March 2013 Archives by thread
Starting: Fri Mar 1 05:10:35 UTC 2013
Ending: Sun Mar 31 07:51:48 UTC 2013
Messages: 611
- From SlashDot:
Mark Mandel
- "cheeseburger slider"
Wilson Gray
- Antedating of "Root Beer"
Shapiro, Fred
- Antedating of "Persnickety"
Shapiro, Fred
- coulda woulda shoulda
David A. Daniel
- The newest -gate
Joel S. Berson
- The USPS has redefined _lobby_
Barbara Need
- mixing metaphors
James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at netscape.com>
- mixed metaphors
James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at netscape.com>
- Chimpanzee reduction
Benjamin Barrett
- inscribe = 'to suggest to the imagination'?
Jonathan Lighter
- advent "foreshadow"
Mark Mandel
- "sell oneself short" = "miss out on an experience"
Herb Stahlke
- to "hard-hit"
Jonathan Lighter
- Antedating of "Imperialism"
Shapiro, Fred
- Antedating of "Isolationism"
Shapiro, Fred
- Antedating of "Epidemiology"
Shapiro, Fred
- Uma Thurman Swaggerjacks Dr. Seuss
Victor Steinbok
- on reversed "substitute" (intransitive version)
Jonathan Lighter
- "French History position in Early Modern France"
Joel S. Berson
- 'b-ball' > 'people'
William Salmon
- compound adj morphology
Victor Steinbok
- Q: The word to describe "a word out of its time"
Joel S. Berson
- Fwd: in-group language
Joel S. Berson
- OT: "_Happy_ D=?UTF-8?Q?=C3=ADa_?=del Padre!" - ad from La Casa del Libro, Madrid
Wilson Gray
- Not every liberal is an overeducated, elitist snob, apparently.
Wilson Gray
- MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference Quotes
Victor Steinbok
- in-group language
Jonathan Lighter
- Wanted: "Someone who can move the Catholic product in a crowded lifestyle marketplace"
Martin Kaminer
- "ground zero" = ?
Jonathan Lighter
- Emoticons in 1881 according to the QI Elves
ADSGarson O'Toole
- Today's non sequitur
Jonathan Lighter
- "wake goose"--(a) as the source or "waygoose" (b) apparent antedating
Stephen Goranson
- Snowquester, Snowquestration
Bonnie Taylor-Blake
- Afrikan
Jonathan Lighter
- antedating "calvary"
Jonathan Lighter
- antedating of "y'all"
Jonathan Lighter
- "phonetically"
Jonathan Lighter
- to = 'with'
Jonathan Lighter
- Joke: I'm looking here because the light is better (1932)
ADSGarson O'Toole
- Jhaqueil
Jonathan Lighter
- Another listening of "far-fledged"
Joel S. Berson
- "prick" goes standard
Jonathan Lighter
- more on _standard_ v. _slang_
David Barnhart
- more on "dumb as an ashtray"
David Barnhart
- _faradism_ - OED: 1876
Wilson Gray
- Great poets imitate and improve, whereas small ones steal and spoil (W. H. Davenport Adams, June 1892)
ADSGarson O'Toole
- "Will this be a _plowable_ snowfall?" Like "_sleepable_ bed, etc." [NT]
Wilson Gray
- Linguistlist and Anthony and Helen Aristar(-Dry)
Geoffrey Steven Nathan
- ash-trays of literary history
Joel S. Berson
- unlisted Nathan Bedford Forrest quote
Jonathan Lighter
- Perhaps useful: http://ipa.typeit.org/ [NC]
Wilson Gray
- The Top 10 Most Frequently Mispronounced Foods
Jerry E Kane
- coulda woulda shouda part II
David A. Daniel
- TINA
Jonathan Lighter
- Academy Awards
Arnold Zwicky
- Q: Latin or pseudo-Latin "ulcocalculus"
Joel S. Berson
- manifest destiny
Victor Steinbok
- Antedating of "Cliffhanger"
Shapiro, Fred
- repost with short URLs: "wake goose"--(a) as the source or "waygoose" (b) apparent antedating
Stephen Goranson
- Antedating of "Flack"
Shapiro, Fred
- Antedating of "Gin Rummy"
Shapiro, Fred
- Fun with Phrases: "based on the real-life story"
Jonathan Lighter
- Name = profession
Joel S. Berson
- crayon/crown
Charles C Doyle
- An exercise for the reader re _vagina_
Wilson Gray
- A local dialect
Wilson Gray
- Silent and talking filibusters
Neal Whitman
- singlism
Victor Steinbok
- "Intersectionality" Not in OED
Shapiro, Fred
- Automatic reply: ADS-L Digest - 7 Mar 2013 to 8 Mar 2013 (#2013-68)
Katy Steinmetz
- Word: augmediated
ADSGarson O'Toole
- Quote request: the only unnatural sex act is that which one cannot perform (attrib Alfred C. Kinsey circa 1963)
ADSGarson O'Toole
- Trademark Board Hears Challenge To 'Redskins' Team Name : The Two-Way : NPR
Victor Steinbok
- French Mother On Trial For Sending Her Son, Jihad, To School With 'Bomb' Shirt
Victor Steinbok
- we mourn our loss
George Thompson
- "Negro with two g's"
Geoffrey Nunberg
- Waterboard
Martin Kaminer
- reversal or just muddle?
Victor Steinbok
- "the kay-bosh"; and "indicie"
Jonathan Lighter
- morbid crash blossom
Laurence Horn
- No vs. nope
Benjamin Barrett
- A Unique Scalawag Origin Story
Ben Zimmer
- Language Columns
Shapiro, Fred
- Subject: Re: "Negro with two g's"
Geoffrey Nunberg
- Antedating of "Brunch"
Shapiro, Fred
- "Look a (gift) horse in the mouth"
Joel S. Berson
- epitome
Jonathan Lighter
- "Look a horse in the mouth" -- possible antedating
Joel S. Berson
- "confuse for"
Jonathan Lighter
- Well, I guess that dInIs was right.
Wilson Gray
- Fwd: Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles [link]
Wilson Gray
- "Een _clear and cut case_ van sluikreclame."
Wilson Gray
- Fun with phrases: "Ripped from today's headlines"
Jonathan Lighter
- Wrong vs. wrong
Jesse Sheidlower
- DECOY n2 -- Antedating and Comment
Robin Hamilton
- This may have been mentioned, but
Laurence Horn
- Crash blossom?
Wilson Gray
- Antedating of "Jeep"
Shapiro, Fred
- Suspect Tecumseh quote
Jonathan Lighter
- The "two Beastly Monosyllables"
Joel S. Berson
- Real (But Slight) Antedating of "Jeep"
Shapiro, Fred
- Auto Response
Jonathon Keats
- New racist etymology
Wilson Gray
- "quarantine" (verb) against disease, 1801; antedating 1821--
Joel S. Berson
- defriend/unfriend (2001)
Ben Zimmer
- "drone" (v. trans.)
Ben Zimmer
- Dialect splits
Wilson Gray
- profiling
Jonathan Lighter
- given
Jonathan Lighter
- Shakespearean spam
James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at netscape.com>
- OT: "OCCITAN PRIDE!!!"
Wilson Gray
- The reliability of dates on websites
ADSGarson O'Toole
- news
Mark Peters
- New/old racist etymology
Joel S. Berson
- Antedating of "Pre-Raphaelite"
Shapiro, Fred
- Antedating of "Dadaism"
Shapiro, Fred
- Antedating of "Dada"
Shapiro, Fred
- Antedatings of "Photograph" and Related Words
Shapiro, Fred
- Antedatings of "Mormon" and "Mormonism"
Shapiro, Fred
- Antedatings of "Mormon" and "Mormonism" (Corrected Posting)
Shapiro, Fred
- Fun with phrases: "high-voltage thriller"
Jonathan Lighter
- immersive
Jonathan Lighter
- operatic
Jonathan Lighter
- "accuser" = 'victim'
Joel S. Berson
- Disappeared as transitive
Benjamin Barrett
- ANTEDATING OF "BOOBOISIE"
Shapiro, Fred
- Quote: Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known (probably not Carl Sagan)
ADSGarson O'Toole
- Antedatings of "What's up?"
Hugo
- Antedating of "Hepcat"
Shapiro, Fred
- Fun with phrases: "A new kind of hero for a new kind of ..."
Jonathan Lighter
- pulse-pounding
Jonathan Lighter
- Perhaps a crash blossom...
Wilson Gray
- Corrected Antedating of "Dadaism"
Shapiro, Fred
- Corrected Antedating of "Dada"
Shapiro, Fred
- product = 'any service or combination of services offered for sale'
Jonathan Lighter
- Quote: You are only interested in art and I am only interested in money. (G. B. Shaw to S. Goldwyn 1921)
ADSGarson O'Toole
- graphically slaughtered
Jonathan Lighter
- when gift horses go verbal (also a curious "moose" and "yin")
Laurence Horn
- Fun with phrases: "crackle to life"
Jonathan Lighter
- Antedating of "Viking"
Shapiro, Fred
- Fun with phrases: "a tense hostage drama"
Jonathan Lighter
- Antedating of "Bibliophile"
Shapiro, Fred
- Fwd: FW: Re: Disappeared as transitive (UNCLASSIFIED)
Amy West
- FW: Re: Disappeared as transitive (UNCLASSIFIED)
Jonathan Lighter
- Ad: "FACTORY-_REFRESHED_!" [NT]
Wilson Gray
- Ad: _Hoy_ puedes descargar nuestro "Tagus _Today_" [NT]
Wilson Gray
- Antedating of "Blue Grass" Music
Shapiro, Fred
- snollygoster
Jonathan Lighter
- Disappeared as transitive (UNCLASSIFIED)
Benjamin Barrett
- Bill Mullins on "Blue Grass" Music
Shapiro, Fred
- Local dialect: "Shit [that] St. Louisans say"
Wilson Gray
- Newsmagazine jargon of the 60s
Hugo
- Antedating of sporting "whitewash"
Hugo
- "_Heritage Cars_" = used cars [NT]
Wilson Gray
- Antedating of "Happy Clappy"
Shapiro, Fred
- Reverse graffito/graffiti
Benjamin Barrett
- Panko (pron. and 1978), jalape=?utf-8?Q?=C3=B1o_?=and go-to (desirable)
Benjamin Barrett
- Earliest Version of "Motherf*cker / Motherf*cking"
Shapiro, Fred
- Antedating of "Son of a Bitch"
Shapiro, Fred
- Words: windfarm sickness, wind turbine syndrome, vibro-acoustic disease
ADSGarson O'Toole
- Second Earliest Version of "Motherf*cker / Motherf*cking"
Shapiro, Fred
- Animals with misleading names
ADSGarson O'Toole
- twitterrati plus request
Victor Steinbok
- pressurize
Jonathan Lighter
- Phrases and firing offenses: big dongles; forking a repo
ADSGarson O'Toole
- sack up
Jonathan Lighter
- earthquake resistant measures
Benjamin Barrett
- Antedating of "Barbershop" (Music)
Shapiro, Fred
- Further Antedating of "Barbershop" (Music)
Shapiro, Fred
- Antedating of "Full House" (Poker)
Shapiro, Fred
- Antedating of "Straight Flush"
Shapiro, Fred
- Antedating of "Draw Poker"
Shapiro, Fred
- Antedating of "Wild Card"
Shapiro, Fred
- Antedating of "Joker" (Cards)
Shapiro, Fred
- Ad: "_Be happy, Be libros_. La felicidad est=?UTF-8?Q?=C3=A1n_?=en los libros"
Wilson Gray
- Further Antedating of "Joker" (Cards)
Shapiro, Fred
- Still Further Antedating of "Joker" (Cards)
Shapiro, Fred
- Antedating of "Euchre"
Shapiro, Fred
- Ad: "_Be happy, Be libros_. La felicidad est=?GB2312?Q?=A8=A2n_?=en los libros"
Neal Whitman
- (Reinstated) Earliest Version of "Motherf*cker / Motherf*cking"
Shapiro, Fred
- Antedating of "Preppy" (Noun)
Shapiro, Fred
- Antedating of "Frisbee"
Shapiro, Fred
- Antedating of "Jock" (Athlete)
Shapiro, Fred
- Further Antedating of "Jock" (Athlete)
Shapiro, Fred
- Ad: "_Bring_ this wireless speaker wherever you go!" Etc.
Wilson Gray
- Automatic reply: ADS-L Digest - 24 Mar 2013 to 25 Mar 2013 (#2013-85)
Damien Hall
- It's official: it's offensive.
Wilson Gray
- Antedatings from Bill Mullins
Shapiro, Fred
- Seven-Toed Pete
Jonathan Lighter
- Profile of Grant Barrett at U-T San Diego website
ADSGarson O'Toole
- ogooglebar
Victor Steinbok
- Quote: It is not a book to be lightly thrown aside. It should be thrown with great force. (attrib Sid Ziff Feb 1960)
ADSGarson O'Toole
- From a discography
Wilson Gray
- recent use of wetback
David Barnhart
- "Sculpture" = structure
Dan Goncharoff
- a superfluous wheel
Charles C Doyle
- Crime-Related Quotations
Shapiro, Fred
- Dufnering
Victor Steinbok
- slur & epithet, "racially derogatory word"
Geoffrey Nunberg
- More "jazz" etymythology
Ben Zimmer
- "...said no one ever"
Ben Zimmer
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