Antedating of "MILF"

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

Jesse Sheidlower includes a citation for the rock band "milf" in "The
F-word", I think. The page is blocked in Google Books but the
extracted text appears to give a date of 1991 for the rock band.

The F-Word - Google Books Result
books.google.com/books?isbn=0199751552
Jesse Sheidlower - 2009 - Reference

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MILF noun [mother (or mom) I'd like to fuck] a sexually attractive
woman who is a mother or (generally) in early middle age. 1991 (name
of rock band): milf.
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On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 11:43 AM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu> wrote:
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> On Feb 24, 2013, at 9:25 AM, Martin Kaminer wrote:
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>> To say nothing of the Filipino separatist group --
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>> _Standoff linked to MILF peace deal?_
>> http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2013/02/24/standoff-linked-to-milf-peace-deal/
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>> _Gov't, MILF enforce pact on reduction of explosive devices_
>> http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2013/02/15/909381/govt-milf-enforce-pact-reduction-explosive-devices
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>> etc.
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>> source of endless mirth.
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> I'll say.  Also possible lawsuits, seeing as how "our" MILF were already established back in the 20th century while these upstart Moro Islamic Liberation Front folks are apparently MILFs-come-lately.  A case for the International Court of Justice!
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> LH
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>> On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 3:43 PM, Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> Does the name of "endearing central state rockers" really count?
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>>> On Sunday, February 24, 2013, Shapiro, Fred wrote:
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>>>> MILF (OED 1995)
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>>>> 1993 _Buffalo News_ 8 Apr. (Nexis)  A Goo Goo Dolls tribute lp is in the
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>>>> rks, featuring messy but endearing center-state rockers MILF doing the Goo
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>>>> classic "Up Yours."
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>>>> Fred Shapiro
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