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Starting: Sun Sep 1 01:39:28 UTC 2013
Ending: Mon Sep 30 23:40:55 UTC 2013
Messages: 385

• "Difficult Languages"   Herb Stahlke
• Dating of "apols"   Hugo
• Antedatings of "babymoon"   Hugo
• Antedating of "fauxhawk"   Hugo
• Antedating of "FOMO"   Hugo
• Dating of "chandelier earring"   Hugo
• Dating of "geek chic"   Hugo
• Dating of "LDR"   Hugo
• Dating of "me time"   Hugo
• Dating of "MOOC"   Hugo
• Dating of "space tourism" and "space tourist"   Hugo
• Antedating of "squee"   Hugo
• Antedating of "fauxhawk"   Laurence Horn
• Negative . . .   Charles C Doyle
• What's an << orker >> and what does he/she do with cows?   W Brewer
• Antedating of "FOMO"   Ben Zimmer
• Dating of "MOOC"   Ben Zimmer
• What's an << orker >> and what does he/she do with cows?   Ben Zimmer
• Dating of "chandelier earring"   ADSGarson O'Toole
• Request search for anecdote in Variety - "I insured my voice for $250,000"   ADSGarson O'Toole
• Antedatings of "give/show you what for"   Hugo
• tent-pissing antedate?   Laurence Horn
• What's an << orker >> and what does he/she do with cows?   W Brewer
• "APP": a new (?) meanaing   Charles C Doyle
• "APP": a new (?) meanaing   Ben Zimmer
• "APP": a new (?) meanaing   Laurence Horn
• "APP": a new (?) meanaing   Hugo
• "APP": a new (?) meanaing   Victor Steinbok
• Quote: Success is never final and failure never fatal. It=?windows-1252?Q?=92s_?=courage that counts. Churchill or Budweiser?   ADSGarson O'Toole
• Saying: The man who drinks whiskey before he is forty is a fool . . .   ADSGarson O'Toole
• Saying: The man who drinks whiskey before he is forty is a fool . . .   Victor Steinbok
• tent-pissing follow-up   Laurence Horn
• tent-pissing follow-up   Kenneth Wolcott
• tent-pissing follow-up   ADSGarson O'Toole
• tent-pissing follow-up   Joel S. Berson
• tent-pissing follow-up   Joel S. Berson
• Saying: The man who drinks whiskey before he is forty is a fool . . .   Hugo
• Counting by 10s vs. 20s   Michael Everson
• "kibosh" and politics   Stephen Goranson
• Meet the Curlyssant   Dan Goncharoff
• "kibosh" and politics [and current state thereof]   Joel S. Berson
• "increase...than"   Mark Mandel
• Saying: The man who drinks whiskey before he is forty is a fool . . .   ADSGarson O'Toole
• Anecdote: Physicist Niels Bohr and the horseshoe of indeterminate luckiness   ADSGarson O'Toole
• Saying: The man who drinks whiskey before he is forty is a fool . . .   Wilson Gray
• Saying: The man who drinks whiskey before he is forty is a fool . . .   ADSGarson O'Toole
• (Off Topic) Wired UK short note about Quote Investigator   ADSGarson O'Toole
• not-quite snowclone   Victor Steinbok
• not-quite snowclone   Mark Mandel
• not-quite snowclone   ADSGarson O'Toole
• Repartee: Oscar Wilde: I wish I had said that. James Whistler: You will, Oscar, you will   ADSGarson O'Toole
• not-quite snowclone   ADSGarson O'Toole
• "culture is what remains when all else is forgotten" -- an original source?   Geoffrey Nunberg
• Repartee: Oscar Wilde: I wish I had said that. James Whistler: You will, Oscar, you will   Hugo
• "culture is what remains when all else is forgotten" -- an original source?   ADSGarson O'Toole
• "culture is what remains when all else is forgotten" -- an original source?   ADSGarson O'Toole
• "culture is what remains when all else is forgotten" -- an original source?   ADSGarson O'Toole
• "culture is what remains when all else is forgotten" -- an original source?   ADSGarson O'Toole
• Repartee: Oscar Wilde: I wish I had said that. James Whistler: You will, Oscar, you will   Stephen Goranson
• Repartee: Oscar Wilde: I wish I had said that. James Whistler: You will, Oscar, you will   Stephen Goranson
• "ecclesiastics" (matters ecclesiastical), no quotes in OED2   Joel S. Berson
• "wish-wash", sense 2, 1697; antedates OED2 1842--   Joel S. Berson
• The whole nine yards (1908, 1912, 1914)   Bonnie Taylor-Blake
• The full nine yards (1907)   Bonnie Taylor-Blake
• The full nine yards (1907)   Shapiro, Fred
• The full nine yards (1907)   Jonathan Lighter
• The full nine yards (1907)   ADSGarson O'Toole
• Repartee: Oscar Wilde: I wish I had said that. James Whistler: You will, Oscar, you will   ADSGarson O'Toole
• The full nine yards (1907)   Bonnie Taylor-Blake
• The full nine yards (1907)   Bonnie Taylor-Blake
• First Reactions to Bonnie Taylor-Blake's Latest "Whole Nine Yards" Discoveries   Shapiro, Fred
• First Reactions to Bonnie Taylor-Blake's Latest "Whole Nine Yards" Discoveries   Bonnie Taylor-Blake
• First Reactions to Bonnie Taylor-Blake's Latest "Whole Nine Yards" Discoveries   sclements at NEO.RR.COM
• First Reactions to Bonnie Taylor-Blake's Latest "Whole Nine Yards" Discoveries   Bonnie Taylor-Blake
• The full nine yards (1907)   Arnold Zwicky
• The whole nine yards (1907 - 1916)   Baker, John
• First Reactions to Bonnie Taylor-Blake's Latest "Whole Nine Yards" Discoveries   Ben Zimmer
• To Take a Nutty   Baker, John
• To Take a Nutty   Wilson Gray
• Automatic reply: ADS-L Digest - 5 Sep 2013 to 6 Sep 2013 (#2013-248)   Damien Hall
• Antedating of "Curve" and "Curve Ball"   Shapiro, Fred
• Antedating of "Curve" and "Curve Ball"   Dave Wilton
• The whole nine yards (1907 - 1916)   Bonnie Taylor-Blake
• Antedating of "Curve" and "Curve Ball"   George Thompson
• "hedge in the cuckoo"   Joel S. Berson
• Antedating of "Curve" and "Curve Ball"   Stephen Goranson
• "hedge in the cuckoo"   George Thompson
• The whole nine yards (1907 - 1916)   Stephen Goranson
• The whole nine yards (1907 - 1916)   Bonnie Taylor-Blake
• The whole nine yards (1907 - 1916)   Joel S. Berson
• The whole nine yards (1907 - 1916)   Joel S. Berson
• "culture is what remains when all else is forgotten" -- an original source?   ADSGarson O'Toole
• The whole nine yards (1907 - 1916)   Baker, John
• Slight antedatings of "goldendoodle"   Hugo
• "hedge in the cuckoo"   ADSGarson O'Toole
• Slight antedatings of "goldendoodle"   Hugo
• "hedge in the cuckoo"   Charles C Doyle
• What's an << orker >> and what does he/she do with cows?   W Brewer
• -shed, -scape   Arnold Zwicky
• -shed, -scape   ADSGarson O'Toole
• "hedge in the cuckoo"   Charles C Doyle
• walk-offs before "walk off"   Geoffrey Nunberg
• walk-offs before "walk off"   Ben Zimmer
• "hedge in the cuckoo"   Wilson Gray
• "hedge in the cuckoo"   ADSGarson O'Toole
• walk-offs before "walk off"   Geoffrey Nunberg
• "hedge in the cuckoo"   Charles C Doyle
• walk-offs before "walk off"   Joel S. Berson
• walk-offs before "walk off"   Joel S. Berson
• "hedge in the cuckoo"   Joel S. Berson
• walk-offs before "walk off"   Laurence Horn
• walk-offs before "walk off"   Geoffrey Nunberg
• What's an << orker >> and what does he/she do with cows?   Dave Hause
• walk-offs before "walk off"   Geoffrey Nunberg
• More prophet-without-honor   Wilson Gray
• Antedating of "advice animal"   Hugo
• Antedating of "advice animal"   Ben Zimmer
• Antedating of "copypasta"   Hugo
• Antedating of "creepypasta"   Hugo
• The Eck [was: walk-offs before "walk off"]   Joel S. Berson
• walk-offs before "walk off"   Dan Goncharoff
• "hedge in the cuckoo"   Dan Goncharoff
• Quotation? (time travel's strongest counterargument)   Joel S. Berson
• Quotation? (time travel's strongest counterargument)   ADSGarson O'Toole
• Quotation? (time travel's strongest counterargument)   ADSGarson O'Toole
• Quotation? (time travel's strongest counterargument)   ADSGarson O'Toole
• Quotation? (time travel's strongest counterargument)   ADSGarson O'Toole
• Quotation? (time travel's strongest counterargument)   ADSGarson O'Toole
• Antedating of "Counterculture"   Shapiro, Fred
• Antedating of "Double Standard"   Shapiro, Fred
• Automatic reply: ADS-L Digest - 9 Sep 2013 to 10 Sep 2013 (#2013-252)   Damien Hall
• Antedatings of "image macro"   Hugo
• Quotation? (time travel's strongest counterargument)   ADSGarson O'Toole
• Antedating of "kthxbai"   Hugo
• Antedating of "Double Standard"   Laurence Horn
• THE tenure track   Geoffrey Steven Nathan
• "hedge in the cuckoo"   Charles C Doyle
• Tall latte   Benjamin Barrett
• Let's do this   Benjamin Barrett
• Tall latte   Joel S. Berson
• Facebookism: "It's _flash-out_ TREASON!" [NT]   Wilson Gray
• Tall latte   Benjamin Barrett
• Antedatings of "O RLY?"   Hugo
• Tall latte   Wilson Gray
• Palindrome: Able was I ere I saw Elba   ADSGarson O'Toole
• Palindrome: Able was I ere I saw Elba   Laurence Horn
• question on "the nine yards of blank paper" 1917   Stephen Goranson
• Palindrome: Able was I ere I saw Elba   David A. Daniel
• Palindrome: Able was I ere I saw Elba   Benjamin Barrett
• Palindrome: Able was I ere I saw Elba   ADSGarson O'Toole
• Tall latte   Dan Goodman
• Tall latte   Laurence Horn
• Tall latte   paul johnson
• Tall latte   Dan Goodman
• Tall latte   Dan Goodman
• Antedating of "Double Standard"   Wilson Gray
• Tall latte   Wilson Gray
• Tall latte   Laurence Horn
• some terminology developments   Victor Steinbok
• Palindrome: Able was I ere I saw Elba   Stephen Goranson
• Palindrome: Able was I ere I saw Elba   Amy West
• question on "the nine yards of blank paper" 1917   Stephen Goranson
• Custom =?iso-8859-1?Q?=95_Wedding_=95_Repair_=95_?=Classes   Joel S. Berson
• Seasigh, New Jersey   Joel S. Berson
• a snappy quote, not in YBQ   George Thompson
• Glass o' tea [was: tall latte]   Joel S. Berson
• Cup o' tea {was: Tall latte]   Joel S. Berson
• Palindrome: Able was I ere I saw Elba   Benjamin Barrett
• a snappy quote, not in YBQ   Shapiro, Fred
• Palindrome: Able was I ere I saw Elba   ADSGarson O'Toole
• a snappy quote, not in YBQ   Laurence Horn
• Evidence on "Yankee" Etymology   Baker, John
• Metaphor: chewing gum for the eyes (or ears)   ADSGarson O'Toole
• a snappy quote, not in YBQ   Charles C Doyle
• Antedatings of "photobomb"   Hugo
• Antedatings of "photobomb"   ADSGarson O'Toole
• Does this make it official?   Wilson Gray
• Does this make it official?   Benjamin Barrett
• Buzzword: Datafication, Datification   ADSGarson O'Toole
• Does this make it official?   Laurence Horn
• Heard: "=?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=A6_?=a hidden _cachet_ of drugs." [NT]   Wilson Gray
• Heard: "=?windows-1252?Q?=85_?=a hidden _cachet_ of drugs." [NT]   ADSGarson O'Toole
• Evidence on "Yankee" Etymology   Stephen Goranson
• meliorist antedated to 1834   Stephen Goranson
• Heard: "=?iso-8859-1?Q?=85_?=a hidden _cachet_ of drugs." [NT]   Joel S. Berson
• question on "the nine yards of blank paper" 1917   Bonnie Taylor-Blake
• Does this make it official?   Wilson Gray
• nine yards as a measurement for a fancy dress   ADSGarson O'Toole
• question on "the nine yards of blank paper" 1917   Stephen Goranson
• question on "the nine yards of blank paper" 1917   Bonnie Taylor-Blake
• Tiger Woods: oscilated   Victor Steinbok
• Tiger Woods: oscilated   Dan Goncharoff
• Antedatings of "to paint the town red"   Hugo
• Antedatings of "to paint the town red"   Stephen Goranson
• my mistake RE: [ADS-L] Antedatings of "to paint the town red"   Stephen Goranson
• Graffito: "To Be Is To Do" "To Do Is To Be" "Do Be Do Be Do"   ADSGarson O'Toole
• Graffito: "To Be Is To Do" "To Do Is To Be" "Do Be Do Be Do"   Stephen Goranson
• "bucket list" before the movie?   Laurence Horn
• "bucket list" before the movie?   David Barnhart
• Graffito: "To Be Is To Do" "To Do Is To Be" "Do Be Do Be Do"   David A. Daniel
• Graffito: "To Be Is To Do" "To Do Is To Be" "Do Be Do Be Do"   ADSGarson O'Toole
• Tiger Woods: oscilated   Victor Steinbok
• heart attack in the eye   Victor Steinbok
• Tiger Woods: oscilated   Laurence Horn
• Tiger Woods: oscilated   David A. Daniel
• "bucket list" before the movie?   Hugo
• "bucket list" before the movie?   ADSGarson O'Toole
• Graffito: "To Be Is To Do" "To Do Is To Be" "Do Be Do Be Do"   ADSGarson O'Toole
• Tiger Woods: oscilated   Dan Goncharoff
• Quotation? (time travel's strongest counterargument)   ADSGarson O'Toole
• Graffito: "To Be Is To Do" "To Do Is To Be" "Do Be Do Be Do"   David A. Daniel
• Graffito: "To Be Is To Do" "To Do Is To Be" "Do Be Do Be Do"   Wilson Gray
• Graffito: "To Be Is To Do" "To Do Is To Be" "Do Be Do Be Do"   ADSGarson O'Toole
• Graffito: "To Be Is To Do" "To Do Is To Be" "Do Be Do Be Do"   Laurence Horn
• Graffito: "To Be Is To Do" "To Do Is To Be" "Do Be Do Be Do"   ADSGarson O'Toole
• "Who Really Said That?"   Stephen Goranson
• "Who Really Said That?"   ADSGarson O'Toole
• Graffito: "To Be Is To Do" "To Do Is To Be" "Do Be Do Be Do"   Joel S. Berson
• Graffito: "To Be Is To Do" "To Do Is To Be" "Do Be Do Be Do"   Shapiro, Fred
• Graffito: "To Be Is To Do" "To Do Is To Be" "Do Be Do Be Do"   Dan Goncharoff
• Graffito: "To Be Is To Do" "To Do Is To Be" "Do Be Do Be Do"   ADSGarson O'Toole
• Graffito: "To Be Is To Do" "To Do Is To Be" "Do Be Do Be Do"   Laurence Horn
• Antedatings of "toddy" and "julep" (in the same book)   Hugo
• Link: A day in the life of an OED researcher by Jon Danziger, and a few misc links   ADSGarson O'Toole
• Another example of the value of the OED to public intellectuals   ADSGarson O'Toole
• Etymology of "It's been a slice!", "It's been a real slice!"?   Hugo
• Etymology of "It's been a slice!", "It's been a real slice!"?   W Brewer
• Graffito: "To Be Is To Do" "To Do Is To Be" "Do Be Do Be Do"   W Brewer
• another quote   David A. Daniel
• Etymology of "It's been a slice!", "It's been a real slice!"?   Arnold Zwicky
• Graffito: "To Be Is To Do" "To Do Is To Be" "Do Be Do Be Do"   Laurence Horn
• another quote   Baker, John
• another quote   Joel S. Berson
• another quote   Shapiro, Fred
• another quote   Baker, John
• Etymology of "It's been a slice!", "It's been a real slice!"?   Hugo
• another quote   David A. Daniel
• Graffito: "To Be Is To Do" "To Do Is To Be" "Do Be Do Be Do"   W Brewer
• another quote   Joel S. Berson
• Adage: Church is not out 'till the singing's done. (July 12, 1913)   ADSGarson O'Toole
• Adage: Church is not out 'till the singing's done. (July 12, 1913)   Shapiro, Fred
• Adage: Church is not out 'till the singing's done. (July 12, 1913)   sclements at NEO.RR.COM
• Adage: Church is not out 'till the singing's done. (July 12, 1913)   ADSGarson O'Toole
• Adage: Church is not out 'till the singing's done. (July 12, 1913)   ADSGarson O'Toole
• Antedatings of "right as rain"   Hugo
• Pigging out at Golden Corral's "troth"   Barbara Need
• Antedatings of "[all] the rage"   Hugo
• Antedating of "Tiddlywink"   Shapiro, Fred
• Further Antedating of "Tiddlywink"   Shapiro, Fred
• OT Ad: "Remastered reissue CD that looks like _*vinyl*_!" [NT]   Wilson Gray
• Proposal: Kill the apostrophe! by James Harbeck   ADSGarson O'Toole
• Further Antedating of "Tiddlywink"   Stephen Goranson
• Unsubscribe   Kathryn Remlinger
• Collection of libfixes on TheWeek.com   Neal Whitman
• Antedatings of computing "wizard"   Hugo
• Remarkable Citation for "Tiddlywink," etc.   Shapiro, Fred
• Collection of libfixes on TheWeek.com   Charles C Doyle
• Unsubscribe   Wilson Gray
• Proposal: Kill the apostrophe! by James Harbeck   Wilson Gray
• Education Sec Duncan is awe-dropper   Tom Zurinskas
• "Who Really Said That?"   ADSGarson O'Toole
• Remarkable Citation for "Tiddlywink," etc.   Robin Hamilton
• Slight Antedating of "Feminism"   Shapiro, Fred
• Automatic reply: ADS-L Digest - 19 Sep 2013 to 20 Sep 2013 (#2013-262)   Katy Steinmetz
• Etymology of "It's been a slice!", "It's been a real slice!"?   Stephen Goranson
• Kafkaesque antedated to 1939   Stephen Goranson
• Caribbean Newspapers, Series 1, 1718-1876   Joel S. Berson
• Etymology of "It's been a slice!", "It's been a real slice!"?   Ann Burlingham
• Unusual use of "Tarheel" (1848, 1852)   Bonnie Taylor-Blake
• Unusual use of "Tarheel" (1848, 1852)   Joel S. Berson
• Unusual use of "Tarheel" (1848, 1852)   Benjamin Barrett
• Unusual use of "Tarheel" (1848, 1852)   Benjamin Barrett
• Short news item: Computer analysis of linguistic cues in tweets   ADSGarson O'Toole
• Kraut-cutters (1892)   Joel S. Berson
• Plimsoll line   Victor Steinbok
• Kraut-cutters (1892)   Benjamin Barrett
• Query: dialectal pronunciation of the type "EYE-talian" for "Italian"   Cohen, Gerald Leonard
• Query: dialectal pronunciation of the type "EYE-talian" for "Italian"   Stephen Goranson
• Query: dialectal pronunciation of the type "EYE-talian" for "Italian"   Charles C Doyle
• Plimsoll line   George Thompson
• Query: dialectal pronunciation of the type "EYE-talian" for "Italian"   W Brewer
• Query: dialectal pronunciation of the type "EYE-talian" for "Italian"   Stephen Goranson
• Query: dialectal pronunciation of the type "EYE-talian" for "Italian"   Tom Zurinskas
• Anecdote: Samuel Johnson's dictionary and naughty words: Have you been looking for them?   ADSGarson O'Toole
• I'm as pure as the driven slush. (Tallulah Bankhead 1941)   ADSGarson O'Toole
• Anecdote: Samuel Johnson's dictionary and naughty words: Have you been looking for them?   Joel S. Berson
• Anecdote: Samuel Johnson's dictionary and naughty words: Have you been looking for them?   ADSGarson O'Toole
• Query: dialectal pronunciation of the type "EYE-talian" for "Italian"   Wilson Gray
• Query: dialectal pronunciation of the type "EYE-talian" for "Italian"   ADSGarson O'Toole
• Unusual use of "Tarheel" (1848, 1852)   Dan Goncharoff
• Unusual use of "Tarheel" (1848, 1852)   Victor Steinbok
• Query: dialectal pronunciation of the type "EYE-talian" for "Italian"   Ben Zimmer
• Unusual use of "Tarheel" (1848, 1852)   Wilson Gray
• still more on _Ital_   David Barnhart
• still more on _Ital_   Tom Zurinskas
• Unusual use of "Tarheel" (1848, 1852)   George Thompson
• Unusual use of "Tarheel" (1848, 1852)   Bonnie Taylor-Blake
• Unusual use of "Tarheel" (1848, 1852)   Joel S. Berson
• Unusual use of "Tarheel" (1848, 1852)   Joel S. Berson
• Unusual use of "Tarheel" (1848, 1852)   Joel S. Berson
• Unusual use of "Tarheel" (1848, 1852)   Bonnie Taylor-Blake
• Unusual use of "Tarheel" (1848, 1852)   Joel S. Berson
• Query: dialectal pronunciation of the type "EYE-talian" for "Italian"   W Brewer
• Anecdote: When I wrote it, only God and I knew the meaning; now God alone knows   ADSGarson O'Toole
• JSTOR subscription program called JPASS   ADSGarson O'Toole
• Antedating of "United States" and "United States of America"   Shapiro, Fred
• Antedating of "United States" and "United States of America"   Ben Zimmer
• "egotistigraphy", 1866; not in OED   Joel S. Berson
• Antedatings of "haywire"   Hugo
• Anecdote: When I wrote it, only God and I knew the meaning; now God alone knows   Stephen Goranson
• Anecdote: When I wrote it, only God and I knew the meaning; now God alone knows   Stephen Goranson
• Antedatings of "haywire"   paul johnson
• Anecdote: When I wrote it, only God and I knew the meaning; now God alone knows   ADSGarson O'Toole
• Transliterate this! [in Russian]   Wilson Gray
• Etymology of "It's been a slice!", "It's been a real slice!"?   Jonathan Lighter
• Etymology of "It's been a slice!", "It's been a real slice!"?   Laurence Horn
• Transliterate this! [in Russian]   Victor Steinbok
• Heard: Law & Order, Criminal Intent   Wilson Gray
• In print: _break nasty_   Wilson Gray
• Heard: Law & Order, Criminal Intent   Wilson Gray
• Transliterate this! [in Russian]   Wilson Gray
• Antedatings of "spam"   Hugo
• Antedatings of "spam"   Dave Wilton
• SECOL 2014   Cramer, Jennifer S
• "The Good Old Days"   Jonathan Lighter
• Street numbers redux   Joel S. Berson
• Unusual use of "Tarheel" (1848, 1852)   Bonnie Taylor-Blake
• "croutcatcher" and "hunky"   Joel S. Berson
• Quote: Let=?windows-1252?Q?=92s_?=all go to see Miss Hepburn and hear her run the gamut of emotions from A to B! (Jan 6, 1934)   ADSGarson O'Toole
• some terminology developments   Ben Zimmer
• Quote: Let=?windows-1252?Q?=92s_?=all go to see Miss Hepburn and hear her run the gamut of emotions from A to B! (Jan 6, 1934)   ADSGarson O'Toole
• Quote: Let=?windows-1252?Q?=92s_?=all go to see Miss Hepburn and hear her run the gamut of emotions from A to B! (Jan 6, 1934)   Dan Goncharoff
• Fwd: Mascara lights   Grant Barrett
• Mascara lights   ADSGarson O'Toole
• Quote: Let=?windows-1252?Q?=92s_?=all go to see Miss Hepburn and hear her run the gamut of emotions from A to B! (Jan 6, 1934)   ADSGarson O'Toole
• If the OED has "benefit of clergy", then why not ...   Joel S. Berson
• Mascara lights   Hugo
• "croutcatcher" and "hunky"   Margaret Lee
• "hunky" and "dory"   Joel S. Berson
• "Yay long"   Jim Parish
• Quote: Let=?windows-1252?Q?=92s_?=all go to see Miss Hepburn and hear her run the gamut of emotions from A to B! (Jan 6, 1934)   ADSGarson O'Toole
• "Yay long"   W Brewer
• "Yay long"   Laurence Horn
• Antedating of "Incunabula"   Shapiro, Fred
• Antedating of "Eschatology"   Shapiro, Fred
• Saying: Investment Advice: The market will fluctuate   ADSGarson O'Toole
• "Yay long"   Jonathan Lighter
• "Yay long"   Cohen, Gerald Leonard
• "Yay long"   Benjamin Barrett
• "Yay long"   Laurence Horn
• "Yay long"   Jonathan Lighter
• "Yay long"   Joel S. Berson
• "Yay long"   Jim Parish
• "Yay long"   ADSGarson O'Toole
• "Yay long"   ADSGarson O'Toole
• "Yay long"   ADSGarson O'Toole
• "Yay long"   Victor Steinbok
• "Yay long"   W Brewer
• "Yay long"   Charles C Doyle
• "Yay long"   Jonathan Lighter
• "Yay long"   Joel S. Berson
• "Yay long"   Laurence Horn
• "Yay long"   ADSGarson O'Toole
• "Yay long"   Jim Parish
• More poetic than "scarab": "tumble-turd", 1737 & 1743, antedates OED2 1754--   Joel S. Berson
• "tumble-dung", 1763; antedates OED2 1775--   Joel S. Berson
• Dhimmitude   Benjamin Barrett
• Saying: Keep your friends close but your enemies closer. (Suggestion for YBQ and DMP)   ADSGarson O'Toole
• some terminology developments   Shapiro, Fred
• crazy X-adj   Victor Steinbok
• crazy X-adj   Benjamin Barrett
• Saying: Keep your friends close but your enemies closer. (Suggestion for YBQ and DMP)   Joel S. Berson
• crazy X-adj   Victor Steinbok
• "man or beast"   Wilson Gray
• Antedatings of "throw a wobbly"   Hugo
• "man or beast"   Jonathan Lighter
• some terminology developments   Ben Zimmer
• "man or beast"   Joel S. Berson
• "man or beast"   Laurence Horn
• FW: New Yorker: AMAZING, PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED MARK TWAIN QUOTES   Shapiro, Fred
• "man or beast"   Wilson Gray
• "man or beast"   Joel S. Berson
• "mushroom family", not in OED (except in one quotation)   Joel S. Berson
• "man or beast"   Wilson Gray
• Idly wondering: "If it's not one thing, it's two things."   Wilson Gray

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