
- eno's vegetable moto
victor steinbok
- Enter The Dragon
Wilson Gray
- Enter The Dragon
Garson O'Toole
- Enter The Dragon
victor steinbok
- Enter The Dragon
Jonathan Lighter
- Enter The Dragon
Eric Nielsen
- Enter The Dragon
Laurence Horn
- Enter The Dragon
Eric Nielsen
- Enter The Dragon
Eric Nielsen
- 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
- Epithet by which future history will remember Obama
Wilson Gray
- Epithet by which future history will remember Obama
Jonathan Lighter
- Epithet by which future history will remember Obama
Wilson Gray
- Eskimos, move over!
Jonathan Lighter
- Even Further Antedating of "Hot Dog"
Shapiro, Fred
- Even Further Antedating of "Hot Dog"
Jonathan Lighter
- Even Further Antedating of "Hot Dog"
Ben Zimmer
- Even Further Antedating of "Hot Dog"
Joel S. Berson
- Even Further Antedating of "Hot Dog"
Laurence Horn
- Even Further Antedating of "Hot Dog"
Jonathan Lighter
- Even Further Antedating of "Hot Dog"
Ben Zimmer
- Even Further Antedating of "Hot Dog" -- (message from B. Popik)
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- 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
- Fa-word: encountered in NPR news today
Joel S. Berson
- fail over
Victor Steinbok
- fail over
Dave Wilton
- fail over
victor steinbok
- fail over
Chris Waigl
- fail over
victor steinbok
- Faustian illeanism in the desert
Jonathan Lighter
- Faustian illeanism in the desert
Laurence Horn
- Faustian illeanism in the desert
Jonathan Lighter
- Faustian illeanism in the desert
Jonathan Lighter
- fish-fry
victor steinbok
- Fish-fry
Michael Sheehan
- fluent
Victor Steinbok
- fluent (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- flyjin
Amy West
- fodder
Jonathan Lighter
- fodder
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- fodder
Ben Zimmer
- fodder
Jonathan Lighter
- fodder
Ben Zimmer
- fodder
Robin Hamilton
- fodder
Tom Zurinskas
- fodder (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- fodder (UNCLASSIFIED)
Jonathan Lighter
- frenemy
Tom Zurinskas
- Fwd: Killing people and breaking things
Neal Whitman
- gang = '(with neutral force) group (of people)'
Jonathan Lighter
- gang = '(with neutral force) group (of people)'
Wilson Gray
- gattable
victor steinbok
- Geronimo origin
David Barnhart
- Google effectively ends objective searches
Mark Mandel
- Google effectively ends objective searches
Ben Zimmer
- Google effectively ends objective searches
Garson O'Toole
- Google effectively ends objective searches
Mark Mandel
- Google effectively ends objective searches
Mark Mandel
- Google News Archive will not add further content
Grant Barrett
- Grandson of "is is"
Jonathan Lighter
- Grandson of "is is"
Wilson Gray
- Heard on Childrens [sic] Hospital: _cripple-sticks_
Wilson Gray
- Heard on Mob Wives
Wilson Gray
- Heard on Mob Wives
victor steinbok
- Heard on Mob Wives
Laurence Horn
- Heard on Mob Wives
Jonathan Lighter
- Heard on Mob Wives
Wilson Gray
- Heard on Mob Wives
George Thompson
- Heard on MythBusters:
Wilson Gray
- Heard on Springer: "Sex?" "No."
Wilson Gray
- Heard on Springer: "Sex?" "No."
Jonathan Lighter
- Heard on Springer: "Sex?" "No."
Laurence Horn
- Heard on Springer: "Sex?" "No."
David A. Daniel
- Heard on Springer: "Sex?" "No."
Jonathan Lighter
- Heard on Springer: "Sex?" "No."
David A. Daniel
- Heard on Springer: "Sex?" "No."
Wilson Gray
- Heard on Springer: caucasian BIN
Wilson Gray
- Heard on Springer: caucasian BIN
Darla Wells
- Heard on Springer: caucasian BIN
Wilson Gray
- Heard on Springer: caucasian BIN
Margaret Lee
- Heard on Springer: caucasian BIN
Tom Zurinskas
- Heard on The Judges
Wilson Gray
- Heard on The judges: "Ripping and running"
Wilson Gray
- Heard on The judges: "Ripping and running"
Wilson Gray
- Heard on The judges: "Ripping and running"
Wilson Gray
- Heard on The judges: "Ripping and running"
Jonathan Lighter
- Heard on The judges: "Ripping and running"
Dan Goncharoff
- Heard on The judges: "Ripping and running"
Wilson Gray
- Heard on The judges: "Ripping and running"
Eric Nielsen
- Heard on The judges: "Ripping and running"
Wilson Gray
- Heard on The judges: "Ripping and running"
Eric Nielsen
- interesting quote for channel agnostic
David Barnhart
- Keeping Up with the Goonses
Baker, John
- Keeping Up with the Goonses
Wilson Gray
- Killing people and breaking things
Jonathan Lighter
- Killing people and breaking things
David A. Daniel
- kinetic AND killing people and breaking things
Neal Whitman
- ladder
victor steinbok
- ladder
Douglas G. Wilson
- ladder
victor steinbok
- ladder
Wilson Gray
- ladder
victor steinbok
- LBS
Jonathan Lighter
- LBS
James Harbeck
- LBS
Jonathan Lighter
- LBS
Douglas G. Wilson
- LBS
victor steinbok
- LBS
Tom Zurinskas
- LBS
Jonathan Lighter
- LBS
Jonathan Lighter
- LBS
Joel S. Berson
- LBS
Neal Whitman
- LBS
Joel S. Berson
- LBS
Jonathan Lighter
- LBS
Jonathan Lighter
- LBS
Tom Zurinskas
- LBS
Tom Zurinskas
- LBS
Jonathan Lighter
- LBS
Laurence Horn
- LBS
Tom Zurinskas
- LBS
Laurence Horn
- LBS
Tom Zurinskas
- Legal Sense of "Defender"
Shapiro, Fred
- Legal Sense of "Defender"
victor steinbok
- lemon party
Jonathan Lighter
- lemon party
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- lemon party
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- lemon party
Tom Zurinskas
- lemon party
Ben Zimmer
- lemon party
Jonathan Lighter
- lemon party
Jonathan Lighter
- lemon party
Ben Zimmer
- lemon party
Jonathan Lighter
- lemon party
victor steinbok
- lemon party
Ben Zimmer
- let it drag
Jonathan Lighter
- let it drag
Wilson Gray
- let it drag
Dan Goncharoff
- let it drag
Jonathan Lighter
- let it drag
Laurence Horn
- let it drag
Jonathan Lighter
- let it drag
Dan Goncharoff
- let it drag
Garson O'Toole
- let it drag
Jonathan Lighter
- letter-sound relationships in US English
Tom Zurinskas
- manageable/imaginable
victor steinbok
- May 21 -- God's Providence
Joel S. Berson
- Michigan "downstate"
David Barnhart
- Michigan "downstate"
Paul Johnston
- Michigan "downstate"
Jonathan Lighter
- Michigan "downstate"
Joel S. Berson
- Modern Proverb: Amateur practices till he can do it right; professional till he can't do it wrong (1976 probably)
Garson O'Toole
- Modern Proverb: Amateur practices till he can do it right; professional till he can't do it wrong (1976 probably)
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
- money bomb
victor steinbok
- money bomb
Ben Zimmer
- money bomb
Joel S. Berson
- More book reviews of interest
victor steinbok
- More book reviews of interest
Jonathan Lighter
- More book reviews of interest
Laurence Horn
- More book reviews of interest
Jonathan Lighter
- More book reviews of interest (P.S.)
Laurence Horn
- more on fa-word
David Barnhart
- more on fa-word
Laurence Horn
- more on fa-word
Jonathan Lighter
- more on Geronimo's Apache name
David Barnhart
- More on lemon party
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- More on lemon party
Joel S. Berson
- More signs of the Apocalypse
Jonathan Lighter
- More signs of the Apocalypse
Dan Goodman
- More signs of the Apocalypse
Jonathan Lighter
- Motto: live free or die (supplementary)
Garson O'Toole
- Motto: live free or die (supplementary)
David A. Daniel
- Murphy's Law
Mark Mandel
- mutual
victor steinbok
- mutual
Dan Goncharoff
- mystery quote: "Men like war...."
Jonathan Lighter
- mystery quote: "Men like war...."
Garson O'Toole
- mystery quote: "Men like war...."
Jonathan Lighter
- mystery quote: "Men like war...."
Garson O'Toole
- mystery quote: "Men like war...."
Jonathan Lighter
- N-word Hill, Calif.
Jonathan Lighter
- N-word Hill, Calif.
Wilson Gray
- N-word Hill, Calif.
Dan Goodman
- N-word Hill, Calif.
Robin Hamilton
- N-word Hill, Calif.
Laurence Horn
- N-word Hill, Calif.
Dan Goodman
- N-word Hill, Calif.
Wilson Gray
- 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
- nail that Jell-O
victor steinbok
- name magic
Jonathan Lighter
- name magic
Wilson Gray
- name magic
Margaret Lee
- name magic
Jonathan Lighter
- narrative
Jonathan Lighter
- narrative
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- narrative
Laurence Horn
- narrative
Michael Quinion
- narrative
Garson O'Toole
- narrative
Amy West
- narrative
Amy West
- narrative
Jonathan Lighter
- narrative
Ronald Butters
- narrative
Amy West
- Navy SEALs as sex symbols
victor steinbok
- Navy SEALs as sex symbols
Laurence Horn
- new (?) proverb
Jonathan Lighter
- new (?) proverb
victor steinbok
- new (?) proverb
Jonathan Lighter
- new (?) proverb
Jonathan Lighter
- new (?) proverb
Jonathan Lighter
- new (?) proverb
Dan Goncharoff
- new (?) proverb
James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at netscape.com>
- New political tone in America
Arnold Zwicky
- New political tone in America
victor steinbok
- New political tone in America
victor steinbok
- New political tone in America
Ben Zimmer
- New political tone in America
victor steinbok
- no more pets
David Barnhart
- no more pets
victor steinbok
- no more pets
Jonathan Lighter
- no more pets
Garson O'Toole
- no more pets
Laurence Horn
- no more pets
Jonathan Lighter
- no more pets
Tom Zurinskas
- no more pets
victor steinbok
- no more pets
Mark Mandel
- northern summer
Tom Zurinskas
- No subject
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Note from a former Zionist
victor steinbok
- note on "bastard"
Jonathan Lighter
- note on "bastard"
victor steinbok
- note on "bastard"
Jonathan Lighter
- note on "bastard"
Joel S. Berson
- note on "bastard"
Jonathan Lighter
- note on "bastard"
Laurence Horn
- note on "bastard"
Robin Hamilton
- One letter off
victor steinbok
- 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
- 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
- Origin of the term "Upstate"
victor steinbok
- Origin of the term "Upstate"
Laurence Horn
- Origin of the term "Upstate"
George Thompson
- Origin of the term "Upstate"
Jonathan Lighter
- Origin of the term "Upstate"
Charles C Doyle
- Origin of the term "Upstate"
Ben Zimmer
- Origin of the term "Upstate"
Joel S. Berson
- Origin of the term "Upstate"
Lynne Murphy
- Origin of the term "Upstate"
Lynne Murphy
- Origin of the term "Upstate"
Laurence Horn
- OT: (across the) (unknowable) "block"
Joel S. Berson
- OT: Baseball philosophy was Re: Bill Klem Quote
Amy West
- OT: Decca
Wilson Gray
- OT: NYT
Wilson Gray
- OT: NYT
Jonathan Lighter
- Out of world reply [RE: May 21 -- God's Providence]
David A. Daniel
- overlooked quotation
Jonathan Lighter
- overlooked quotation
Jonathan Lighter
- papal
Jonathan Lighter
- paranoid
victor steinbok
- paranoid
victor steinbok
- paranoid
victor steinbok
- paranoid
Garson O'Toole
- paranoid
Garson O'Toole
- paranoid
victor steinbok
- paranoid
Garson O'Toole
- paranoid
Dan Goncharoff
- paranoid
victor steinbok
- paranoid
Dave Wilton
- paranoid
Jonathan Lighter
- paranoid
Garson O'Toole
- paranoid
Jonathan Lighter
- paranoid
Garson O'Toole
- paranoid
Laurence Horn
- paranoid
Ben Zimmer
- paranoid
Jonathan Lighter
- paranoid
Garson O'Toole
- paranoid
Garson O'Toole
- paranoid
victor steinbok
- paranoid
Jonathan Lighter
- paranoid
victor steinbok
- paranoid
Tom Zurinskas
- paranoid
victor steinbok
- Pawlenty's accent hopping
Tom Zurinskas
- peak == largest ?
victor steinbok
- Perhaps of interest
Wilson Gray
- Phrase: none of your funeral (antedating 1850 July 6) also shift in semantics
Garson O'Toole
- Phrase: none of your funeral (antedating 1850 July 6) also shift in semantics
Jonathan Lighter
- Phrase: none of your funeral (antedating 1850 July 6) also shift in semantics
Stephen Goranson
- Phrase: none of your funeral (antedating 1850 July 6) also shift in semantics
Laurence Horn
- Phrase: none of your funeral (antedating 1850 July 6) also shift in semantics
Jonathan Lighter
- Phrase: none of your funeral (antedating 1850 July 6) also shift in semantics
Garson O'Toole
- pingpong diplomacy
victor steinbok
- Plus la change -- and Dominique Strauss-Kahn
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
- Plus la change -- and Dominique Strauss-Kahn
Joel S. Berson
- pomophobe
Jonathan Lighter
- pomophobe
Jonathan Lighter
- pomophobe
Laurence Horn
- pomophobe
Wilson Gray
- pomophobe
Joel S. Berson
- pomophobe
Jonathan Lighter
- pomophobe
victor steinbok
- pomophobe
Joel S. Berson
- pomophobe
Jonathan Lighter
- pomophobe
Joel S. Berson
- pomophobe
Jonathan Lighter
- pomophobe
Wilson Gray
- pomophobe
Laurence Horn
- pomophobe
Jonathan Lighter
- pomophobe
Joel S. Berson
- pomophobe
Jonathan Lighter
- pomophobe
Wilson Gray
- pomophobe
Laurence Horn
- pomophobe
Arnold Zwicky
- pomophobe
Charles C Doyle
- pomophobe
James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at netscape.com>
- pomophobe
Eric Nielsen
- pomophobe
Laurence Horn
- Poor judgment (and language) about Judgment Day
Joel S. Berson
- 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
- 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
- Poor judgment (and language) about Judgment Day
Wilson Gray
- Poor judgment (and language) about Judgment Day
Jonathan Lighter
- Poor judgment (and language) about Judgment Day
victor steinbok
- Poor judgment (and language) about Judgment Day
Amy West
- profiling
Jonathan Lighter
- profiling
victor steinbok
- profiling
Wilson Gray
- profiling
Jonathan Lighter
- profiling
Tom Zurinskas
- Proverb: If you can't beat 'em, join 'em (antedating 1901 July 10)
Garson O'Toole
- public spiritedness
Dan Goncharoff
- public spiritedness
victor steinbok
- public spiritedness
Jonathan Lighter
- public spiritedness
Joel S. Berson
- public spiritedness
Charles C Doyle
- public spiritedness
Garson O'Toole
- Q: "to taper" = "to gradually *increase* in intensity"
Joel S. Berson
- Q: "to taper" = "to gradually *increase* in intensity"
Garson O'Toole
- Q: "to taper" = "to gradually *increase* in intensity"
Joel S. Berson
- QOTY?
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?
victor steinbok
- Query: "military brat" prior to 1981?
Wilson Gray
- 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? (UNCLASSIFIED)
victor steinbok
- Query: "military brat" prior to 1981? (UNCLASSIFIED)
victor steinbok
- Query: "military brat" prior to 1981? (UNCLASSIFIED)
Jim Parish
- Query: "military brat" prior to 1981? (UNCLASSIFIED)
Jonathan Lighter
- Query: "military brat" prior to 1981? (UNCLASSIFIED)
victor steinbok
- Query: "military brat" prior to 1981? (UNCLASSIFIED)
Michael McKernan
- 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
- Query on Language Columns in Media
Shapiro, Fred
- Query on Language Columns in Media
Laurence Horn
- Query on Language Columns in Media
Arnold Zwicky
- 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
- Query on Language Columns in Media
Amy West
- Query on Language Columns in Media
Arnold Zwicky
- Query on Language Columns in Media
Amy West
- 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
- Quote: 'till they could see the white of their eyes (attrib General Putnam 1800 June)
Garson O'Toole
- Quote: 'till they could see the white of their eyes (attrib General Putnam 1800 June)
victor steinbok
- 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
- Quote: Baseball: they ain't nothin' until I call 'em (attrib Charley Moran 1947 August 30)
Garson O'Toole
- Quote: It's what we learn after we think we know it all that counts. (Kin Hubbard 1921 July 21)
Garson O'Toole
- Quote: It's what we learn after we think we know it all that counts. (Kin Hubbard 1921 July 21)
Dan Goncharoff
- Quote: Preach the gospel all the time - if necessary, use words (attrib Francis of Assisi 1989 August)
Garson O'Toole
- R-word revisited
David Barnhart
- real-time
Joel S. Berson
- real-time
Jonathan Lighter
- real-time
Joel S. Berson
- real-time
Jonathan Lighter
- real-time
Joel S. Berson
- real-time
Jonathan Lighter
- real-time
Joel S. Berson
- real-time
Dan Goncharoff
- real-time
Joel S. Berson
- real-time
victor steinbok
- real-time
Dan Goncharoff
- real-time
victor steinbok
- real-time
Joel S. Berson
- real-time
Alice Faber
- real-time
victor steinbok
- real-time (UNCLASSIFIED)
Jonathan Lighter
- real-time (UNCLASSIFIED)
Jonathan Lighter
- real-time (UNCLASSIFIED)
Laurence Horn
- real-time baseball
Joel S. Berson
- real-time baseball
victor steinbok
- real-time baseball
Alice Faber
- real-time baseball
Joel S. Berson
- real-time baseball
Alice Faber
- real-time baseball
victor steinbok
- real-time baseball
Joel S. Berson
- Rolodex (virtual and vast) redux
Joel S. Berson
- Rum, sodomy, lash; rum, bum, baccer and other expressions
Garson O'Toole
- 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
- Rum, sodomy, lash; rum, bum, baccer and other expressions
Douglas G. Wilson
- Rum, sodomy, lash; rum, bum, baccer and other expressions
Jonathan Lighter
- Rum, sodomy, lash; rum, bum, baccer and other expressions
Garson O'Toole
- Rum, sodomy, lash; rum, bum, baccer and other expressions
Jonathan Lighter
- Rum, sodomy, lash; rum, bum, baccer and other expressions
James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at netscape.com>
- Rum, sodomy, lash; rum, bum, baccer and other expressions
James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at netscape.com>
- rumble strip
Joan H. Hall
- rumble strip
Ronald Butters
- rumble strip
Joel S. Berson
- rumble strip
Eric Nielsen
- rumble strip
Wilson Gray
- rumble strip
Alice Faber
- rumble strip
Jonathan Lighter
- rumble strip
Dan Goncharoff
- rumble strip
Jonathan Lighter
- rumble strip
Wilson Gray
- rumble strip
victor steinbok
- rumble strip
Eric Nielsen
- rumble strip
Wilson Gray
- rumble strip
Dan Goncharoff
- rumble strip
Dan Goncharoff
- rumble strip
Laurence Horn
- short note: black strap molasses
victor steinbok
- short note: black strap molasses
Wilson Gray
- short note: black strap molasses
victor steinbok
- short note: black strap molasses
David A. Daniel
- 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
- short note: black strap molasses
victor steinbok
- short note: black strap molasses
Wilson Gray
- short note: black strap molasses
Wilson Gray
- short note: black strap molasses
Dan Goncharoff
- short note: under the radar
victor steinbok
- skeevy
Jonathan Lighter
- skeevy
Jesse Sheidlower
- skeevy
Michael Newman
- Sounds app and truespel phonetics analysis of the letters of the alphabet
Tom Zurinskas
- special operators
victor steinbok
- special operators
Jonathan Lighter
- special operators
Laurence Horn
- speed bump; speed hump; speed table
David Barnhart
- speed humps
Jonathan Lighter
- speed humps
Garson O'Toole
- speed humps
Jonathan Lighter
- speed humps
Dan Goncharoff
- speed humps
Laurence Horn
- speed humps
Wilson Gray
- speed humps
victor steinbok
- speed humps
paul johnson
- speed humps
Michael Quinion
- speed humps
Jonathan Lighter
- speed humps
Ben Zimmer
- speed humps
Charles C Doyle
- speed humps
Jonathan Lighter
- speed humps
Garson O'Toole
- speed humps
Garson O'Toole
- speed humps
Garson O'Toole
- speed humps
Ben Zimmer
- speed humps
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- speed humps
Joel S. Berson
- speed humps
Joel S. Berson
- speed humps
Ronald Butters
- speed humps
Joel S. Berson
- speed humps
Barbara Need
- speed humps, serpentines, and other traffic calmings
Joel S. Berson
- spinning in the grave
Jonathan Lighter
- spinning in the grave
Wilson Gray
- Stella Johnson, "Don't Come Over", (Decca), 1936
George Thompson
- Stella Johnson, "Don't Come Over", (Decca), 1936
Laurence Horn
- Stella Johnson, "Don't Come Over", (Decca), 1936
Wilson Gray
- STI
Jonathan Lighter
- STI
victor steinbok
- STI
Laurence Horn
- STI
Douglas G. Wilson
- STI
Jonathan Lighter
- STI
Laurence Horn
- STI
Jonathan Lighter
- STI
Laurence Horn
- STI
Joel S. Berson
- STI
victor steinbok
- STI
victor steinbok
- STI
Jonathan Lighter
- STI
victor steinbok
- STI
Jonathan Lighter
- STI
Dave Wilton
- submarine slang (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- supercede; dispositive
Jonathan Lighter
- supercede; dispositive
victor steinbok
- supercede; dispositive
Jonathan Lighter
- sweet
victor steinbok
- The curious case of a terminus ad quem
James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at netscape.com>
- The curious case of a terminus ad quem
James Harbeck
- The Dutch and Australian flash-mobs
Joel S. Berson
- the language of gesture
George Thompson
- the language of gesture
Jonathan Lighter
- the language of gesture
Jonathan Lighter
- the language of gesture
Jonathan Lighter
- the over-under is....
George Thompson
- The perils of the rising Mississippi
Joel S. Berson
- The pointless flash-mob
Joel S. Berson
- The pointless flash-mob
victor steinbok
- The pointless flash-mob
victor steinbok
- The pointless flash-mob
Jonathan Lighter
- The pointless flash-mob
Joel S. Berson
- The pointless flash-mob
Jeff Prucher
- The pointless flash-mob
victor steinbok
- There's a broken heart for every light on Broadway
Jonathan Lighter
- 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 R word
Tom Zurinskas
- The R word
Jonathan Lighter
- The R word
Eric Nielsen
- The R word
Jonathan Lighter
- The R word
Dave Wilton
- the sport of kings
Jonathan Lighter
- the sport of kings
Jonathan Lighter
- tidal wave of change
Tom Zurinskas
- to leave = 'to leave a bequest to'
Jonathan Lighter
- to leave = 'to leave a bequest to'
victor steinbok
- to leave = 'to leave a bequest to'
victor steinbok
- to leave = 'to leave a bequest to'
Jonathan Lighter
- to leave = 'to leave a bequest to'
victor steinbok
- tornado advisory terms (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- tot mom
Jonathan Lighter
- tot mom
Jonathan Lighter
- tot mom
Laurence Horn
- tot mom
Jonathan Lighter
- tot mom
Wilson Gray
- Trivia: "WORLD+DOG"
Wilson Gray
- UD: (2005) _do the thing_ = "have sex"; (2007) _stinky leg_ = "penis"
Wilson Gray
- UD: (2005) _do the thing_ = "have sex"; (2007) _stinky leg_ = "penis"
Jonathan Lighter
- UD: (2005) _do the thing_ = "have sex"; (2007) _stinky leg_ = "penis"
Wilson Gray
- up-state/down-state
David Barnhart
- up-state/down-state
Michael Newman
- up-state/down-state
Shapiro, Fred
- up-state/down-state
paul johnson
- up-state/down-state
Joel S. Berson
- up-state/down-state
Joel S. Berson
- up-state/down-state
Shapiro, Fred
- up-state/down-state
victor steinbok
- up-state/down-state
Michael Newman
- up-state/down-state
Joel S. Berson
- up-state/down-state
Dan Goncharoff
- up-state/down-state
victor steinbok
- up-state/down-state
victor steinbok
- up-state/down-state
George Thompson
- up-state/down-state Vermont
Joel S. Berson
- up-state update
David Barnhart
- up-state update
victor steinbok
- vaycay; hiccough
Jonathan Lighter
- vaycay; hiccough
Laurence Horn
- vaycay; hiccough
Tom Zurinskas
- vaycay; hiccough
victor steinbok
- vaycay; hiccough
Jonathan Lighter
- Victualler in 1820 Philadelphia, PA USA
Michael McKernan
- Victualler in 1820 Philadelphia, PA USA
Robin Hamilton
- Victualler in 1820 Philadelphia, PA USA
George Thompson
- Viral Quotes: Remark about a funeral: I approve of it (attrib Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar 1887; attrib Mark Twain 1938)
Garson O'Toole
- Viral Quotes: Remark about a funeral: I approve of it (attrib Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar 1887; attrib Mark Twain 1938)
Arnold Zwicky
- Viral Quotes: Remark about a funeral: I approve of it (attrib Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar 1887; attrib Mark Twain 1938)
victor steinbok
- Viral Quotes: Remark about a funeral: I approve of it (attrib Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar 1887; attrib Mark Twain 1938)
Garson O'Toole
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Viral Quotes in the News: great deal of satisfaction over many obituary notices (Clarence S. Darrow 1922 Nov 13)
Garson O'Toole
- What's new isn't always what it seems to be.
David Barnhart
- wing suit; squirrel suit
Jonathan Lighter
- working out an etymological puzzle
Laurence Horn
- working out an etymological puzzle
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- working out an etymological puzzle
Paul Johnston
- working out an etymological puzzle
Douglas G. Wilson
- working out an etymological puzzle
Laurence Horn
- yet another "fact"
Jonathan Lighter
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