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Starting: Mon Oct 1 00:13:41 UTC 2012
Ending: Wed Oct 31 23:39:07 UTC 2012
Messages: 713

• "It is what it is"   Jonathan Lighter
• Vatileaks   Victor Steinbok
• More on Britishisms in AmE   Damien Hall
  • More on Britishisms in AmE   Dan Goncharoff
  • More on Britishisms in AmE   Wilson Gray
  • More on Britishisms in AmE   ADSGarson O'Toole
  • More on Britishisms in AmE   Wilson Gray
  • More on Britishisms in AmE   ADSGarson O'Toole
  • More on Britishisms in AmE   Michael Everson
  • More on Britishisms in AmE   Charles C Doyle
  • More on Britishisms in AmE   Charles C Doyle
  • More on Britishisms in AmE   Tom Zurinskas
• New development in backformed "kudo"   Neal Whitman
  • New development in backformed "kudo"   Wilson Gray
• a (new?) back form and a weird reanalysis   Laurence Horn
  • a (new?) back form and a weird reanalysis   Wilson Gray
  • a (new?) back form and a weird reanalysis   W Brewer
• Fwd: [VAR-L] verb forms   Arnold Zwicky
  • Fwd: [VAR-L] verb forms   Arnold Zwicky
• Quote: a politician ought to be born a foundling and remain a bachelor (Lady Bird Johnson 1967)   ADSGarson O'Toole
• The readers' analogue of -phone   Joel S. Berson
  • The readers' analogue of -phone   Jonathan Lighter
  • The readers' analogue of -phone   W Brewer
  • The readers' analogue of -phone   Michael Everson
  • The readers' analogue of -phone   Joel S. Berson
  • The readers' analogue of -phone   Joel S. Berson
  • The readers' analogue of -phone   Laurence Horn
• [VAR-L] verb forms   Neal Whitman
• More BrE in AmE   Wilson Gray
• "Johnny . . ."   Charles C Doyle
  • "Johnny . . ."   Wilson Gray
  • "Johnny . . ."   Jonathan Lighter
  • "Johnny . . ."   Baker, John
• Cromarty fisherfolk dialect's last native speaker dies   Michael Everson
• A new one on me y'all guys   Alice Faber
  • A new one on me y'all guys   Jonathan Lighter
  • A new one on me y'all guys   Charles C Doyle
  • A new one on me y'all guys   Arnold Zwicky
  • A new one on me y'all guys   Arnold Zwicky
  • A new one on me y'all guys   Alice Faber
  • A new one on me y'all guys   Arnold Zwicky
  • A new one on me y'all guys   Alice Faber
  • A new one on me y'all guys   ADSGarson O'Toole
  • A new one on me y'all guys   ADSGarson O'Toole
  • A new one on me y'all guys   Arnold Zwicky
  • A new one on me y'all guys   ADSGarson O'Toole
  • A new one on me y'all guys   Jonathan Lighter
  • A new one on me y'all guys   ADSGarson O'Toole
  • A new one on me y'all guys   Laurence Horn
  • A new one on me y'all guys   Jonathan Lighter
  • A new one on me y'all guys   Wilson Gray
  • A new one on me y'all guys   Charles C Doyle
• The African Dodger (UNCLASSIFIED)   Jonathan Lighter
  • The African Dodger (UNCLASSIFIED)   Wilson Gray
• multiverse strikes again   Victor Steinbok
• pro-formal (?) nature of "guy"   Joel S. Berson
  • pro-formal (?) nature of "guy"   Laurence Horn
  • pro-formal (?) nature of "guy"   W Brewer
  • pro-formal (?) nature of "guy"   Jonathan Lighter
  • pro-formal (?) nature of "guy"   Laurence Horn
• OED Appeals   Jesse Sheidlower
  • OED Appeals   Laurence Horn
  • OED Appeals   Jesse Sheidlower
  • OED Appeals   Wilson Gray
  • OED Appeals   Wilson Gray
  • OED Appeals   Wilson Gray
• "And the winner is … ¡Quirós!"   Wilson Gray
• Fwd OT: searching for a word   Wilson Gray
• OED Appeal: cooties (probably 1965)   ADSGarson O'Toole
  • OED Appeal: cooties (probably 1965)   ADSGarson O'Toole
  • OED Appeal: cooties (probably 1965)   Jonathan Lighter
  • OED Appeal: cooties (probably 1965)   Jesse Sheidlower
  • OED Appeal: cooties (probably 1965)   ADSGarson O'Toole
  • OED Appeal: cooties (probably 1965)   ADSGarson O'Toole
• OED Appeal: Kwanzaa, Kwanza   ADSGarson O'Toole
• cootie-catchers   Stephen Goranson
  • cootie-catchers   Jonathan Lighter
  • cootie-catchers   ADSGarson O'Toole
• cootie etymology?   Stephen Goranson
  • cootie etymology?   Jesse Sheidlower
  • cootie etymology?   Jonathan Lighter
• OED Appeals: Bellini   Stephen Goranson
  • OED Appeals: Bellini   Jesse Sheidlower
  • OED Appeals: Bellini   Stephen Goranson
  • OED Appeals: Bellini   ADSGarson O'Toole
  • OED Appeals: Bellini   ADSGarson O'Toole
• game-changing is not just for politics (or for games/sports)   Victor Steinbok
• cootie-catchers and OED Appeal: cooties (probably 1965)   Joel S. Berson
  • cootie-catchers and OED Appeal: cooties (probably 1965)   Hunter, Lynne R CIV SPAWARSYSCEN-PACIFIC, 71700
  • cootie-catchers and OED Appeal: cooties (probably 1965)   Jesse Sheidlower
  • cootie-catchers and OED Appeal: cooties (probably 1965)   Joel S. Berson
• The African Dodger   Joel S. Berson
• _shoddy_ > "shotty"; _shotty_ > "shoddy"   Wilson Gray
  • _shoddy_ > "shotty"; _shotty_ > "shoddy"   Laurence Horn
• Slight Antedating of "Kwanzaa"   Shapiro, Fred
• Henry James on Eliot on "a curved ball"   Joel S. Berson
  • Henry James on Eliot on "a curved ball"   ADSGarson O'Toole
  • Henry James on Eliot on "a curved ball"   ADSGarson O'Toole
  • Henry James on Eliot on "a curved ball"   ADSGarson O'Toole
  • Henry James on Eliot on "a curved ball"   ADSGarson O'Toole
• A trivial dialect conundrum   Wilson Gray
  • A trivial dialect conundrum   Arnold Zwicky
  • A trivial dialect conundrum   Wilson Gray
  • A trivial dialect conundrum   Joel S. Berson
  • A trivial dialect conundrum   Wilson Gray
• "a day that will live in infamy" (in a positive way)   Mark Mandel
  • "a day that will live in infamy" (in a positive way)   Joel S. Berson
  • "a day that will live in infamy" (in a positive way)   Laurence Horn
  • "a day that will live in infamy" (in a positive way)   Joel S. Berson
• GoogleBooks settlement   Victor Steinbok
  • GoogleBooks settlement   ADSGarson O'Toole
  • GoogleBooks settlement   Joel S. Berson
  • GoogleBooks settlement   Joel S. Berson
  • GoogleBooks settlement   Joel S. Berson
  • GoogleBooks settlement   Benjamin Barrett
• antedating "coon-can"   Jonathan Lighter
• A QUESTION for the esteemed list serve   Dan Nussbaum
  • A QUESTION for the esteemed list serve   Dan Goncharoff
  • A QUESTION for the esteemed list serve   Benjamin Barrett
  • A QUESTION for the esteemed list serve   Jonathan Lighter
  • A QUESTION for the esteemed list serve   W Brewer
  • A QUESTION for the esteemed list serve   Joel S. Berson
  • A QUESTION for the esteemed list serve   Nancy Friedman
• OED Appeal: disco   ADSGarson O'Toole
  • OED Appeal: disco   ADSGarson O'Toole
  • OED Appeal: disco   ADSGarson O'Toole
• "feeding frenzy"   Wilson Gray
• GoogleBooks "features"   Joel S. Berson
• The unemployment data conspiracy   Joel S. Berson
  • The unemployment data conspiracy   Victor Steinbok
  • The unemployment data conspiracy   Joel S. Berson
  • The unemployment data conspiracy   Laurence Horn
  • The unemployment data conspiracy   Jonathan Lighter
  • The unemployment data conspiracy   W Brewer
  • The unemployment data conspiracy   Jonathan Lighter
  • The unemployment data conspiracy   ADSGarson O'Toole
  • The unemployment data conspiracy   Jonathan Lighter
  • The unemployment data conspiracy   Victor Steinbok
  • The unemployment data conspiracy   Tom Zurinskas
• OED Appeal: in your dreams (sarcastic)   ADSGarson O'Toole
• twains   James Harbeck
• gadget antedated to 1868   Stephen Goranson
  • gadget antedated to 1868   Stephen Goranson
• etymology of "Essenes"   Stephen Goranson
• Antedating of "Sexual Harassment"   Shapiro, Fred
• Antedating of "Spokesperson"   Shapiro, Fred
• "the full Monty" antedated (?) to 1981   Stephen Goranson
  • "the full Monty" antedated (?) to 1981   ADSGarson O'Toole
  • "the full Monty" antedated (?) to 1981   Shapiro, Fred
• Fwd: [VAR-L] highschool   Arnold Zwicky
• Definition: The country: A damp sort of place where all sorts of birds fly about uncooked (1949 Joseph Wood Krutch)   ADSGarson O'Toole
  • Definition: The country: A damp sort of place where all sorts of birds fly about uncooked (1949 Joseph Wood Krutch)   Joel S. Berson
• There's X and there's X (snow)clone   Laurence Horn
• Antedating of "Skyscraper"   Shapiro, Fred
  • Antedating of "Skyscraper"   ADSGarson O'Toole
• Antedating of "Teddy Bear"   Shapiro, Fred
  • Antedating of "Teddy Bear"   Wilson Gray
  • Antedating of "Teddy Bear"   Stephen Goranson
  • Antedating of "Teddy Bear"   Shapiro, Fred
• Britishism?   Wilson Gray
  • Britishism?   Arnold Zwicky
  • Britishism?   Victor Steinbok
  • Britishism?   Charles C Doyle
  • Britishism?   Baker, John
  • Britishism?   Dave Wilton
  • Britishism?   Wilson Gray
  • Britishism?   Wilson Gray
• Antedating of "Birdie" (Golf)   Shapiro, Fred
  • Antedating of "Birdie" (Golf)   Stephen Goranson
  • Antedating of "Birdie" (Golf)   ADSGarson O'Toole
• another reversal??   Victor Steinbok
  • another reversal??   Arnold Zwicky
  • another reversal??   Alice Faber
  • another reversal??   Geoff Nathan
  • another reversal??   Wilson Gray
  • another reversal??   Damien Hall
  • another reversal??   Jonathan Lighter
  • another reversal??   Joel S. Berson
  • another reversal??   Victor Steinbok
  • another reversal??   Joel S. Berson
  • another reversal??   Victor Steinbok
• Fwd: another reversal??   Arnold Zwicky
  • Fwd: another reversal??   Victor Steinbok
• book -- Britishism?   Joel S. Berson
  • book -- Britishism?   Wilson Gray
  • book -- Britishism?   Joel S. Berson
  • book -- Britishism?   Tom Zurinskas
  • book -- Britishism?   Wilson Gray
• (Bull)- Dog and muff pistols   Joel S. Berson
• "feelings" vs. "feels"   Mark Mandel
  • "feelings" vs. "feels"   Laurence Horn
  • "feelings" vs. "feels"   Wilson Gray
• A real Britishism?   Wilson Gray
• OED Appeal: Ironman   ADSGarson O'Toole
• "Tebow time"   Charles C Doyle
  • "Tebow time"   Laurence Horn
  • "Tebow time"   Jonathan Lighter
  • "Tebow time"   Joel S. Berson
  • "Tebow time"   Laurence Horn
  • "Tebow time"   Charles C Doyle
  • "Tebow time"   Joel S. Berson
  • "Tebow time"   Laurence Horn
  • "Tebow time"   Ben Zimmer
  • "Tebow time"   Joel S. Berson
  • "Tebow time"   Ben Zimmer
• trench   David A. Daniel
  • trench   Joel S. Berson
  • trench   Laurence Horn
  • trench   David A. Daniel
  • trench   W Brewer
  • trench   Wilson Gray
• "astonied", adj., 1721   Joel S. Berson
• more reversals   Jonathan Lighter
• From Barbara Need via Facebiik   Wilson Gray
  • From Barbara Need via Facebiik   Laurence Horn
• "A gentleman never gives offense unintentionally"   Jim Parish
  • "A gentleman never gives offense unintentionally"   Laurence Horn
  • "A gentleman never gives offense unintentionally"   ADSGarson O'Toole
• "jump", verb, in iron-working   George Thompson
  • "jump", verb, in iron-working   Eric Nielsen
• a private joke among newsmen   George Thompson
• pulling the wool in 1834   George Thompson
• Google Books -- new and improved "features"   Joel S. Berson
• decontextified   ADSGarson O'Toole
• Kremlinologist   Victor Steinbok
• International Linguistic Association -- CALL   David Barnhart
• exfiltrate antedating   David Barnhart
• Inexplicable Mistakes   Baker, John
  • Inexplicable Mistakes   Hunter, Lynne R CIV SPAWARSYSCEN-PACIFIC, 71700
• 1916 "the whole six yards," again from Kentucky   Bonnie Taylor-Blake
  • 1916 "the whole six yards," again from Kentucky   Bonnie Taylor-Blake
  • 1916 "the whole six yards," again from Kentucky   Stephen Goranson
  • 1916 "the whole six yards," again from Kentucky   Stephen Goranson
  • 1916 "the whole six yards," again from Kentucky   Bonnie Taylor-Blake
  • 1916 "the whole six yards," again from Kentucky   Wilson Gray
• Phrase of the Day (from the debate)   Victor Steinbok
  • Phrase of the Day (from the debate)   Ann Burlingham
• Orthographic reform as a national priority, an ADS responsibility   W Brewer
  • Orthographic reform as a national priority, an ADS responsibility   Wilson Gray
  • Orthographic reform as a national priority, an ADS responsibility   Tom Zurinskas
  • Orthographic reform as a national priority, an ADS responsibility   W Brewer
  • Orthographic reform as a national priority, an ADS responsibility   Michael Everson
  • Orthographic reform as a national priority, an ADS responsibility   W Brewer
  • Orthographic reform as a national priority, an ADS responsibility   Tom Zurinskas
  • Orthographic reform as a national priority, an ADS responsibility   Spanbock/Svoboda-Spanbock
  • Orthographic reform as a national priority, an ADS responsibility   Wilson Gray
  • Orthographic reform as a national priority, an ADS responsibility   Benjamin Barrett
  • Orthographic reform as a national priority, an ADS responsibility   Joel S. Berson
  • Orthographic reform as a national priority, an ADS responsibility   Michael Newman
  • Orthographic reform as a national priority, an ADS responsibility   Joel S. Berson
  • Orthographic reform as a national priority, an ADS responsibility   Tom Zurinskas
  • Orthographic reform as a national priority, an ADS responsibility   W Brewer
  • Orthographic reform as a national priority, an ADS responsibility   W Brewer
  • Orthographic reform as a national priority, an ADS responsibility   W Brewer
  • Orthographic reform as a national priority, an ADS responsibility   W Brewer
  • Orthographic reform as a national priority, an ADS responsibility   W Brewer
  • Orthographic reform as a national priority, an ADS responsibility   Michael Newman
  • Orthographic reform as a national priority, an ADS responsibility   Joel S. Berson
  • Orthographic reform as a national priority, an ADS responsibility   Tom Zurinskas
  • Orthographic reform as a national priority, an ADS responsibility   Benjamin Barrett
  • Orthographic reform as a national priority, an ADS responsibility   Tom Zurinskas
• The Britishisms are coming   Damien Hall
• Biden's "coded message"   Jonathan Lighter
  • Biden's "coded message"   Victor Steinbok
• for those interested, if anyone is   George Thompson
• Look Wild   George Thompson
• From a post to Facebook   Wilson Gray
• "Earl Grey's mixture" (tea) antedated (?) to 1884 (cf. OED Appeals, citing 1891)   Stephen Goranson
  • "Earl Grey's mixture" (tea) antedated (?) to 1884 (cf. OED Appeals, citing 1891)   ADSGarson O'Toole
  • "Earl Grey's mixture" (tea) antedated (?) to 1884 (cf. OED Appeals, citing 1891)   ADSGarson O'Toole
• "I am from Missouri and they have got to show me" antedated (?) to 1896   Stephen Goranson
  • "I am from Missouri and they have got to show me" antedated (?) to 1896   Ben Zimmer
  • "I am from Missouri and they have got to show me" antedated (?) to 1896   Stephen Goranson
• From a French site   Wilson Gray
  • From a French site   Laurence Horn
• gaffer "glass blower" -- Origin of term?   Cohen, Gerald Leonard
  • gaffer "glass blower" -- Origin of term?   Dan Goncharoff
  • gaffer "glass blower" -- Origin of term?   Douglas G. Wilson
• Google Books errors may indicate large changes   ADSGarson O'Toole
  • Google Books errors may indicate large changes   Ben Zimmer
  • Google Books errors may indicate large changes   Ben Zimmer
  • Google Books errors may indicate large changes   ADSGarson O'Toole
• fall out (was "From a post to Facebook")   Indigo Som
  • fall out (was "From a post to Facebook")   Wilson Gray
• Yale Alumni Magazine Column on Quotation Magnets   Shapiro, Fred
  • Yale Alumni Magazine Column on Quotation Magnets   ADSGarson O'Toole
• avoidance   Victor Steinbok
• NYCE grammar   Joel S. Berson
• jimson/gypsum (weed)   Charles C Doyle
  • jimson/gypsum (weed)   Baker, John
  • jimson/gypsum (weed)   paul johnson
  • jimson/gypsum (weed)   Wilson Gray
  • jimson/gypsum (weed)   Arnold Zwicky
  • jimson/gypsum (weed)   ADSGarson O'Toole
  • jimson/gypsum (weed)   Wilson Gray
  • jimson/gypsum (weed)   Charles C Doyle
• Pronunciation trumps spelling   Wilson Gray
  • Pronunciation trumps spelling   W Brewer
  • Pronunciation trumps spelling   Wilson Gray
• Arstechnica article: Court rules book scanning is fair use, suggesting Google Books victory   ADSGarson O'Toole
• OED appeals: header (in soccer) before 1891   Stephen Goranson
• brumbie (wild horse) antedated to 1875   Stephen Goranson
• Quote: folks are usually about as happy as they make up their minds to be (1914 attrib Lincoln)   ADSGarson O'Toole
• The rats are coming! The rats are coming!   Joel S. Berson
• The Daily Kos writes   Wilson Gray
• Facebook   Wilson Gray
  • Facebook   Laurence Horn
  • Facebook   Wilson Gray
  • Facebook   Ben Zimmer
  • Facebook   Laurence Horn
  • Facebook   Wilson Gray
  • Facebook   Arnold Zwicky
• gypsum/jimson wrapup   Arnold Zwicky
  • gypsum/jimson wrapup   Laurence Horn
  • gypsum/jimson wrapup   Charles C Doyle
  • gypsum/jimson wrapup   Arnold Zwicky
• Quote: I say politics is the entertainment branch of industry (Frank Zappa 1987 February)   ADSGarson O'Toole
• 'Killing' for 'suicide'   Damien Hall
  • 'Killing' for 'suicide'   Benjamin Barrett
  • 'Killing' for 'suicide'   Benjamin Barrett
  • 'Killing' for 'suicide'   Damien Hall
  • 'Killing' for 'suicide'   Wilson Gray
  • 'Killing' for 'suicide'   Jonathan Lighter
• socks   Victor Steinbok
  • socks   Cohen, Gerald Leonard
  • socks   Arnold Zwicky
  • socks   Dan Goncharoff
• mulet/mullet and kankedort   Luanne von Schneidemesser
  • mulet/mullet and kankedort   ADSGarson O'Toole
  • mulet/mullet and kankedort   Jonathan Lighter
• Google Books Ngram Viewer 2.0   Ben Zimmer
• Chronicle of a Death Foretold: Paper: Latest episode: Newsweek   ADSGarson O'Toole
• FW: 'Hot seat" definition is wrong (Monday's Rachel Maddow Show)   Cohen, Gerald Leonard
  • FW: 'Hot seat" definition is wrong (Monday's Rachel Maddow Show)   W Brewer
  • FW: 'Hot seat" definition is wrong (Monday's Rachel Maddow Show)   Dan Goncharoff
  • FW: 'Hot seat" definition is wrong (Monday's Rachel Maddow Show)   W Brewer
• How is pho really pronounced?   Benjamin Barrett
  • How is pho really pronounced?   Laurence Horn
  • How is pho really pronounced?   Benjamin Barrett
  • How is pho really pronounced?   Tom Zurinskas
  • How is pho really pronounced?   Michael Newman
  • How is pho really pronounced?   Tom Zurinskas
  • How is pho really pronounced?   Michael Everson
  • How is pho really pronounced?   Benjamin Barrett
  • How is pho really pronounced?   Arnold Zwicky
  • How is pho really pronounced?   Benjamin Barrett
  • How is pho really pronounced?   Laurence Horn
  • How is pho really pronounced?   Arnold Zwicky
  • How is pho really pronounced?   Joel S. Berson
  • How is pho really pronounced?   Michael Everson
  • How is pho really pronounced?   Paul Johnston
• _Eboshin_: a "new" word?   Wilson Gray
  • _Eboshin_: a "new" word?   Wilson Gray
  • _Eboshin_: a "new" word?   Douglas G. Wilson
• _naive_ > "nieve"   Wilson Gray
• diverse   Victor Steinbok
• FW: "Hot seat" on ADS-L   Cohen, Gerald Leonard
• "Hot seat" on ADS-L   Dave Wilton
  • "Hot seat" on ADS-L   W Brewer
• Romnesia   David Barnhart
  • Romnesia   Ben Zimmer
  • Romnesia   James Harbeck
  • Romnesia   Benjamin Barrett
• Antedating of "Yiddish"   Shapiro, Fred
  • Antedating of "Yiddish"   Joel S. Berson
  • Antedating of "Yiddish"   Shapiro, Fred
• Romnesia -- and an Adage of the Year?   Joel S. Berson
• Tebowing   ADSGarson O'Toole
• Romnesia -- and tricke-down government.   Tom Zurinskas
  • Romnesia -- and tricke-down government.   Benjamin Barrett
• trickle-down government   Tom Zurinskas
• "pleb", the new four-letter word   Joel S. Berson
  • "pleb", the new four-letter word   Arnold Zwicky
  • "pleb", the new four-letter word   Tom Zurinskas
  • "pleb", the new four-letter word   Chris Weimer
  • "pleb", the new four-letter word   Victor Steinbok
• Romnesia amended   David Barnhart
• An army and its stomach   Charles C Doyle
  • An army and its stomach   Joel S. Berson
• "Hot seat" on ADS-L (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
  • "Hot seat" on ADS-L (UNCLASSIFIED)   Geoffrey Steven Nathan
• studying how to fight the last war   ADSGarson O'Toole
  • studying how to fight the last war   Jonathan Lighter
  • studying how to fight the last war   ADSGarson O'Toole
• Correction of "Lie Back and Think of England" in OED   Shapiro, Fred
  • Correction of "Lie Back and Think of England" in OED   Charles C Doyle
• full/whole xx yards (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
  • full/whole xx yards (UNCLASSIFIED)   Bonnie Taylor-Blake
  • full/whole xx yards (UNCLASSIFIED)   Wilson Gray
• seen on a sign   David Barnhart
  • seen on a sign   Brenda Lester
• repropriate; ague   Jonathan Lighter
  • repropriate; ague   Wilson Gray
• repropriate   Joel S. Berson
  • repropriate   Arnold Zwicky
  • repropriate   Jonathan Lighter
  • repropriate   ADSGarson O'Toole
  • repropriate   Joel S. Berson
  • repropriate   Arnold Zwicky
  • repropriate   Wilson Gray
  • repropriate   Joel S. Berson
  • repropriate   Laurence Horn
  • repropriate   ADSGarson O'Toole
  • repropriate   W Brewer
  • repropriate   Arnold Zwicky
  • repropriate   Joel S. Berson
  • repropriate   Arnold Zwicky
  • repropriate   Joel S. Berson
• ague   Joel S. Berson
  • ague   Jonathan Lighter
  • ague   Charles C Doyle
• Puritan euphemisms   Joel S. Berson
  • Puritan euphemisms   Baker, John
  • Puritan euphemisms   Wilson Gray
  • Puritan euphemisms   Joel S. Berson
  • Puritan euphemisms   Laurence Horn
  • Puritan euphemisms   Joel S. Berson
  • Puritan euphemisms   Jonathan Lighter
  • Puritan euphemisms   Charles C Doyle
  • Puritan euphemisms   Joel S. Berson
  • Puritan euphemisms   Baker, John
  • Puritan euphemisms   Charles C Doyle
  • Puritan euphemisms   Jonathan Lighter
  • Puritan euphemisms   Baker, John
  • Puritan euphemisms   Laurence Horn
  • Puritan euphemisms   Wilson Gray
  • Puritan euphemisms   Wilson Gray
  • Puritan euphemisms   Joel S. Berson
  • Puritan euphemisms   Joel S. Berson
  • Puritan euphemisms   Joel S. Berson
  • Puritan euphemisms   Joel S. Berson
  • Puritan euphemisms   Jonathan Lighter
  • Puritan euphemisms   Wilson Gray
  • Puritan euphemisms   James Harbeck
  • Puritan euphemisms   Joel S. Berson
  • Puritan euphemisms   George Thompson
  • Puritan euphemisms   Joel S. Berson
• A good news and a bad news for you   PL
• purtan euphemisms   Charles C Doyle
  • purtan euphemisms   W Brewer
  • purtan euphemisms   Jonathan Lighter
• hypernegation in the (sports) news   Laurence Horn
  • hypernegation in the (sports) news   Cohen, Gerald Leonard
• Seen in NPR News on-line; This reminds me   David Barnhart
• three questions to find out where someone is from   Grant Barrett
  • three questions to find out where someone is from   Benjamin Torbert
  • three questions to find out where someone is from   Dan Goodman
  • three questions to find out where someone is from   Wilson Gray
  • three questions to find out where someone is from   Amy West
  • three questions to find out where someone is from   Grant Barrett
  • three questions to find out where someone is from   Jonathan Lighter
  • three questions to find out where someone is from   W Brewer
• Testing   Joel S. Berson
• "Slacks"   Wilson Gray
  • "Slacks"   Jonathan Lighter
  • "Slacks"   Jonathan Lighter
  • "Slacks"   Joel S. Berson
  • "Slacks"   Laurence Horn
  • "Slacks"   Jonathan Lighter
  • "Slacks"   Victor Steinbok
  • "Slacks"   Wilson Gray
  • "Slacks"   Joel S. Berson
• horse   Joel S. Berson
  • horse   Herb Stahlke
• Puritan euphemisms (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
  • Puritan euphemisms (UNCLASSIFIED)   Jonathan Lighter
  • Puritan euphemisms (UNCLASSIFIED)   W Brewer
• "Slacks" (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
  • "Slacks" (UNCLASSIFIED)   W Brewer
  • "Slacks" (UNCLASSIFIED)   Wilson Gray
  • "Slacks" (UNCLASSIFIED)   W Brewer
• Testing again   Joel S. Berson
• shuckin' and jivin'   Jonathan Lighter
  • shuckin' and jivin'   Wilson Gray
  • shuckin' and jivin'   Ben Zimmer
  • shuckin' and jivin'   Wilson Gray
  • shuckin' and jivin'   Jonathan Lighter
• A nom de Facebook: "Rip & Ron" [NT]   Wilson Gray
• antedating _blame game_   David Barnhart
• Autoantonymic idioms?   Martin Kaminer
  • Autoantonymic idioms?   ADSGarson O'Toole
  • Autoantonymic idioms?   Herb Stahlke
• On theatre at Harvard   Joel S. Berson
• "waitress mom"   Joel S. Berson
  • "waitress mom"   Laurence Horn
• The first on-the-air blooper   Joel S. Berson
  • The first on-the-air blooper   Jonathan Lighter
  • The first on-the-air blooper   Joel S. Berson
  • The first on-the-air blooper   Joel S. Berson
  • The first on-the-air blooper   Joel S. Berson
• Revealing typos   ADSGarson O'Toole
  • Revealing typos   Laurence Horn
  • Revealing typos   W Brewer
  • Revealing typos   Dan Goncharoff
• Obama's characterization in Rolling Stone   David Barnhart
  • Obama's characterization in Rolling Stone   Jonathan Lighter
  • Obama's characterization in Rolling Stone   Wilson Gray
  • Obama's characterization in Rolling Stone   Joel S. Berson
  • Obama's characterization in Rolling Stone   Charles C Doyle
  • Obama's characterization in Rolling Stone   Joel S. Berson
• disposition matrix   Victor Steinbok
• "spaghetti model" (WOTY candidate?)   Laurence Horn
• Snowicane (Frankenstorm) Sandy Headed for NY -- Daily Intel   Victor Steinbok
  • Snowicane (Frankenstorm) Sandy Headed for NY -- Daily Intel   Jonathan Lighter
  • Snowicane (Frankenstorm) Sandy Headed for NY -- Daily Intel   Joel S. Berson
  • Snowicane (Frankenstorm) Sandy Headed for NY -- Daily Intel   Victor Steinbok
  • Snowicane (Frankenstorm) Sandy Headed for NY -- Daily Intel   Jonathan Lighter
  • Snowicane (Frankenstorm) Sandy Headed for NY -- Daily Intel   Dan Goncharoff
  • Snowicane (Frankenstorm) Sandy Headed for NY -- Daily Intel   Arnold Zwicky
• filthy   Victor Steinbok
  • filthy   Arnold Zwicky
  • filthy   Wilson Gray
  • filthy   Arnold Zwicky
  • filthy   Alice Faber
  • filthy   Laurence Horn
  • filthy   Victor Steinbok
  • filthy   Jonathan Lighter
  • filthy   Victor Steinbok
  • filthy   Jonathan Lighter
  • filthy   Alice Faber
  • filthy   Dan Goncharoff
  • filthy   Charles C Doyle
  • filthy   Laurence Horn
  • filthy   Jonathan Lighter
  • filthy   Ben Zimmer
  • filthy   W Brewer
  • filthy   Joel S. Berson
  • filthy   Laurence Horn
  • filthy   George Thompson
  • filthy   Victor Steinbok
  • filthy   Victor Steinbok
• OT: Battle of Hastings   Wilson Gray
  • OT: Battle of Hastings   Jonathan Lighter
  • OT: Battle of Hastings   Joel S. Berson
  • OT: Battle of Hastings   Jonathan Lighter
  • OT: Battle of Hastings   Joel S. Berson
  • OT: Battle of Hastings   Wilson Gray
  • OT: Battle of Hastings   Joel S. Berson
  • OT: Battle of Hastings   Jonathan Lighter
  • OT: Battle of Hastings   Joel S. Berson
• A taxonomy of arse   Damien Hall
  • A taxonomy of arse   Jonathan Lighter
  • A taxonomy of arse   Wilson Gray
• chick, v.   Ben Zimmer
  • chick, v.   Joel S. Berson
• OT: be careful quoting Faulkner   Ben Zimmer
  • OT: be careful quoting Faulkner   Joel S. Berson
  • OT: be careful quoting Faulkner   Laurence Horn
  • OT: be careful quoting Faulkner   ADSGarson O'Toole
  • OT: be careful quoting Faulkner   Joel S. Berson
  • OT: be careful quoting Faulkner   Baker, John
• Obama's characterization in Rolling Stone (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
  • Obama's characterization in Rolling Stone (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
  • Obama's characterization in Rolling Stone (UNCLASSIFIED)   Wilson Gray
• filthy (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
  • filthy (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
  • filthy (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
  • filthy (UNCLASSIFIED)   W Brewer
• Frankenstorm coined   Benjamin Barrett
  • Frankenstorm coined   Benjamin Barrett
• Zombie Planet Discovered   Jonathan Lighter
• "A Taxonomy of _Arse_"   Wilson Gray
• Authentic baseballish?   Wilson Gray
  • Authentic baseballish?   Jonathan Lighter
• "credibility interval"   Jonathan Lighter
  • "credibility interval"   Wilson Gray
• "early" ex. of "beg the question"   Jonathan Lighter
• "cone of uncertainty" (was Re: "credibility interval")   Laurence Horn
  • "cone of uncertainty" (was Re: "credibility interval")   Joel S. Berson
  • "cone of uncertainty" (was Re: "credibility interval")   Laurence Horn
• Franken-   Joel S. Berson
  • Franken-   Arnold Zwicky
  • Franken-   Joel S. Berson
  • Franken-   Arnold Zwicky
  • Franken-   Joel S. Berson
• OT (sort of): in a couple weeks   David Barnhart
  • OT (sort of): in a couple weeks   Benjamin Barrett
  • OT (sort of): in a couple weeks   Jonathan Lighter
  • OT (sort of): in a couple weeks   Arnold Zwicky
• "Alice=?windows-1252?Q?=92s_?=Adventirs in Wonderlaand" (Alice in Shetland Scots) published by Evertype   Michael Everson
  • "Alice=?windows-1252?Q?=92s_?=Adventirs in Wonderlaand" (Alice in Shetland Scots) published by Evertype   W Brewer
  • "Alice=?windows-1252?Q?=92s_?=Adventirs in Wonderlaand" (Alice in Shetland Scots) published by Evertype   Michael Everson
• "Alice=?windows-1252?Q?=92s_?=Adventures in an Appalachian Wonderland" published by Evertype   Michael Everson
  • "Alice=?windows-1252?Q?=92s_?=Adventures in an Appalachian Wonderland" published by Evertype   W Brewer
  • "Alice=?windows-1252?Q?=92s_?=Adventures in an Appalachian Wonderland" published by Evertype   Michael Everson
  • "Alice=?windows-1252?Q?=92s_?=Adventures in an Appalachian Wonderland" published by Evertype   W Brewer
  • "Alice=?windows-1252?Q?=92s_?=Adventures in an Appalachian Wonderland" published by Evertype   Laurence Horn
  • "Alice=?windows-1252?Q?=92s_?=Adventures in an Appalachian Wonderland" published by Evertype   Jonathan Lighter
  • "Alice=?windows-1252?Q?=92s_?=Adventures in an Appalachian Wonderland" published by Evertype   Michael Everson
  • "Alice=?windows-1252?Q?=92s_?=Adventures in an Appalachian Wonderland" published by Evertype   Michael Everson
  • "Alice=?windows-1252?Q?=92s_?=Adventures in an Appalachian Wonderland" published by Evertype   Michael Everson
  • "Alice=?windows-1252?Q?=92s_?=Adventures in an Appalachian Wonderland" published by Evertype   Laurence Horn
  • "Alice=?windows-1252?Q?=92s_?=Adventures in an Appalachian Wonderland" published by Evertype   Michael Everson
  • "Alice=?windows-1252?Q?=92s_?=Adventures in an Appalachian Wonderland" published by Evertype   Michael Everson
  • "Alice=?windows-1252?Q?=92s_?=Adventures in an Appalachian Wonderland" published by Evertype   Michael Everson
• Somewhat OT: pre-existing   David Barnhart
  • Somewhat OT: pre-existing   paul johnson
  • Somewhat OT: pre-existing   Jonathan Lighter
  • Somewhat OT: pre-existing   Dave Wilton
  • Somewhat OT: pre-existing   Jonathan Lighter
  • Somewhat OT: pre-existing   Joel S. Berson
  • Somewhat OT: pre-existing   Wilson Gray
  • Somewhat OT: pre-existing   Benjamin Barrett
  • Somewhat OT: pre-existing   Dave Wilton
  • Somewhat OT: pre-existing   Joel S. Berson
  • Somewhat OT: pre-existing   Jonathan Lighter
  • Somewhat OT: pre-existing   Laurence Horn
  • Somewhat OT: pre-existing   W Brewer
  • Somewhat OT: pre-existing   Jonathan Lighter
• two postings with some ADS-L history   Arnold Zwicky
  • two postings with some ADS-L history   ADSGarson O'Toole
  • two postings with some ADS-L history   Joel S. Berson
  • two postings with some ADS-L history   Jonathan Lighter
• "partisan cooperation"   Joel S. Berson
  • "partisan cooperation"   Joel S. Berson
  • "partisan cooperation"   Cohen, Gerald Leonard
  • "partisan cooperation"   Joel S. Berson
• Anecdote: You shall either die upon the gallows or of a social disease   ADSGarson O'Toole
• For the compound verb backformation files   Neal Whitman
• Anecdote: Meeting someone in hell [Was: You shall either die upon the gallows or of a social disease]   Joel S. Berson
  • Anecdote: Meeting someone in hell [Was: You shall either die upon the gallows or of a social disease]   ADSGarson O'Toole
  • Anecdote: Meeting someone in hell [Was: You shall either die upon the gallows or of a social disease]   Joel S. Berson
• "razor tight" --- (blend on "Meet the Press")   Cohen, Gerald Leonard
  • "razor tight" --- (blend on "Meet the Press")   Arnold Zwicky
• Drugs don't work in patients who don't take them.   Dan Nussbaum
• heinious   Jonathan Lighter
  • heinious   Benjamin Barrett
  • heinious   Wilson Gray
  • heinious   Jonathan Lighter
  • heinious   Wilson Gray
  • heinious   Victor Steinbok
• mutant verbs and other "drugs"   Laurence Horn
• "choc ice", the British Oreo (TM)   Joel S. Berson
  • "choc ice", the British Oreo (TM)   Wilson Gray
  • "choc ice", the British Oreo (TM)   Joel S. Berson
  • "choc ice", the British Oreo (TM)   Wilson Gray
  • "choc ice", the British Oreo (TM)   Dan Goncharoff
  • "choc ice", the British Oreo (TM)   Laurence Horn
  • "choc ice", the British Oreo (TM)   Wilson Gray
• "desanitize" -- a reversal?   Joel S. Berson
  • "desanitize" -- a reversal?   Wilson Gray
  • "desanitize" -- a reversal?   Joel S. Berson
  • "desanitize" -- a reversal?   Laurence Horn
• QOTY candidate (Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy re Sandy)   Laurence Horn
• Facebook, again   Wilson Gray
• Hurricane Sandy   Wilson Gray
  • Hurricane Sandy   Jonathan Lighter
  • Hurricane Sandy   Wilson Gray
  • Hurricane Sandy   Jonathan Lighter
• World Series caliber reversal   Laurence Horn
• OT: Peter Griffin, the family guy asks, WRT Asians:   Wilson Gray
  • OT: Peter Griffin, the family guy asks, WRT Asians:   Jonathan Lighter
• Hellwinds of Frankenstorm   Jonathan Lighter
  • Hellwinds of Frankenstorm   Joel S. Berson
  • Hellwinds of Frankenstorm   Jonathan Lighter
• "Alice=?utf-8?Q?=E2=80=99s_?=Adventures in an Appalachian Wonderland" published by Evertype   Michael Everson
  • "Alice=?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=99s_?=Adventures in an Appalachian Wonderland" published by Evertype   Wilson Gray
  • "Alice=?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=99s_?=Adventures in an Appalachian Wonderland" published by Evertype   Wilson Gray
• OT: Battle of Hastings (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
  • OT: Battle of Hastings (UNCLASSIFIED)   Dan Goncharoff
• Frankenstorm coined (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
• "partisan cooperation" (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
• vanilla ice cream bars   Joel S. Berson
  • vanilla ice cream bars   Dan Goncharoff
  • vanilla ice cream bars   Wilson Gray
• "gay" redux   Joel S. Berson
  • "gay" redux   Jonathan Lighter
  • "gay" redux   Joel S. Berson
  • "gay" redux   Jonathan Lighter
  • "gay" redux   Jonathan Lighter
  • "gay" redux   Laurence Horn
  • "gay" redux   Dave Wilton
  • "gay" redux   Wilson Gray
  • "gay" redux   Jonathan Lighter
  • "gay" redux   Joel S. Berson
  • "gay" redux   Arnold Zwicky
  • "gay" redux   Jeff Prucher
  • "gay" redux   Joel S. Berson
  • "gay" redux   W Brewer
  • "gay" redux   Jonathan Lighter
• Origin of "Jiminy" in "Jiminy Crickets"   Cohen, Gerald Leonard
• Fwd: [SOAPM] Storm   Dan Nussbaum
  • Fwd: [SOAPM] Storm   Dan Nussbaum
• Sandy   Laurence Horn
  • Sandy   Jonathan Lighter
  • Sandy   Victor Steinbok
  • Sandy   Alice Faber
  • Sandy   Jonathan Lighter
  • Sandy   Laurence Horn
• [SOAPM] Storm   Jonathan Lighter
  • [SOAPM] Storm   Charles C Doyle
• cath v.   Charles C Doyle
  • cath v.   Jonathan Lighter
  • cath v.   Laurence Horn
  • cath v.   Dave Hause
  • cath v.   Wilson Gray
• another F-word   Jonathan Lighter
• Hurricane Sandy (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
• "I saw an article about a wild _boor_ in Berlin."   Wilson Gray
• Presidential Honorary Memberships: Call for Nominations   Grant Barrett
• Hot new Einstein quote   Jonathan Lighter
  • Hot new Einstein quote   Wilson Gray
  • Hot new Einstein quote   Jonathan Lighter
  • Hot new Einstein quote   Wilson Gray
• Facebook post: "Fear mongrels!" [NT]   Wilson Gray
• Language change: what can you do?   Wilson Gray
• Language change: what can you do? (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
  • Language change: what can you do? (UNCLASSIFIED)   Laurence Horn
• " … to smooth _rustled_ feathers …"   Wilson Gray
• Nagging Question--was: Hot new Einstein quote   Hunter, Lynne R CIV SPAWARSYSCEN-PACIFIC, 71700
  • Nagging Question--was: Hot new Einstein quote   Jonathan Lighter
  • Nagging Question--was: Hot new Einstein quote   Hunter, Lynne R CIV SPAWARSYSCEN-PACIFIC, 71700
• Anecdote: St Paul=?windows-1252?Q?=92s_?=Cathedral Is artificial, amusing, pompous, and awful   ADSGarson O'Toole

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