December 2012 Archives by thread
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- SOTA?: "=?windows-1252?Q?=85_?=the animals they _slayed_."
W Brewer
- Ventriloquist vowels
Tom Zurinskas
- "_Sorry_ f ür die lange Wartezeit!" v. "_遗憾_ =?UTF-8?Q?_f=C3=BCr_?=die lange Wartezeit!" [NT]
Wilson Gray
- OED: "monkey's wedding"
Wilson Gray
- complicit
Jonathan Lighter
- space, n.; happen v.
Jonathan Lighter
- indulgent
Jonathan Lighter
- pornotopia
Jonathan Lighter
- "political"
Jonathan Lighter
- "similar to" in botched syntax
Jonathan Lighter
- Quote: Those who dance are considered insane by those who can't hear the music
ADSGarson O'Toole
- grow = 'to nurture'
Jonathan Lighter
- "Shifters" and their "argot", 1922; some antedatings of OED
Joel S. Berson
- Heard: "Everything about me _eludes_ sexiness." [NT]
Wilson Gray
- Possible Anachronism in Lincoln
Baker, John
- OT, essentially: You really never know!
Margaret Lee
- "prompt"
Charles C Doyle
- BJ (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Another supposed "fixed expression" comes aloose
Wilson Gray
- "Don't misjudge the harmless drudge"--Ben Zimmer on lies, murder, and lexicography
Laurence Horn
- interesting language videos
Tom Zurinskas
- Dialog: " 'I don'! want to put a rat into your face-cage' or whatever kids say." [NT]
Wilson Gray
- More Futurama
Wilson Gray
- Shift of "jaded"
Benjamin Barrett
- "Factory-_refurbished_" > "factory-_refreshed_" [NT]
Wilson Gray
- a (new?) back form and a weird reanalysis
Mark Mandel
- "Massive" in acronyms
Benjamin Barrett
- "whispering campaign" goes positive
Jonathan Lighter
- NYT: letter to the editor
Wilson Gray
- Etymological humor: Slang Origins by Woody Allen
ADSGarson O'Toole
- Use of 'nigger' by white man to black man ruled not abusive by UK court
Damien Hall
- Consciously created etymythology
Geoffrey Steven Nathan
- on my blog: "derpy"; "alpacalypse"
Arnold Zwicky
- on my blog: ... "alpacalypse"
Joel S. Berson
- haunting = 'scary; disturbing'
Jonathan Lighter
- ESL in USA
Tom Zurinskas
- OMG
Dan Goncharoff
- OMG
Laurence Horn
- OMG
Dave Wilton
- OMG
Jonathan Lighter
- OMG
Ben Zimmer
- OMG
Dave Wilton
- Why (some) people use dictionaries: "time frame" or "timeframe"
ADSGarson O'Toole
- _Experience an envenomation_ [NT]
Wilson Gray
- Quote: We must all hang together, or most assuredly we shall all hang separately
ADSGarson O'Toole
- Some may not have seen this yet
Wilson Gray
- Concurrent = consecutive
Benjamin Barrett
- UT, Dallas
Robert Hartwell Fiske
- Time is running short!
David Barnhart
- "Generally manage" v.
Dan Goncharoff
- Pew Report: How Teens Do Research in the Digital World
ADSGarson O'Toole
- "worriful"
Wilson Gray
- Time is running short! (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- despise, n.
Jonathan Lighter
- "Mouse over NP" > "mouseover" v.
Wilson Gray
- salacious = 'strongly appealing'
Jonathan Lighter
- Heard on The Doctors: "I was shaking to the core." [NT]
Wilson Gray
- Antedating of "Hippie"
Shapiro, Fred
- Antedating of "Hoofer"
Shapiro, Fred
- Possible Antedating of "Bebop"
Shapiro, Fred
- Antedating of "Emcee"
Shapiro, Fred
- Automatic reply: ADS-L Digest - 6 Dec 2012 to 7 Dec 2012 (#2012-342)
Katy Steinmetz
- bawdy = 'rowdily humorous; slapstick'
Jonathan Lighter
- "hang together..." precursor? (1795)
Stephen Goranson
- "Ailice=?windows-1252?Q?=92s_?=Anters in Ferlielann" (Alice in North-East Scots) published by Evertype
Michael Everson
- Antedating of "Conga"
Shapiro, Fred
- Antedating of "High Fidelity"
Shapiro, Fred
- Antedating of "Hi-Fi"
Shapiro, Fred
- Antedating of "Cliffhanger"
Shapiro, Fred
- Antedating of "Oomph"
Shapiro, Fred
- Antedating of "Situation Comedy"
Shapiro, Fred
- Heard: "I was panic-_stricking_!" [Nt]
Wilson Gray
- Antedating of "Rock and Roll"
Shapiro, Fred
- ace = asexual
Mark Mandel
- Antedating of "Country and Western"
Shapiro, Fred
- Antedating of "Discotheque"
Shapiro, Fred
- Q: "Nantucket coach"?
Joel S. Berson
- Antedating of "Salsa" (Music)
Shapiro, Fred
- Antedating of "Hip-Hop"
Shapiro, Fred
- Antedating of "Rap Music"
Shapiro, Fred
- Another "voice" instead of "vocals"
Eric Nielsen
- believe it or not
Jonathan Lighter
- subjunctive run amok (as it were)
Laurence Horn
- Antedating of "Kike"
Shapiro, Fred
- Another historical quip
Jonathan Lighter
- muddled prepositons
Charles C Doyle
- Antedating of "Kike" (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- believe it or not (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Comment on article: Putting Words in Mark Twain's Mouth
ADSGarson O'Toole
- Antedating of "Country and Western" (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Facts are subversive (1991 attrib I. F. Stone)
ADSGarson O'Toole
- Slang: _good thing_
Wilson Gray
- Unusual application of "kike"
Douglas G. Wilson
- Notable-Quotations-List Publicity
Shapiro, Fred
- "moist" (again)
Charles C Doyle
- jimmies photo
Amy West
- Slang: _good thing_ (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Unusual application of "kike" (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- parapolemical; parapolemics; adjectival
Jonathan Lighter
- prevent
Victor Steinbok
- Words and phrases transtemporally
Wilson Gray
- Michigander etymology and Abraham Lincoln and blends
ADSGarson O'Toole
- DARE Volume 6
Joan H. Hall
- More about Mark Twain quotations and Barry Popik's great research efforts
ADSGarson O'Toole
- Heatd on The Judges: _nub_ > "fist"
Wilson Gray
- moist (again)
Arnold Zwicky
- snuzzle
Benjamin Barrett
- Request translation from Italian of Lord Palmerston quote about Schleswig-Holstein question
ADSGarson O'Toole
- Mark Twain strikes again
Laurence Horn
- grow = 'increase the power of'
Jonathan Lighter
- defend = 'defend against'
Jonathan Lighter
- antibiotic = 'effective medicine'
Jonathan Lighter
- Smudge - spiritually purify
Benjamin Barrett
- available: contemporaneous; offering = 'any commonly manufactured item regarded in terms of its quality'
Jonathan Lighter
- official call for 2012 word-of-the-year nominations
Grant Barrett
- antibiotic = 'effective medicine' (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Two Questions for Journalist
Shapiro, Fred
- Too Close to the Edge?
Michael Sheehan
- not an all-star WOTY candidate, perhaps, but...
Laurence Horn
- popcock (1852ff)
Stephen Goranson
- "fanny", n.4
Joel S. Berson
- Q: "fannying around" from French 'faineant'?
Joel S. Berson
- [off-list] Re: [ADS-L] "fanny", n.4
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [off-list] Re: [ADS-L] "fanny", n.4
Laurence Horn
- [off-list] Re: [ADS-L] "fanny", n.4
Jonathan Lighter
- [off-list] Re: [ADS-L] "fanny", n.4
Laurence Horn
- [off-list] Re: [ADS-L] "fanny", n.4
Jonathan Lighter
- [off-list] Re: [ADS-L] "fanny", n.4
Douglas G. Wilson
- [off-list] Re: [ADS-L] "fanny", n.4
Jonathan Lighter
- [off-list] Re: [ADS-L] "fanny", n.4
Wilson Gray
- [off-list] Re: [ADS-L] "fanny", n.4
Arnold Zwicky
- [off-list] Re: [ADS-L] "fanny", n.4
Douglas G. Wilson
- [off-list] Re: [ADS-L] "fanny", n.4
Wilson Gray
- [off-list] Re: [ADS-L] "fanny", n.4
Jonathan Lighter
- [off-list] Re: [ADS-L] "fanny", n.4
Charles C Doyle
- [off-list] Re: [ADS-L] "fanny", n.4
Joel S. Berson
- [off-list] Re: [ADS-L] "fanny", n.4
Joel S. Berson
- [off-list] Re: [ADS-L] "fanny", n.4
Paul Johnston
- [off-list] Re: [ADS-L] "fanny", n.4
Jonathan Lighter
- [off-list] Re: [ADS-L] "fanny", n.4
Douglas G. Wilson
- Sissyphobia - 1974
Benjamin Barrett
- Fwd: Re: "Fanny"
Joel S. Berson
- "Sassengers"
Wilson Gray
- "Fanny"
Jonathan Lighter
- by law = 'inevitably; naturally'
Jonathan Lighter
- to model = 'to copy; imitate, esp. in behavior'
Jonathan Lighter
- Obamadon
Jonathan Lighter
- British bias in the OED :-)
Joel S. Berson
- [Generally it has been coined as] Obamadon
Laurence Horn
- sectiuncule
Jonathan Lighter
- /.: "Line-of-_site_ microwave" [NT]
Wilson Gray
- The word _sousaphone_; obsolete?
Wilson Gray
- Word of the Year???
David Barnhart
- a nice typo
George Thompson
- peened
Arnold Zwicky
- British bias in the OED :-) > Blues
Geoffrey Steven Nathan
- An amateur linguist loses control of the language he invented.
Jerry E Kane
- "Play-money" and "play-[sibling]"
Wilson Gray
- FB page GLESGA SLANG !
Wilson Gray
- Heard on TV today: "snooze-juicer"
Wilson Gray
- British bias in the OED
Amy West
- Album title: "We _Saw_ from the Cheap Seats"
Wilson Gray
- bent in dictionary scope
David Barnhart
- "Laviana dice _STOP_ a los Desahucios" [NT]
Wilson Gray
- African-American expressions from August Wilson
Joel S. Berson
- "cheeseburger slider"
Jonathan Lighter
- Nomination for Comeback WOTY -- "to bork"
Joel S. Berson
- Fwd: "cheeseburger slider"
Laurence Horn
- For your delectation, heard:
Wilson Gray
- Crash blossom?
Wilson Gray
- Joke: light bulb joke tailored to libertarians (1981)
ADSGarson O'Toole
- Automatic reply: ADS-L Digest - 20 Dec 2012 to 21 Dec 2012 (#2012-356)
Damien Hall
- OT: French-Basque Facebook page
Wilson Gray
- OT: a lecture at the University of Helsinki
Wilson Gray
- Antedating of "Heavy Metal" as Musical Genre
Shapiro, Fred
- Antedating of "Blues"
Shapiro, Fred
- bogart (verb) antedated (?) to 1965
Stephen Goranson
- QOTY - "the Serenity Prayer"?
Joel S. Berson
- _it_ WRT a person
Wilson Gray
- that costly "missing g"
Laurence Horn
- Fwd: that costly "missing g"
Laurence Horn
- Fwd: that costly "missing g" (addendum)
Douglas G. Wilson
- that costly "missing g" (addendum)
Laurence Horn
- Not in the OED, but in the NYT Magazine (and Wikipedia)
Laurence Horn
- 50 languages for Merry Christmas
Tom Zurinskas
- Heard: "I have _ramped_ and raved!" [NT]
Wilson Gray
- Antedating of "Pop Art"
Shapiro, Fred
- First Use of Term "Crowdsourcing"
Shapiro, Fred
- The hits just keep on coming!
Wilson Gray
- An ad: _baby_ > _it_
Wilson Gray
- idiot headline writers strike again
Jonathan Lighter
- World-English from Spain
Wilson Gray
- in thrall of
Herb Stahlke
- slider
Joan H. Hall
- Yale Alumni Magazine Column on "Whole Nine Yards"
Shapiro, Fred
- Front-Page New York Times Story on "The Whole Nine Yards"
Shapiro, Fred
- Also spricht Radio Berlin:
Wilson Gray
- "Whole Nine Yards" Story Not in Today's Print New York Times
Shapiro, Fred
- Front-Page New York Times Story on "The Whole Nine Yards" (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Automatic reply: ADS-L Digest - 26 Dec 2012 to 27 Dec 2012 (#2012-362)
Katy Steinmetz
- Info on Nine Yards / MG
Guy Letourneau
- "Whole Nine Yards" Article Finally in New York Times Print
Shapiro, Fred
- "in it to win it"
Jonathan Lighter
- Texas-raised free-range wild boar
Dave Wilton
- words of the year
Nancy Friedman
- "I've come by to drop _you_ something off, Jethro." [NT]
Wilson Gray
- (Late?-)arriving WOTYs
Joel S. Berson
- telepresence - 1975
Benjamin Barrett
- telepresence - 1973
Benjamin Barrett
- Facebook: "I am _behind_ excited about them!" [NT]
Wilson Gray
- covering all the bases
Laurence Horn
- What's it called?
David Barnhart
- Q: Silent letters in English?
Joel S. Berson
- annual list of words to be proscribed
Jonathan Lighter
- All right. Now, I understand.
Wilson Gray
- Fwd, far OT, but...: Twisted and Cruel: New Mexico Rape Survivors Forced To Contact Attackers For Child Support
Wilson Gray
- Antedating of "Bar-Bell"
Shapiro, Fred
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