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

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