February 2013 Archives by date
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- diacritical marks WAS Re: Word (Phrase?) of the Year (so far)?; Rambo'd (UNCLASSIFIED)
Laurence Horn
- diacritical marks WAS Re: Word (Phrase?) of the Year (so far)?; Rambo'd (UNCLASSIFIED)
Laurence Horn
- triage
W Brewer
- triage
Benjamin Barrett
- Antedating of "Zionist"
Shapiro, Fred
- triage
W Brewer
- triage
Benjamin Barrett
- diacritical marks WAS Re: Word (Phrase?) of the Year (so far)?; Rambo'd (UNCLASSIFIED)
W Brewer
- Times Literary Supplement Review
ADSGarson O'Toole
- triage
W Brewer
- diacritical marks WAS Re: Word (Phrase?) of the Year (so far)?; Rambo'd (UNCLASSIFIED)
Wilson Gray
- 1916 cites for "jazz" (Day Book, Daily Illini)
Wilson Gray
- diacritical marks WAS Re: Word (Phrase?) of the Year (so far)?; Rambo'd (UNCLASSIFIED)
Dan Goncharoff
- Word (Phrase?) of the Year (so far)?; Rambo'd
Wilson Gray
- Dialogue
Wilson Gray
- Geezer Lingo Banned
Wilson Gray
- Further Antedating of "Charley Horse"
Shapiro, Fred
- Further Antedating of Sports "Fan"
Shapiro, Fred
- Further Antedating of Sports "Fan"
Shapiro, Fred
- antedating "carnival"
Jonathan Lighter
- diacritical marks WAS Re: Word (Phrase?) of the Year (so far)?; Rambo'd (UNCLASSIFIED)
Stephen Goranson
- Turkish
Joel S. Berson
- diacritical marks WAS Re: Word (Phrase?) of the Year (so far)?; Rambo'd (UNCLASSIFIED)
Laurence Horn
- diacritical marks on ADS-L
Joel S. Berson
- triage
Joel S. Berson
- diacritical marks on ADS-L
Laurence Horn
- electronic child molesters
James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at netscape.com>
- 1916 cites for "jazz" (Day Book, Daily Illini)
Ben Zimmer
- beertail
Victor Steinbok
- triage
Jonathan Lighter
- diacritical marks on ADS-L
Wilson Gray
- Flash fiction: For sale: baby shoes, never worn. Did Ernest Hemingway write these famous six words?
Hugo
- diacritical marks on ADS-L
Wilson Gray
- Flash fiction: For sale: baby shoes, never worn. Did Ernest Hemingway write these famous six words?
Wilson Gray
- "MoneyMoney 2.0.9 - _German_ banking application" [NT]
Wilson Gray
- Flash fiction: For sale: baby shoes, never worn. Did Ernest Hemingway write these famous six words?
Bonnie Taylor-Blake
- incestuous amplification
Victor Steinbok
- ILL, the verb
ADSGarson O'Toole
- Further Antedating of Sports "Fan"
Shapiro, Fred
- triage
W Brewer
- diacritical marks WAS Re: Word (Phrase?) of the Year (so far)?; Rambo'd (UNCLASSIFIED)
Herb Stahlke
- diacritical marks WAS Re: Word (Phrase?) of the Year (so far)?; Rambo'd (UNCLASSIFIED)
Herb Stahlke
- diacritical marks WAS Re: Word (Phrase?) of the Year (so far)?; Rambo'd (UNCLASSIFIED)
Laurence Horn
- diacritical marks WAS Re: Word (Phrase?) of the Year (so far)?; Rambo'd (UNCLASSIFIED)
Dan Goncharoff
- Koban - 1839 and 1903
Benjamin Barrett
- New York Times Article
Shapiro, Fred
- New York Times Article
Shapiro, Fred
- Koban - 1839 and 1903
Joel S. Berson
- A double negative from a Cardinal
Joel S. Berson
- A double negative from a Cardinal
Laurence Horn
- Koban - 1839 and 1903
Benjamin Barrett
- latest "-er" conspiracist: "skeeter"
Ben Zimmer
- latest "-er" conspiracist: "skeeter"
Laurence Horn
- A Word for the Dictionaries: "Unconference"
Shapiro, Fred
- A Word for the Dictionaries: "Unconference"
Ben Zimmer
- A Word for the Dictionaries: "Unconference"
Benjamin Barrett
- Koban - 1839 and 1903
Benjamin Barrett
- triage
Dave Hause
- latest "-er" conspiracist: "skeeter"
W Brewer
- latest "-er" conspiracist: "skeeter"
Wilson Gray
- FB: "This guy is a real live _fire_." [NT]
Wilson Gray
- triage
W Brewer
- FB: "This guy is a real live _fire_." [NT]
W Brewer
- A Word for the Dictionaries: "Unconference"
Michael Quinion
- latest "-er" conspiracist: "skeeter"
Jonathan Lighter
- Antedating of "Schizophrenia"
Shapiro, Fred
- Antedating of "Cubism"
Shapiro, Fred
- Antedating of "Cubist"
Shapiro, Fred
- A Word for the Dictionaries: "Unconference"
Laurence Horn
- Antedating of "Sorority"
Shapiro, Fred
- antedating "hobbit"
Jonathan Lighter
- latest "-er" conspiracist: "skeeter"
Ben Zimmer
- antedating "hobbit"
Shapiro, Fred
- Antedating of "Xenophobia"
Shapiro, Fred
- antedating "hobbit"
Stephen Goranson
- Antedating of "Cubism"
Joel S. Berson
- Major Antedating of "Concentration Camp"
Shapiro, Fred
- Major Antedating of "Concentration Camp"
Jonathan Lighter
- antedating "hobbit"
Jonathan Lighter
- Major Antedating of "Concentration Camp"
Shapiro, Fred
- Times Literary Supplement Review
Arnold Zwicky
- Flash fiction: For sale: baby shoes, never worn. Did Ernest Hemingway write these famous six words?
ADSGarson O'Toole
- Antedating of "Finalize"
Shapiro, Fred
- Antedating of "Sorority"
Dan Goncharoff
- mouseovered etc.
Arnold Zwicky
- Major Antedating of "Concentration Camp"
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- FB: " … the Military's _most deadliest_ sniper … =?UTF-8?Q?=22_?=[NT]
Wilson Gray
- triage
Dave Hause
- Major Antedating of "Concentration Camp"
Wilson Gray
- "Blow me up"
Tyler Schnoebelen
- Sociolinguistics at the Daily Caller...
Victor Steinbok
- "Blow me up"
Wilson Gray
- "Blow me up"
Benjamin Barrett
- "Blow me up"
Benjamin Barrett
- triage
W Brewer
- Major Antedating of "Concentration Camp"
W Brewer
- triage
Dave Wilton
- Team names
Charles C Doyle
- Futurize
Dan Goncharoff
- triage
Jonathan Lighter
- Team names
Jonathan Lighter
- triage
Dave Wilton
- Futurize
Baker, John
- xenophobia antedated (1887)
Stephen Goranson
- Team names
W Brewer
- triage
W Brewer
- Major Antedating of "Concentration Camp" (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Team names (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Internet ephemera (was Re: 'eliminationism' not in OED)
Mark Mandel
- Team names (UNCLASSIFIED)
Shapiro, Fred
- diacritical marks WAS Re: Word (Phrase?) of the Year (so far)?; Rambo'd (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Team names (UNCLASSIFIED)
Jonathan Lighter
- diacritical marks WAS Re: Word (Phrase?) of the Year (so far)?; Rambo'd (UNCLASSIFIED)
Dan Goncharoff
- Sweet stuff
Tyler Schnoebelen
- culture-jack(ing)
Ben Zimmer
- Major Antedating of "Concentration Camp" (UNCLASSIFIED)
Laurence Horn
- Major Antedating of "Concentration Camp"
Shapiro, Fred
- Antedating of "Sorority"
Shapiro, Fred
- Times Literary Supplement Review
Shapiro, Fred
- Antedating of "Sorority"
Dan Goncharoff
- Antedating of "Sorority"
ADSGarson O'Toole
- A Word for the Dictionaries: "Unconference"
Shapiro, Fred
- Times Literary Supplement Review
ADSGarson O'Toole
- overnegation again
Mark Mandel
- overnegation again
Laurence Horn
- Team names
Joel S. Berson
- "Half the battle"
Dan Goncharoff
- overnegation again
Joel S. Berson
- Is that your sword or are you just glad to see me? (Mae West 1958)
ADSGarson O'Toole
- "Half the battle", and exploding brain
Joel S. Berson
- Slogan: When guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have them. (December 21 1967)
ADSGarson O'Toole
- "gun in your pocket"
Joel S. Berson
- Team names (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Gender-neutral language in state laws
Benjamin Barrett
- "gun in your pocket"
Dan Goncharoff
- "Half the battle"
Nathaniel Sharpe
- "Half the battle"
Dan Goncharoff
- "gun in your pocket"
Arnold Zwicky
- Sweet stuff
Jonathan Lighter
- Gender-neutral language in state laws
Hollis Barnhart
- Slogan: When guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have them. (December 21 1967)
Jonathan Lighter
- Team names (UNCLASSIFIED)
Jonathan Lighter
- Gender-neutral language in state laws
Jonathan Lighter
- Teaspoon
Benjamin Torbert
- Teaspoon
Benjamin Barrett
- Teaspoon
Benjamin Torbert
- "gun in your pocket"
Joel S. Berson
- Potential player names (was? Team names)
Joel S. Berson
- Teaspoon
Wilson Gray
- Slogan: When guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have them. (December 21 1967)
Joel S. Berson
- Teaspoon
Wilson Gray
- Potential player names (was? Team names)
Jonathan Lighter
- Slogan: When guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have them. (December 21 1967)
Jonathan Lighter
- Teaspoon
Jonathan Lighter
- overnegation again
Laurence Horn
- Team names (UNCLASSIFIED)
Baker, John
- OT: Slogan of the group,
Wilson Gray
- Team names (UNCLASSIFIED)
Jonathan Lighter
- OT: Slogan of the group,
Jonathan Lighter
- OT: Slogan of the group,
Wilson Gray
- Gender-neutral language in state laws
Michael Newman
- "gun in your pocket"
Wilson Gray
- Slogan: When guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have them. (December 21 1967)
Laurence Horn
- Major Antedating of "Concentration Camp"
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- OT: Valentine's Day card offered on Spain site
Wilson Gray
- "gun in your pocket"
Laurence Horn
- culture-jack(ing)
Wilson Gray
- OT: Slogan of the group,
Jonathan Lighter
- Antedating of "Finalize"
James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at netscape.com>
- racist euphemism of the day
Victor Steinbok
- pronunciation of "derecho"
James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at netscape.com>
- "gun in your pocket"
Wilson Gray
- racist euphemism of the day
Jonathan Lighter
- racist euphemism of the day
Wilson Gray
- "Ancestor" redux
Joel S. Berson
- "Ancestor" redux
Laurence Horn
- "Ancestor" redux
Joel S. Berson
- mock-up
Jonathan Lighter
- Internet ephemera (was Re: 'eliminationism' not in OED)
Hugo
- Offlist: Re: Team Names
Amy West
- racist euphemism of the day
Amy West
- mock-up
Joel S. Berson
- mock-up
Dan Goncharoff
- or are you just happy to see me?
Arnold Zwicky
- Teaspoon
Charles C Doyle
- mock-up
Jonathan Lighter
- Major Antedating of "Finalize": The Great Unacknowledged Australianism
Shapiro, Fred
- mock-up
Dan Goncharoff
- An American witticism
Jonathan Lighter
- mock-up
Jonathan Lighter
- Teaspoon (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- OT: Slogan of the group, (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- schwag
Jonathan Lighter
- mock-up
Dan Goncharoff
- OT: Slogan of the group, (UNCLASSIFIED)
Jonathan Lighter
- schwag
Ben Zimmer
- Gender-neutral language in state laws (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- OT: Slogan of the group, (UNCLASSIFIED)
Laurence Horn
- Gender-neutral language in state laws (UNCLASSIFIED)
Jonathan Lighter
- celebrity mashup
Jonathan Lighter
- mock-up
Joel S. Berson
- mock-up
Jonathan Lighter
- mock-up
Joel S. Berson
- OT: Slogan of the group, (UNCLASSIFIED)
Wilson Gray
- epiphany and satori
Benjamin Barrett
- mock-up
Wilson Gray
- epiphany and satori
Wilson Gray
- Teaspoon
Wilson Gray
- An American witticism
Wilson Gray
- epiphany and satori
Benjamin Barrett
- mock-up
Laurence Horn
- mock-up
Jonathan Lighter
- Facebook: "A _periotic_ table"
Wilson Gray
- or are you just happy to see me?
Victor Steinbok
- mock-up
Victor Steinbok
- epiphany and satori
Herb Stahlke
- Gender-neutral language in state laws (UNCLASSIFIED)
Herb Stahlke
- "put you hep" 1903 (antedating?)
Stephen Goranson
- or are you just happy to see me?
Arnold Zwicky
- choke (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Enhanced on
Geoffrey Steven Nathan
- or are you just happy to see me?
Dan Goncharoff
- choke (UNCLASSIFIED)
Laurence Horn
- or are you just happy to see me?
Victor Steinbok
- Enhanced on
Joel S. Berson
- mock-up
Joel S. Berson
- choke (UNCLASSIFIED)
ADSGarson O'Toole
- Another non-apology
Joel S. Berson
- Another non-apology
Laurence Horn
- Earliest Known Occurrence of the Term "Hot Dog" Pushed Back to, 1886, (Corrected Citation)
Jonathan Lighter
- Is this a good sentence?
Jonathan Lighter
- mock-up and the two Richards
Joel S. Berson
- Earliest Known Occurrence of the Term "Hot Dog" Pushed Back to, 1886, (Corrected Citation)
Dan Goncharoff
- OT: Slogan of the group, (UNCLASSIFIED)
Laurence Horn
- Antedatings of kudocast, kudofest, kudo
Neal Whitman
- Antedating of "Crossword" (Courtesy of Mr. Will Shortz)
Shapiro, Fred
- Earliest Known Occurrence of the Term "Hot Dog" Pushed Back to, 1886, (Corrected Citation)
Jonathan Lighter
- Antedating of "Crossword" (Courtesy of Mr. Will Shortz)
Joel S. Berson
- Antedating of "Crossword" (Courtesy of Mr. Will Shortz)
Dan Goncharoff
- Q: "Crossword" needs another definition in the OED?
Joel S. Berson
- scroogled
Victor Steinbok
- Q: "Crossword" needs another definition in the OED?
Dan Goncharoff
- Heard: "=?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=A6_?=between oh-six and_ oh-ten_."
Wilson Gray
- Heard: "=?windows-1252?Q?=85_?=between oh-six and_ oh-ten_."
Laurence Horn
- I rob banks because that's where the money is (Willie Sutton January 20, 1951)
ADSGarson O'Toole
- "He BE working. He just don't STAY working."
Wilson Gray
- "He BE working. He just don't STAY working."
Benjamin Barrett
- I rob banks because that's where the money is (Willie Sutton January 20, 1951)
Laurence Horn
- Heard: "=?windows-1252?Q?=85_?=between oh-six and_ oh-ten_."
Nathaniel Sharpe
- I rob banks because that's where the money is (Willie Sutton January 20, 1951)
Wilson Gray
- Heard: "=?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=A6_?=between oh-six and_ oh-ten_."
Wilson Gray
- "He BE working. He just don't STAY working."
Wilson Gray
- Heard: "=?windows-1252?Q?=85_?=between oh-six and_ oh-ten_."
Laurence Horn
- Heard: "=?windows-1252?Q?=85_?=between oh-six and_ oh-ten_."
Herb Stahlke
- Heard: "=?windows-1252?Q?=85_?=between oh-six and_ oh-ten_."
Benjamin Torbert
- Heard: "=?windows-1252?Q?=85_?=between oh-six and_ oh-ten_."
Nathaniel Sharpe
- "He BE working. He just don't STAY working."
Benjamin Barrett
- cowardly adverb
Gordon, Matthew J.
- Antedating of "Decathlon"
Shapiro, Fred
- OT: Slogan of the group, (UNCLASSIFIED)
Wilson Gray
- Antedating of "Leftist"
Shapiro, Fred
- Clutch
Wilson Gray
- mock-up
Spanbock/Svoboda-Spanbock
- "He BE working. He just don't STAY working."
Laurence Horn
- cowardly adverb
Laurence Horn
- "He BE working. He just don't STAY working."
Benjamin Torbert
- Antedating of "Leftist"
Dan Goncharoff
- "He BE working. He just don't STAY working."
Salikoko Mufwene
- "He BE working. He just don't STAY working."
Laurence Horn
- Further Antedating of "Finalize"
Shapiro, Fred
- Still Further Antedating of "Finalize"
Shapiro, Fred
- Is this good usage?
Dan Nussbaum
- Antedating of "Decathlon" (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Antedating of "Decathlon" (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Is this good usage?
Joel S. Berson
- Further Antedating of "Decathlete"
Shapiro, Fred
- Erroneous OED First Use for "Movie"
Shapiro, Fred
- Is this good usage?
Arnold Zwicky
- Question about fascinating insightful adage coined by Ludwig Boerne and originally expressed in German
ADSGarson O'Toole
- Erroneous OED First Use for "Movie"
Laurence Horn
- drone as a verb
ADSGarson O'Toole
- Erroneous OED First Use for "Movie"
Shapiro, Fred
- Heard: "I finished cleaning the _restroom_ and …"
Wilson Gray
- Times (London) Article on My Antedating of "Full Monty"
Shapiro, Fred
- Is this good usage?
Wilson Gray
- Heard: "I finished cleaning the _restroom_ and …"
Wilson Gray
- Link to TLS Review Now Available
Shapiro, Fred
- Link to TLS Review Now Available
Laurence Horn
- Link to TLS Review Now Available
Shapiro, Fred
- OT: Friday 8:51 p.m. --- 5 1/2 inches
David Barnhart
- Heard: "I finished cleaning the _restroom_ and …"
Spanbock/Svoboda-Spanbock
- Heard: "I finished cleaning the _restroom_ and …"
Jonathan Lighter
- Heard: "I finished cleaning the _restroom_ and …"
Wilson Gray
- Link to TLS Review Now Available
Wilson Gray
- Link to TLS Review Now Available
Ben Zimmer
- OT: Friday 8:51 p.m. --- 5 1/2 inches
Joel S. Berson
- Link to TLS Review Now Available
Laurence Horn
- OT: Friday 8:51 p.m. --- 5 1/2 inches
paul johnson
- "He BE working. He just don't STAY working."
Wilson Gray
- OT: Saturday 11:30 AM - 26 inches
Joel S. Berson
- OT: Saturday 11:30 AM - 26 inches
Alice Faber
- Heard: "I finished cleaning the _restroom_ and …"
Neal Whitman
- Question about fascinating insightful adage coined by Ludwig Boerne and originally expressed in German
Dan Goncharoff
- Q: "to use" = "to do" in the 18th century?
Joel S. Berson
- a little pubicity for Fred
Arnold Zwicky
- a little pubicity for Fred
Maria Immacolata Amorelli
- "sissy" during the Civil War?
Geoffrey Nunberg
- Lexicon Valley podcast notched up 650,000 downloads
ADSGarson O'Toole
- OT: Saturday 11:30 AM - 26 inches
Laurence Horn
- OT: Saturday 11:30 AM - 26 inches
Geoffrey Steven Nathan
- Lexicon Valley podcast notched up 650,000 downloads
Neal Whitman
- Lexicon Valley podcast notched up 650,000 downloads
Wilson Gray
- "sissy" during the Civil War?
Jonathan Lighter
- Heard: "I finished cleaning the _restroom_ and …"
Wilson Gray
- "sissy" during the Civil War?
Wilson Gray
- "sissy" during the Civil War?
ADSGarson O'Toole
- Lexicon Valley podcast notched up 650,000 downloads
Ben Zimmer
- Antedating of "Crossword" (Courtesy of Mr. Will Shortz)
Shapiro, Fred
- Rule by children -- not for the OED
Joel S. Berson
- Antedating of "Crossword" (Courtesy of Mr. Will Shortz)
Joel S. Berson
- geese-stronauts
Victor Steinbok
- Ben Schott: Vocabulary of Coffee Bars
Bonnie Taylor-Blake
- "sissy" during the Civil War?
Jonathan Lighter
- drone as a verb
Arnold Zwicky
- Antedating of "Cunnilingus"
Shapiro, Fred
- Antedating of "Cunnilingus"
Laurence Horn
- OT: Saturday 11:30 AM - 26 inches
Victor Steinbok
- OT: Saturday 11:30 AM - 26 inches
Michael Everson
- "to use" = "to do" in the 18th century?
Charles C Doyle
- OT: The great snow of 2013
Joel S. Berson
- "to use" = "to do" in the 18th century?
Joel S. Berson
- Will the Mali war lead to a film remake?
Joel S. Berson
- Help reading a 1735 Boston newspaper
Joel S. Berson
- OT: Saturday 11:30 AM - 26 inches
ADSGarson O'Toole
- OT: Saturday 11:30 AM - 26 inches
Laurence Horn
- OT: Saturday 11:30 AM - 26 inches
Dan Goncharoff
- OT: Saturday 11:30 AM - 26 inches
Laurence Horn
- OT: Saturday 11:30 AM - 26 inches
Laurence Horn
- Buttock(s) -- Even sports trainers don't know what it/they is/are
Jonathan Lighter
- narrative; graphic
Jonathan Lighter
- narrative; graphic
Laurence Horn
- OT: Saturday 11:30 AM - 26 inches
Joel S. Berson
- narrative; graphic
Jonathan Lighter
- Will the Mali war lead to a film remake?
paul johnson
- Help reading a 1735 Boston newspaper
John McChesney-Young
- OT: Saturday 11:30 AM - 26 inches
Michael Everson
- "put you hep" 1903 (antedating?)
Wilson Gray
- OT: Saturday 11:30 AM - 26 inches
Dave Wilton
- OT: Saturday 11:30 AM - 26 inches
Laurence Horn
- Antedating of "Cunnilingus"
Jesse Sheidlower
- OT: Saturday 11:30 AM - 26 inches
Ben Zimmer
- Weather.com Storm Names (Was RE: OT: Saturday 11:30 AM - 26 inches)
Baker, John
- the FBI's Monitory Crime Division
George Thompson
- "Book bible"
Joel S. Berson
- Weather.com Storm Names (Was RE: OT: Saturday 11:30 AM - 26 inches)
Laurence Horn
- "Book bible"
Laurence Horn
- "Book bible"
Dave Wilton
- "Book bible" (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- last gasp of the long ess?
Jonathan Lighter
- Weather.com Storm Names
Joel S. Berson
- the FBI's Monitory Crime Division
Joel S. Berson
- Weather.com Storm Names
Ben Zimmer
- "Book bible" (UNCLASSIFIED)
Dan Goncharoff
- Help reading a 1735 Boston newspaper
Nathaniel Sharpe
- storm names
Arnold Zwicky
- fumetti (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- "Book bible"
Joel S. Berson
- "Book bible" -- not in OED
Joel S. Berson
- fumetti (UNCLASSIFIED)
Laurence Horn
- fumetti (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Help reading a 1735 Boston newspaper
Joel S. Berson
- Weather.com Storm Names
Joel S. Berson
- "Book bible"
ADSGarson O'Toole
- storm names
ADSGarson O'Toole
- fumetti
Joel S. Berson
- effort = "to try to obtain by effort; to obtain by effort"
Jonathan Lighter
- "put you hep" 1903 (antedating?)
Wilson Gray
- "put you hep" 1903 (antedating?)
Jonathan Lighter
- fresh = '(of restaurant food) not fresh but not yet stale; of ordinary quality.
Jonathan Lighter
- offlist RE: [ADS-L] "put you hep" 1903 (antedating?)
Wilson Gray
- "flicker" = 'movie' (1912) + "flicker alley" (1911), "flicker house" (1913)
Ben Zimmer
- "put you hep" 1903 (antedating?)
Wilson Gray
- A gubernatorial meme
Laurence Horn
- "flicker" = 'movie' (1912) + "flicker alley" (1911), "flicker house" (1913)
Laurence Horn
- fresh = '(of restaurant food) not fresh but not yet stale; of ordinary quality.
Dan Goncharoff
- Question about fascinating insightful adage coined by Ludwig Boerne and originally expressed in German
ADSGarson O'Toole
- fresh = '(of restaurant food) not fresh but not yet stale; of ordinary quality.
Laurence Horn
- Antedating of "Hijack" / "Hijacking"
Shapiro, Fred
- Antedating of "Hijack" / "Hijacking"
Laurence Horn
- Antedating of "Hijack" / "Hijacking"
Jonathan Lighter
- Antedating of "Hijack" / "Hijacking"
Dan Goncharoff
- Antedating of "Hijack" / "Hijacking"
Nathaniel Sharpe
- fumetti (UNCLASSIFIED)
W Brewer
- Antedating of "Hijack" / "Hijacking"
Baker, John
- "flicker" = 'movie' (1912) + "flicker alley" (1911), "flicker house" (1913)
Ben Zimmer
- Antedating of "Hijack" / "Hijacking"
Laurence Horn
- storm names
James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at netscape.com>
- storm names
Laurence Horn
- Eggcorn: "point fun at"
Charles C Doyle
- Antedating of "Hijack" / "Hijacking"
Joel S. Berson
- Antedating of "Hijack" / "Hijacking"
Jonathan Lighter
- Antedating of "Hijack" / "Hijacking"
Joel S. Berson
- Antedating of "Hijack" / "Hijacking"
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Eggcorn: "point fun at"
ADSGarson O'Toole
- The Rise of the Litterplugs
Nathaniel Sharpe
- Antedating of "Hijack" / "Hijacking"
Jonathan Lighter
- Antedating of "Hijack" / "Hijacking"
Joel S. Berson
- Eggcorn: "point fun at"
Joel S. Berson
- Eggcorn: "point fun at"
Laurence Horn
- Antedating of "Hijack" / "Hijacking"
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Still Further Antedating of "Hijack" / "Hijacking"
Shapiro, Fred
- Antedating of "Hijacker"
Shapiro, Fred
- WOTD
Victor Steinbok
- WOTD
Victor Steinbok
- Eggcorn: "point fun at"
W Brewer
- Shocker: Broca's Brain not His!
Wilson Gray
- Still Further Antedating of "Hijack" / "Hijacking"
Dan Goncharoff
- "Benjamite", 1722
Joel S. Berson
- "Benjamite", 1722
Dan Goncharoff
- "Benjamite", 1722 (misinterpreted, but still a useful interdating)
Joel S. Berson
- Once in a lifetime
Benjamin Torbert
- sizzurp
Victor Steinbok
- Antedating of "Clich é"
Shapiro, Fred
- Antedating of "Classical"
Shapiro, Fred
- Antedating of "Calvinist"
Shapiro, Fred
- sizzurp
Ben Zimmer
- Antedating of "Limerick"
Shapiro, Fred
- on blizzards and infixes
Laurence Horn
- "sleep tight"
Charles C Doyle
- on blizzards and infixes
Dan Goncharoff
- on blizzards and infixes
Laurence Horn
- Antedating of "Limerick"
Stephen Goranson
- "sleep tight"
Jonathan Lighter
- on blizzards and infixes
Jonathan Lighter
- "sleep tight"
Jonathan Lighter
- "sleep tight"
Wilson Gray
- on blizzards (sharp blows)
Joel S. Berson
- "sleep tight"
Jonathan Lighter
- sizzurp
Victor Steinbok
- Mastermind: How to Think like Sherlock Holmes
Joel S. Berson
- Mastermind: How to Think like Sherlock Holmes
Dan Goncharoff
- Mastermind: How to Think like Sherlock Holmes
Jonathan Lighter
- Mastermind: How to Think like Sherlock Holmes
Joel S. Berson
- "sleep tight"
Wilson Gray
- "sleep tight"
Jonathan Lighter
- on blizzards and infixes
Laurence Horn
- "sleep tight"
ADSGarson O'Toole
- Kaizen (verb)
Benjamin Barrett
- prolixity in space
Jonathan Lighter
- prolixity in space
Laurence Horn
- OT: multiple meaning
Victor Steinbok
- Flop sweat [slight antedating to 1947]
Bonnie Taylor-Blake
- "sleep tight"
Dan Goncharoff
- "sleep tight"
Nathaniel Sharpe
- "MoneyMoney 2.0.9 - _German_ banking application" [NT]
Dan Goncharoff
- OT: Saturday 11:30 AM - 26 inches
Joel S. Berson
- Kaizen (verb) - 1988
Benjamin Barrett
- What can you do? The NYT:
Wilson Gray
- Today's quote
Jonathan Lighter
- The precise terminology of modern science
Joel S. Berson
- Today's quote
W Brewer
- Today's quote
Jonathan Lighter
- The precise terminology of modern science
Jocelyn Limpert
- The precise terminology of modern science
Laurence Horn
- The precise terminology of modern science
Jocelyn Limpert
- The precise terminology of modern science
Laurence Horn
- The precise terminology of modern science
Jocelyn Limpert
- The precise terminology of modern science
Laurence Horn
- sizzurp
Wilson Gray
- The precise terminology of modern science
ADSGarson O'Toole
- "Gay" in 1933
Shapiro, Fred
- antedating "donkey"
Jonathan Lighter
- Antedating of "Donkey"
Shapiro, Fred
- A, V, or M; also "bigger vs. larger"
Joel S. Berson
- "Gay" in 1933
Joel S. Berson
- "Gay" in 1933; also "author's sexuality"
Joel S. Berson
- A, V, or M; also "bigger vs. larger"
Spanbock/Svoboda-Spanbock
- "Sissies, fairies, pansies gay"
Joel S. Berson
- breadboxes and boulders, oh my
Joel S. Berson
- "Gay" in 1933
Ben Zimmer
- "Sissies, fairies, pansies gay"
Jonathan Lighter
- "Sissies, fairies, pansies gay"
Jonathan Lighter
- "Sissies, fairies, pansies gay"
Joel S. Berson
- "Gay" in 1933; also "author's sexuality"
Wilson Gray
- "Sissies, fairies, pansies gay"
Jonathan Lighter
- Wo/Man
James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at netscape.com>
- A, V, or M; also "bigger vs. larger"
Wilson Gray
- antedating "donkey"
Wilson Gray
- A, V, or M; also "bigger vs. larger"
Laurence Horn
- antedating "donkey"
Laurence Horn
- antedating "donkey"
Jonathan Lighter
- antedating "donkey"
Geoffrey Steven Nathan
- antedating "donkey"
Laurence Horn
- Seen today in a dictionary (1941) ....
David Barnhart
- antedating "donkey"
Joel S. Berson
- antedating "donkey"
Jonathan Lighter
- antedating "donkey"
Charles C Doyle
- antedating "donkey"
Joel S. Berson
- antedating "donkey"
Laurence Horn
- Garden Path
Geoffrey Steven Nathan
- Garden Path
Laurence Horn
- Fun with phrases: "There. I said it."
Jonathan Lighter
- big (h)omo
Benjamin Barrett
- Garden Path
Herb Stahlke
- The spelling "Rachael"
Herb Stahlke
- glory
Jonathan Lighter
- assorted
James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at netscape.com>
- assorted
Baker, John
- Adopted Russian Boy
Michael Sheehan
- quixotic 'chaotic'
W Brewer
- quixotic 'chaotic'
Laurence Horn
- Etymology of _John_ 'Prostitute's Client'
Shapiro, Fred
- "allatration" 1724; not in OED
Joel S. Berson
- quixotic 'chaotic'
W Brewer
- "cheeseburger slider"
Mark Mandel
- "cheeseburger slider"
Wilson Gray
- "_Follow-nous_ sur Twitter!" [NT]
Wilson Gray
- infamous = 'talked-about; popular'
Jonathan Lighter
- Etymology of _John_ 'Prostitute's Client'
Jonathan Lighter
- infamous = 'talked-about; popular'
Joel S. Berson
- infamous = 'talked-about; popular'
Laurence Horn
- infamous = 'talked-about; popular'
Jonathan Lighter
- infamous = 'talked-about; popular'
Joel S. Berson
- infamous = 'talked-about; popular'
Ben Zimmer
- infamous = 'talked-about; popular'
Jonathan Lighter
- infamous = 'talked-about; popular'
Laurence Horn
- infamous = 'talked-about; popular'
Laurence Horn
- "off ice"
Joel S. Berson
- infamous = 'talked-about; popular'
Joel S. Berson
- infamous = 'talked-about; popular'
Laurence Horn
- NomPrepObj
Arnold Zwicky
- infamous = 'talked-about; popular'
Jonathan Lighter
- infamous = 'talked-about; popular'
Jonathan Lighter
- Neuticles (most unnecessary candidate?)
Laurence Horn
- Neuticles (most unnecessary candidate?)
Jesse Sheidlower
- Neuticles (most unnecessary candidate?)
Laurence Horn
- Heard on "Judge Mathis":
Wilson Gray
- infamous = 'talked-about; popular'
Wilson Gray
- Neuticles (most unnecessary candidate?)
Wilson Gray
- Heard on "Judge Mathis":
Jonathan Lighter
- infamous = 'talked-about; popular'
Jonathan Lighter
- "off ice"
Victor Steinbok
- NomPrepObj
Wilson Gray
- Heard on "Judge Mathis":
Wilson Gray
- Heard on "Judge Mathis":
Jonathan Lighter
- "dice with death"
Jonathan Lighter
- to "belly-crawl"
Jonathan Lighter
- "off ice"
Joel S. Berson
- "dice with death"
Laurence Horn
- "dice with death"
ADSGarson O'Toole
- Neuticles (most unnecessary candidate?)
W Brewer
- infamous = 'talked-about; popular'
W Brewer
- "off ice"
W Brewer
- "dice with death"
W Brewer
- Neuticles (most unnecessary candidate?)
Tom Zurinskas
- infamous = 'talked-about; popular'
Jonathan Lighter
- "dice with death"
Jonathan Lighter
- infamous = 'talked-about; popular'
Joel S. Berson
- infamous = 'talked-about; popular'
Tom Zurinskas
- Heard: "loci" with [k], not [s]; cf. "fungi" with [Ng], not [nDZ] [NT]
Wilson Gray
- Heard: "loci" with [k], not [s]; cf. "fungi" with [Ng], not [nDZ] [NT]
Scott
- Heard: "loci" with [k], not [s]; cf. "fungi" with [Ng], not [nDZ] [NT]
Laurence Horn
- infamous = 'talked-about; popular'
Jonathan Lighter
- Heard: "loci" with [k], not [s]; cf. "fungi" with [Ng], not [nDZ] [NT]
Jonathan Lighter
- Heard: "loci" with [k]
Joel S. Berson
- Heard: "loci" with [k]
Herb Stahlke
- infamous = 'talked-about; popular'
Tom Zurinskas
- "to sweat [something] out" -- 146-year antedating, I hope
Joel S. Berson
- Heard: "loci" with [k]
Joel S. Berson
- Heard: "loci" with [k]
Herb Stahlke
- Heard: "loci" with [k]
W Brewer
- "to sweat [something] out" -- 146-year antedating, I hope
Jonathan Lighter
- "to sweat [something] out" -- 146-year antedating, I hope
ADSGarson O'Toole
- 3d sg. present of "undo"?
Laurence Horn
- Heard: "loci" with [k]
Herb Stahlke
- WOTY 2013?
David Barnhart
- "to sweat [something] out" -- 146-year antedating, I hope
Jonathan Lighter
- Heard: "loci" with [k]
Joel S. Berson
- "to sweat [something] out" -- 146-year antedating, I hope
Baker, John
- "to sweat [something] out" -- 146-year antedating, I hope
Joel S. Berson
- Heard: "loci" with [k]
W Brewer
- Heard: "loci" with [k]
Laurence Horn
- WOTY 2013?
Brenda Lester
- WOTY 2013?
Laurence Horn
- Heard: "loci" with [k]
Eric Nielsen
- frog in the well
Benjamin Barrett
- Curious
Benjamin Barrett
- Heard: "loci" with [k]
W Brewer
- OT: Online Lewis & Short
Amy West
- Antedating of "MILF"
Shapiro, Fred
- Antedating of "MILF"
Dan Goncharoff
- Antedating of "MILF"
Martin Kaminer
- Antedating of "MILF"
Laurence Horn
- Antedating of "MILF"
ADSGarson O'Toole
- Antedating of "MILF"
W Brewer
- Antedating of "MILF"
Jesse Sheidlower
- Antedating of "MILF"
Dave Wilton
- Antedating of "MILF"
Ben Zimmer
- Antedating of "MILF"
ADSGarson O'Toole
- Antedating of "MILF"
Shapiro, Fred
- Antedating of "MILF"
Ben Zimmer
- Antedating of "MILF"
Jesse Sheidlower
- Antedating of "MILF"
Ben Zimmer
- "Sliders" are haute cousine
Joel S. Berson
- "Sliders" are haute cousine
ADSGarson O'Toole
- "to sweat [something] out" -- 146-year antedating, I hope
James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at netscape.com>
- Antedating of "MILF"
ADSGarson O'Toole
- Antedating of "MILF"
Jonathan Lighter
- "to sweat [something] out" -- 146-year antedating, I hope
Jonathan Lighter
- "to sweat [something] out" -- 146-year antedating, I hope
Laurence Horn
- Antedating of "MILF"
ADSGarson O'Toole
- "Sliders" are haute cousine
Victor Steinbok
- Antedating of "MILF"
Laurence Horn
- Antedating of "MILF"
Jesse Sheidlower
- "Sliders" are haute cousine
Joel S. Berson
- "Sliders" are haute cousine
Victor Steinbok
- Antedating of "MILF"
Jonathan Lighter
- Antedating of "MILF"
Victor Steinbok
- New taboo term
Jonathan Lighter
- New taboo term
Laurence Horn
- Antedating of "MILF"
Tyler Schnoebelen
- Antedating of "MILF"
Laurence Horn
- "Sliders" are haute cousine
Joel S. Berson
- "Condescension"
Joel S. Berson
- "Sliders" are haute cousine
Victor Steinbok
- shocked = 'pleasantly surprised'
Jonathan Lighter
- shocked = 'pleasantly surprised'
Joel S. Berson
- shocked = 'pleasantly surprised'
Wilson Gray
- shocked = 'pleasantly surprised'
Laurence Horn
- early "typhoid fever", 1793
Joel S. Berson
- shocked = 'pleasantly surprised'
Jonathan Lighter
- It's official: it's offensive.
Jonathan Lighter
- OT: Old human right finally isolated, identified.
Jonathan Lighter
- Antedating of "MILF"
ADSGarson O'Toole
- infamous = 'talked-about; popular'
Laurence Horn
- infamous = 'talked-about; popular'
Jonathan Lighter
- infamous = 'talked-about; popular'
Laurence Horn
- OT trivia: English in yet another French minority language
Wilson Gray
- "famous, infamous"
Joel S. Berson
- "famous, infamous"
Laurence Horn
- New racist etymology
Jonathan Lighter
- "famous, infamous"
George Thompson
- Antedating of "Soccer"
Shapiro, Fred
- famous town
Joel S. Berson
- "famous, infamous"
Amy West
- factivist
Ben Zimmer
- Antedating of "Racism"
Shapiro, Fred
- Antedating of "Racism"
Laurence Horn
- Antedating of "Racism"
Jesse Sheidlower
- Antedating of "Racism"
Ben Zimmer
- Antedating of "Racism"
Dan Nussbaum
- skeptical about "buck" ("1856")
Jonathan Lighter
- skeptical about "buck" ("1856")
Dave Wilton
- _geets_ HDAS 1951
Wilson Gray
- skeptical about "buck" ("1856")
Stephen Goranson
- Antedating of "Burgle" & "Burglarize"
Shapiro, Fred
- skeptical about "buck" ("1856")
Jonathan Lighter
- Antedating of "Burgle" & "Burglarize"
Bonnie Taylor-Blake
- skeptical about "buck" ("1856")
Dave Wilton
- taboo avoidance--once stung...
Victor Steinbok
- "cheeseburger slider"
ADSGarson O'Toole
- The new "herbal"
Joel S. Berson
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