Antedating of "MILF"

[Jesse Sheidlower]

1991 is when the band was founded; Ben Zimmer talked to one of the
members and reported on this. The OED does mention milf (the band) in
its etymology, but notes that there's no contemporaneous evidence that
the band's name was from the relevant acronym, so by OED standards 1995
is the first quote (and Fred's 1993 quote still isn't an antedating of
this).

Jesse Sheidlower


On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 11:48:24AM -0500, ADSGarson O'Toole wrote:
> 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
>
> [Begin extracted text]
> 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.
> [End extracted text]
>
> 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:
> >
> >> To say nothing of the Filipino separatist group --
> >>
> >> _Standoff linked to MILF peace deal?_
> >> http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2013/02/24/standoff-linked-to-milf-peace-deal/
> >>
> >> _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
> >>
> >> etc.
> >>
> >> source of endless mirth.
> >
> > 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!
> >
> > LH
> >>
> >>
> >> 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?
> >>>
> >>> On Sunday, February 24, 2013, Shapiro, Fred wrote:
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> >>>>
> >>>> MILF (OED 1995)
> >>>>
> >>>> 1993 _Buffalo News_ 8 Apr. (Nexis)  A Goo Goo Dolls tribute lp is in the
> >>>> wo=
> >>>> rks, featuring messy but endearing center-state rockers MILF doing the Goo
> >>>> =
> >>>> classic "Up Yours."
> >>>>
> >>>> Fred Shapiro
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