April 2014 Archives by thread
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- Eddystone Light Fwd: Re: buoy [boy] ~ [BOO-ee]
Laurence Horn
- Humans hardwired to use the passive voice
Baron, Dennis E
- Quote: When in doubt have a man come through a door with a gun in his hand. (Raymond Chandler 1950)
ADSGarson O'Toole
- April fool [Antedating to 1629]
Bonnie Taylor-Blake
- April Fool's Day [Antedating to 1748]
Bonnie Taylor-Blake
- "White trash" (1821) and "United States" (1719, 1695)
Bonnie Taylor-Blake
- Most Euphemistic
Benjamin Torbert
- bare possessive yall
Wilson Gray
- gapless relatives
Wilson Gray
- Flammable and inflammable
Wilson Gray
- Is _mouth hungry_ dialect?
David Barnhart
- The champions of euphemism
Pablo Dominguez
- "dog whistles"
Geoffrey Nunberg
- Not in anything by Jonathon? Should it be in a future work?
Wilson Gray
- AP Stylebook: "more than" versus "over" is over
ADSGarson O'Toole
- FB: "If only constituents could get as fast of action!" [NT]
Wilson Gray
- Say "PTS" instead
Jonathan Lighter
- Fwd: hot bagels made in Brooklyn
Dan Goncharoff
- Again recalling my lost youth,
Wilson Gray
- Toad pinger
W Brewer
- Browsing the NYT Archives
Wilson Gray
- The Old North State (nickname for North Carolina) [Antedated to 1824]
Bonnie Taylor-Blake
- The not-yet-Old "North State" (pre-nickname for North Carolina), 1796; the old "Rip van Winkle State", [1835], 1844 (antedates OED3, 1857--)
Joel S. Berson
- The not-yet-Old "North State" (pre-nickname for North Carolina), 1796; the old "Rip van Winkle State", [1835], 1844 (antedates OED3, 1857--)
Bonnie Taylor-Blake
- The not-yet-Old "North State" (pre-nickname for North Carolina), 1796; the old "Rip van Winkle State", [1835], 1844 (antedates OED3, 1857--)
Shapiro, Fred
- The not-yet-Old "North State" (pre-nickname for North Carolina), 1796; the old "Rip van Winkle State", [1835], 1844 (antedates OED3, 1857--)
Joel S. Berson
- "False face" from 1586 (OED2 has 1817--) [Was: Again recalling my lost youth,]
Joel S. Berson
- more on dog whistles
Arnold Zwicky
- Quote: They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel
ADSGarson O'Toole
- more on dog whistles: *conivinutation"
Arnold Zwicky
- Not separating the geep from the shoats
Jonathan Lighter
- Grow yourself to goal
Jonathan Lighter
- Not separating the geep from the shoats (and the OED)
Joel S. Berson
- "pinger" -- possible Word Of The Year?
Joel S. Berson
- Free trials of digital DARE
Joan H. Hall
- The Wellesley croak
Joel S. Berson
- Seeking Editor for American Speech
Grant Barrett
- "to ping" (and OED Online)
Joel S. Berson
- "apostille" -- does the OED2 need an augmented definition?
Joel S. Berson
- Quote: fool born every minute (antedating earliest variant) (1806) (attrib P. T. Barnum 1890)
ADSGarson O'Toole
- Adidas -- All Day I dream about . . . (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill CIV (US)
- Towards/toward (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill CIV (US)
- Antedating of "Indie"
Shapiro, Fred
- Connecting with a dating app
Joel S. Berson
- Further Antedating of "Indie"
Shapiro, Fred
- Slight Antedating of "Talkie"
Shapiro, Fred
- Antedating of "Borscht Belt"
Shapiro, Fred
- Antedating of "Striptease"
Shapiro, Fred
- Antedating of "Video"
Shapiro, Fred
- Automatic reply: ADS-L Digest - 10 Apr 2014 to 11 Apr 2014 (#2014-102)
Damien Hall
- "Sluggish cognitive tempo"
Joel S. Berson
- Antedating of "Disc Jockey"
Shapiro, Fred
- Antedating of "Gung Ho"
Shapiro, Fred
- Antedating of "Groupie"
Shapiro, Fred
- Antedating of "Hip Hop"
Shapiro, Fred
- HDAS negative "good thing."
Wilson Gray
- Book review of Jonathon Green memoir in Telegraph UK
ADSGarson O'Toole
- Quote: Repentance on a Sunday, For what he has done on Saturday (1905) Question about ascription
ADSGarson O'Toole
- Antedating of "Strip-Teaser"
Shapiro, Fred
- Antedating of "Stripper"
Shapiro, Fred
- Antedating of "Folkie"
Shapiro, Fred
- anti-vaxxer
Jonathan Lighter
- Antedating of "Transceiver"
Shapiro, Fred
- moneyballed
Herb Stahlke
- _Canvass_ > "examine, pore over, search"
Wilson Gray
- _Canvass_ > "examine, pore over, search"
Dan Goncharoff
- _Canvass_ > "examine, pore over, search"
Wilson Gray
- _Canvass_ > "examine, pore over, search"
Dan Goncharoff
- _Canvass_ > "examine, pore over, search"
Jonathan Lighter
- _Canvass_ > "examine, pore over, search"
Wilson Gray
- _Canvass_ > "examine, pore over, search"
Dan Goncharoff
- _Canvass_ > "examine, pore over, search"
Jonathan Lighter
- _Canvass_ > "examine, pore over, search"
Joel S. Berson
- _Canvass_ > "examine, pore over, search"
Jonathan Lighter
- _Canvass_ > "examine, pore over, search"
Laurence Horn
- _Canvass_ > "examine, pore over, search"
Jonathan Lighter
- _Canvass_ > "examine, pore over, search"
Dan Goncharoff
- _Canvass_ > "examine, pore over, search"
Joel S. Berson
- _Canvass_ > "examine, pore over, search"
Dan Goncharoff
- _Canvass_ > "examine, pore over, search"
Jonathan Lighter
- _Canvass_ > "examine, pore over, search"
ADSGarson O'Toole
- _Canvass_ > "examine, pore over, search"
Joel S. Berson
- _Canvass_ > "examine, pore over, search"
Joel S. Berson
- St. Louis and the South
Joel S. Berson
- A 1648 "smiley face"
Bonnie Taylor-Blake
- informatics
Jonathan Lighter
- Antedating of "Jaywalker"
Shapiro, Fred
- anti-vaxxer / anti-vaccer (double c pronunciation)
Brian Hitchcock
- Possible Antedating of "Slang"
Baker, John
- Forbes Article: Fall Of The Grammar Snobs: How Typos Became Okay
ADSGarson O'Toole
- Unusual typographical symbols [was: A 1648 "smiley face"]
Joel S. Berson
- "swart"
Joel S. Berson
- Antedating of "Graham Cracker"
Shapiro, Fred
- Antedating of "Eagle" (Golf)
Shapiro, Fred
- Antedating of "Dust Bowl"
Shapiro, Fred
- Further Antedating of "Dust Bowl"
Shapiro, Fred
- slang or flang in 1749?
Joel S. Berson
- Phrase: three sheets in the wind (1812) Modern version: three sheets to the wind
ADSGarson O'Toole
- Possible "slung" = "hanging loosely"? 1749; not in OED2
Joel S. Berson
- Proverb: Whatever is worth doing is worth overdoing, (1895)
ADSGarson O'Toole
- "sling arms" (not in OED2) -- [1749], 1824
Joel S. Berson
- "sling arms" (not in OED2) -- [1749], 1824
Jonathan Lighter
- "sling arms" (not in OED2) -- [1749], 1824
Wilson Gray
- "sling arms" (not in OED2) -- [1749], 1824
Amy West
- "sling arms" (not in OED2) -- [1749], 1824
Jonathan Lighter
- "sling arms" (not in OED2) -- [1749], 1824
Joel S. Berson
- "sling arms" (not in OED2) -- [1749], 1824
Joel S. Berson
- "sling arms" (not in OED2) -- [1749], 1824
Dan Goncharoff
- "sling arms" (not in OED2) -- [1749], 1824
Wilson Gray
- "sling arms" (not in OED2) -- [1749], 1824
Dave Hause
- "sling arms" (not in OED2) -- [1749], 1824
Amy West
- "sling arms" (not in OED2) -- [1749], 1824
Amy West
- "sling arms" (not in OED2) -- [1749], 1824
Jonathan Lighter
- "sling arms" (not in OED2) -- [1749], 1824
Jonathan Lighter
- "sling arms" (not in OED2) -- [1749], 1824
Amy West
- "sling arms" (not in OED2) -- [1749], 1824
Amy West
- "sling arms" (not in OED2) -- [1749], 1824
Amy West
- "sling arms" (not in OED2) -- [1749], 1824
Amy West
- "sling arms" (not in OED2) -- [1749], 1824
Joel S. Berson
- Word: albatross, n. three under par on a hole in golf (probably 1924)
ADSGarson O'Toole
- "Albatross" (Golf)
Joel S. Berson
- query for phrase finders
Laurence Horn
- _Bumper_ "a cup or a glass filled to overflowing with hard drink"
Wilson Gray
- A variation on "took and V-ed"
Wilson Gray
- Limerick
Jonathan Lighter
- inebriate, n.
Jonathan Lighter
- "to go viral" -- clich=?iso-8859-1?Q?=E9_?=of the day/week/ year/'tens?
Joel S. Berson
- Antedating of "Yalie"
Shapiro, Fred
- Antedating of "Crew Cut"
Shapiro, Fred
- A trivium from the Web: because kidding?
Wilson Gray
- Automatic reply: ADS-L Digest - 16 Apr 2014 to 17 Apr 2014 (#2014-108)
Damien Hall
- pseudoskepticism
Jonathan Lighter
- untaker
Jonathan Lighter
- "turntablism" (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill CIV (US)
- QOTY? Maybe not.
Jonathan Lighter
- Double Eagle was: RE: Antedating of "Eagle" (Golf) (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill CIV (US)
- Word: albatross, n. three under par on a hole in golf (probably 1924) (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill CIV (US)
- "sling arms" (not in OED2) -- why not before 1824?
Joel S. Berson
- Easter Bunny [Antedated to 1893]
Bonnie Taylor-Blake
- "sling arms" (not in OED2)
Joel S. Berson
- Famous Ernest Shackleton advertisement in 1944
ADSGarson O'Toole
- "Barb wire"
Wilson Gray
- Antedatings of "mother's ruin"
Hugo
- More Facebook
Wilson Gray
- Still more Facebook.
Wilson Gray
- to spew
Jonathan Lighter
- to rape
Jonathan Lighter
- Heard: TV dialogue...
Wilson Gray
- Benjamin Disraeli's exemplary use of negation in the Parliament
ADSGarson O'Toole
- Today's pun
Jonathan Lighter
- concerning
Jonathan Lighter
- WOTY candidate(s)--just add water and serve
Laurence Horn
- "to sling (arms)", 1749, interdates OED2 1688--1791
Joel S. Berson
- feline
Jonathan Lighter
- non-contact of language
David Barnhart
- Krazy Kat Quotations
Shapiro, Fred
- QOTD
Jonathan Lighter
- TV dialogue: "I paid for this and..."
Wilson Gray
- past tense of forbid
Herb Stahlke
- catnip for the ladies
Jonathan Lighter
- odd surname
Jonathan Lighter
- subtweet
ADSGarson O'Toole
- What th'?: "This message may not have been sent by"
Jonathan Lighter
- Antedating of "hashtag"
Hugo
- Krazy Kat
Arnold Zwicky
- In or after
Benjamin Barrett
- "subliminal tweet"
Hugo
- Antedating of "phablet"
Hugo
- Citation for the Word "Slacker"
Shapiro, Fred
- When does the OED3 think "Hamlet" was written?
Joel S. Berson
- Hamlet
Robin Hamilton
- Ooops!
Robin Hamilton
- Antedating of "by (the) hokey"
Robin Hamilton
- Speaking of Shakespeare...RE: When does the OED3 think "Hamlet" was written?
Stephen Goranson
- Latest on "negro"
Jonathan Lighter
- A crash blossom for the ages
Mailbox
- "Hoakie" definition anecdote
Wilson Gray
- Print-ad headline
Wilson Gray
- debasing foodie
Benjamin Barrett
- Vivid slang: jackhole and stone
Joel S. Berson
- "Long Tail" Not Yet in OED
Shapiro, Fred
- rump
Jonathan Lighter
- rump
ADSGarson O'Toole
- rump
Jonathan Lighter
- rump
Joel S. Berson
- rump
ADSGarson O'Toole
- rump
Jonathan Lighter
- rump
Joel S. Berson
- private first-class; sergeant first-class
Jonathan Lighter
- "the Negro"
Geoffrey Nunberg
- "hangover": 1904, _Foolish Dictionary_? Really?
Laurence Horn
- Fun and games among the Quakers: "Rogerene", 1768; interdates OED (2010) 1754--1784
Joel S. Berson
- "junk weapon"
Jonathan Lighter
- "Billy to Betty", 1768
Joel S. Berson
- "to roger" -- the Rogerenes and the origin of the verb
Joel S. Berson
- "roger", noun and verb
Joel S. Berson
- cube farm
Jonathan Lighter
- Fun and games among the Quakers: "Rogerene"
Amy West
- real people
Jonathan Lighter
- cube farm in BDC Vol. 11.1, p 17-18
David Barnhart
- Great Northern Jerk-Off
victor steinbok
- Trivia: "Criminal Minds" dialogue
Wilson Gray
- "bode" (past tense of "bide") lives!
Laurence Horn
- "West Sea"
Jonathan Lighter
- naming of seas
David Barnhart
- get the snafu
Jonathan Lighter
- reprise [rih-PRIZE]
W Brewer
- Antedating of "Guillotine"
Shapiro, Fred
- Guillotine further antedated
Stephen Goranson
- Fictional Materials for OED
Jonathan Lighter
- Medical voice-overspeak
Wilson Gray
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