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Starting: Tue Apr 1 01:07:14 UTC 2014
Ending: Wed Apr 30 23:36:55 UTC 2014
Messages: 571

• "Albatross" (Golf)   Joel S. Berson
• "Albatross" (Golf)   Dan Goncharoff
• "Albatross" (Golf)   ADSGarson O'Toole
• "Albatross" (Golf)   Herb Stahlke
• "apostille" -- does the OED2 need an augmented definition?   Joel S. Berson
• "apostille" -- does the OED2 need an augmented definition?   Benjamin Lukoff
• "Barb wire"   Wilson Gray
• "Barb wire"   Charles C Doyle
• "Barb wire"   Eric Nielsen
• "Barb wire"   George Thompson
• "Barb wire"   Wilson Gray
• "Barb wire"   Jonathan Lighter
• "Billy to Betty", 1768   Joel S. Berson
• "bode" (past tense of "bide") lives!   Laurence Horn
• "bode" (past tense of "bide") lives!   Joel S. Berson
• "bode" (past tense of "bide") lives!   Laurence Horn
• "bode" (past tense of "bide") lives!   Wilson Gray
• "dog whistles"   Geoffrey Nunberg
• "dog whistles"   Arnold Zwicky
• "dog whistles"   Joel S. Berson
• "dog whistles"   Jonathan Lighter
• "dog whistles"   Jonathan Lighter
• "dog whistles"   W Brewer
• "dog whistles"   victor steinbok
• "dog whistles"   wh5mith
• "dog whistles"   Wilson Gray
• "dog whistles"   Joel S. Berson
• "dog whistles"   Amy West
• "dog whistles"   Joel S. Berson
• "dog whistles"   Dan Goncharoff
• "dog whistles"   victor steinbok
• "dog whistles"   Joel S. Berson
• "dog whistles"   Geoffrey Nunberg
• "dog whistles"   victor steinbok
• "dog whistles"   Laurence Horn
• "dog whistles"   Geoffrey Nunberg
• "dog whistles"   Laurence Horn
• "dog whistles"   victor steinbok
• "dog whistles"   ADSGarson O'Toole
• "False face" from 1586 (OED2 has 1817--) [Was: Again recalling my lost youth,]   Joel S. Berson
• "hangover": 1904, _Foolish Dictionary_? Really?   Laurence Horn
• "Hoakie" definition anecdote   Wilson Gray
• "junk weapon"   Jonathan Lighter
• "Long Tail" Not Yet in OED   Shapiro, Fred
• "pinger" -- possible Word Of The Year?   Joel S. Berson
• "pinger" -- possible Word Of The Year?   Jonathan Lighter
• "roger", noun and verb   Joel S. Berson
• "roger", noun and verb   Laurence Horn
• "sling arms" (not in OED2)   Joel S. Berson
• "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
• "sling arms" (not in OED2) -- why not before 1824?   Joel S. Berson
• "sling arms" (not in OED2) -- why not before 1824?   Jonathan Lighter
• "sling arms" (not in OED2) -- why not before 1824?   Dan Goncharoff
• "sling arms" (not in OED2) -- why not before 1824?   Jonathan Lighter
• "sling arms" (not in OED2) -- why not before 1824?   Amy West
• "sling arms" (not in OED2) -- why not before 1824?   Amy West
• "sling arms" (not in OED2) -- why not before 1824?   Amy West
• "sling arms" (not in OED2) -- why not before 1824?   Jonathan Lighter
• "sling arms" (not in OED2) -- why not before 1824?   Joel S. Berson
• "sling arms" (not in OED2) -- why not before 1824?   Amy West
• "sling arms" (not in OED2) -- why not before 1824?   Joel S. Berson
• "Sluggish cognitive tempo"   Joel S. Berson
• "subliminal tweet"   Hugo
• "swart"   Joel S. Berson
• "swart"   Wilson Gray
• "swart"   Joel S. Berson
• "the Negro"   Geoffrey Nunberg
• "the Negro"   Wilson Gray
• "to go viral" -- clich=?iso-8859-1?Q?=E9_?=of the day/week/ year/'tens?   Joel S. Berson
• "to ping" (and OED Online)   Joel S. Berson
• "to ping" (and OED Online)   Jonathan Lighter
• "to ping" (and OED Online)   Ben Zimmer
• "to ping" (and OED Online)   Jonathan Lighter
• "to ping" (and OED Online)   W Brewer
• "to roger" -- the Rogerenes and the origin of the verb   Joel S. Berson
• "to roger" -- the Rogerenes and the origin of the verb   Jonathan Lighter
• "to roger" -- the Rogerenes and the origin of the verb   Jonathan Lighter
• "to sling (arms)", 1749, interdates OED2 1688--1791   Joel S. Berson
• "turntablism" (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill CIV (US)
• "turntablism" (UNCLASSIFIED)   Jesse Sheidlower
• "turntablism" (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill CIV (US)
• "West Sea"   Jonathan Lighter
• "West Sea"   Laurence Horn
• "West Sea"   Benjamin Barrett
• "West Sea"   Jonathan Lighter
• "West Sea"   Benjamin Barrett
• "White trash" (1821) and "United States" (1719, 1695)   Bonnie Taylor-Blake
• _Bumper_ "a cup or a glass filled to overflowing with hard drink"   Wilson Gray
• _Bumper_ "a cup or a glass filled to overflowing with hard drink"   Jonathan Lighter
• _Bumper_ "a cup or a glass filled to overflowing with hard drink"   Joel S. Berson
• _Bumper_ "a cup or a glass filled to overflowing with hard drink"   Wilson Gray
• _Bumper_ "a cup or a glass filled to overflowing with hard drink"   Wilson Gray
• _Bumper_ "a cup or a glass filled to overflowing with hard drink"   Jonathan Lighter
• _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
• A 1648 "smiley face"   Bonnie Taylor-Blake
• A 1648 "smiley face"   Joel S. Berson
• A 1648 "smiley face"   Ben Zimmer
• A 1648 "smiley face"   Joel S. Berson
• A 1648 "smiley face"   Ben Zimmer
• A 1648 "smiley face"   Christopher Philippo
• A 1648 "smiley face"   Joel S. Berson
• A 1648 "smiley face"   Douglas G. Wilson
• A 1648 "smiley face"   Christopher Philippo
• A crash blossom for the ages   Mailbox
• A crash blossom for the ages   Joel S. Berson
• A crash blossom for the ages   Dan Goncharoff
• A crash blossom for the ages   Joel S. Berson
• A crash blossom for the ages   Victor Steinbok
• Adidas -- All Day I dream about . . . (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill CIV (US)
• Adidas -- All Day I dream about . . . (UNCLASSIFIED)   Neal Whitman
• Adidas -- All Day I dream about . . . (UNCLASSIFIED)   Ben Zimmer
• Adidas -- All Day I dream about . . . (UNCLASSIFIED)   ADSGarson O'Toole
• Adidas -- All Day I dream about . . . (UNCLASSIFIED)   Laurence Horn
• Adidas -- All Day I dream about . . . (UNCLASSIFIED)   ADSGarson O'Toole
• Again recalling my lost youth,   Wilson Gray
• Again recalling my lost youth,   Jonathan Lighter
• Again recalling my lost youth,   Wilson Gray
• Again recalling my lost youth,   Jonathan Lighter
• Antedating of "Borscht Belt"   Shapiro, Fred
• Antedating of "Borscht Belt"   Jonathan Lighter
• Antedating of "Borscht Belt"   Shapiro, Fred
• Antedating of "Borscht Belt"   Shapiro, Fred
• Antedating of "by (the) hokey"   Robin Hamilton
• Antedating of "Crew Cut"   Shapiro, Fred
• Antedating of "Disc Jockey"   Shapiro, Fred
• Antedating of "Disc Jockey"   Joel S. Berson
• Antedating of "Dust Bowl"   Shapiro, Fred
• Antedating of "Eagle" (Golf)   Shapiro, Fred
• Antedating of "Eagle" (Golf)   ADSGarson O'Toole
• Antedating of "Eagle" (Golf)   ADSGarson O'Toole
• Antedating of "Eagle" (Golf)   Dan Goncharoff
• Antedating of "Eagle" (Golf)   ADSGarson O'Toole
• Antedating of "Eagle" (Golf)   Dan Goncharoff
• Antedating of "Eagle" (Golf)   Shapiro, Fred
• Antedating of "Eagle" (Golf)   Shapiro, Fred
• Antedating of "Eagle" (Golf)   Benjamin Torbert
• Antedating of "Folkie"   Shapiro, Fred
• Antedating of "Folkie"   Jonathan Lighter
• Antedating of "Folkie"   Dan Goncharoff
• Antedating of "Graham Cracker"   Shapiro, Fred
• Antedating of "Graham Cracker"   Ben Zimmer
• Antedating of "Groupie"   Shapiro, Fred
• Antedating of "Groupie"   Laurence Horn
• Antedating of "Guillotine"   Shapiro, Fred
• Antedating of "Gung Ho"   Shapiro, Fred
• Antedating of "Gung Ho"   Jonathan Lighter
• Antedating of "Gung Ho"   Cohen, Gerald Leonard
• Antedating of "Gung Ho"   Jonathan Lighter
• Antedating of "Gung Ho"   Shapiro, Fred
• Antedating of "Gung Ho"   Shapiro, Fred
• Antedating of "Gung Ho"   ADSGarson O'Toole
• Antedating of "Gung Ho"   ADSGarson O'Toole
• Antedating of "Gung Ho"   W Brewer
• Antedating of "Gung Ho"   Jonathan Lighter
• Antedating of "hashtag"   Hugo
• Antedating of "hashtag"   Ben Zimmer
• Antedating of "hashtag"   Hugo
• Antedating of "hashtag"   Ben Zimmer
• Antedating of "Hip Hop"   Shapiro, Fred
• Antedating of "Indie"   Shapiro, Fred
• Antedating of "Jaywalker"   Shapiro, Fred
• Antedating of "phablet"   Hugo
• Antedating of "Strip-Teaser"   Shapiro, Fred
• Antedating of "Strip-Teaser"   Spanbock/Svoboda-Spanbock
• Antedating of "Strip-Teaser"   Laurence Horn
• Antedating of "Strip-Teaser"   Joel S. Berson
• Antedating of "Stripper"   Shapiro, Fred
• Antedating of "Striptease"   Shapiro, Fred
• Antedating of "Striptease"   Laurence Horn
• Antedating of "Striptease"   Shapiro, Fred
• Antedating of "Striptease"   Laurence Horn
• Antedating of "Striptease"   ADSGarson O'Toole
• Antedating of "Striptease"   Laurence Horn
• Antedating of "Striptease"   Joel S. Berson
• Antedating of "Striptease"   Barbara Need
• Antedating of "Transceiver"   Shapiro, Fred
• Antedating of "Video"   Shapiro, Fred
• Antedating of "Yalie"   Shapiro, Fred
• Antedating of "Yalie"   Ben Zimmer
• Antedatings of "mother's ruin"   Hugo
• anti-vaxxer   Jonathan Lighter
• anti-vaxxer   victor steinbok
• anti-vaxxer   Ben Zimmer
• anti-vaxxer   Jonathan Lighter
• anti-vaxxer   Joel S. Berson
• anti-vaxxer   Randy Alexander
• anti-vaxxer / anti-vaccer (double c pronunciation)   Brian Hitchcock
• anti-vaxxer / anti-vaccer (double c pronunciation)   Benjamin Barrett
• anti-vaxxer / anti-vaccer (double c pronunciation)   Laurence Horn
• anti-vaxxer / anti-vaccer (double c pronunciation)   Wilson Gray
• anti-vaxxer / anti-vaccer (double c pronunciation)   Joel S. Berson
• April Fool's Day [Antedating to 1748]   Bonnie Taylor-Blake
• April fool [Antedating to 1629]   Bonnie Taylor-Blake
• AP Stylebook: "more than" versus "over" is over   ADSGarson O'Toole
• AP Stylebook: "more than" versus "over" is over   Dan Goncharoff
• AP Stylebook: "more than" versus "over" is over   David A. Daniel
• A trivium from the Web: because kidding?   Wilson Gray
• A trivium from the Web: because kidding?   Laurence Horn
• A trivium from the Web: because kidding?   Wilson Gray
• A trivium from the Web: because kidding?   Ben Zimmer
• A trivium from the Web: because kidding?   Laurence Horn
• A trivium from the Web: because kidding?   Hugo
• A trivium from the Web: because kidding?   Hugo
• Automatic reply: ADS-L Digest - 10 Apr 2014 to 11 Apr 2014 (#2014-102)   Damien Hall
• Automatic reply: ADS-L Digest - 16 Apr 2014 to 17 Apr 2014 (#2014-108)   Damien Hall
• A variation on "took and V-ed"   Wilson Gray
• A variation on "took and V-ed"   Herb Stahlke
• A variation on "took and V-ed"   Wilson Gray
• bare possessive yall   Wilson Gray
• bare possessive yall   Clai Rice
• Benjamin Disraeli's exemplary use of negation in the Parliament   ADSGarson O'Toole
• Book review of Jonathon Green memoir in Telegraph UK   ADSGarson O'Toole
• Book review of Jonathon Green memoir in Telegraph UK   Jonathan Lighter
• Book review of Jonathon Green memoir in Telegraph UK   Laurence Horn
• Browsing the NYT Archives   Wilson Gray
• Browsing the NYT Archives   Joel S. Berson
• Browsing the NYT Archives   Ben Zimmer
• Browsing the NYT Archives   Ben Zimmer
• catnip for the ladies   Jonathan Lighter
• Citation for the Word "Slacker"   Shapiro, Fred
• Citation for the Word "Slacker"   Christopher Philippo
• concerning   Jonathan Lighter
• Connecting with a dating app   Joel S. Berson
• cube farm   Jonathan Lighter
• cube farm   Hugo
• cube farm   ADSGarson O'Toole
• cube farm in BDC Vol. 11.1, p 17-18   David Barnhart
• debasing foodie   Benjamin Barrett
• debasing foodie   Joel S. Berson
• debasing foodie   Benjamin Barrett
• debasing foodie   David A. Daniel
• debasing foodie   Benjamin Barrett
• debasing foodie   Joel S. Berson
• Double Eagle was: RE: Antedating of "Eagle" (Golf) (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill CIV (US)
• Easter Bunny [Antedated to 1893]   Bonnie Taylor-Blake
• Eddystone Light Fwd: Re: buoy [boy] ~ [BOO-ee]   Laurence Horn
• Eddystone Light Fwd: Re: buoy [boy] ~ [BOO-ee]   Alice Faber
• Eddystone Light Fwd: Re: buoy [boy] ~ [BOO-ee]   Laurence Horn
• Eddystone Light Fwd: Re: buoy [boy] ~ [BOO-ee]   Alice Faber
• Famous Ernest Shackleton advertisement in 1944   ADSGarson O'Toole
• FB: "If only constituents could get as fast of action!" [NT]   Wilson Gray
• FB: "If only constituents could get as fast of action!" [NT]   Jonathan Lighter
• FB: "If only constituents could get as fast of action!" [NT]   Wilson Gray
• FB: "If only constituents could get as fast of action!" [NT]   W Brewer
• feline   Jonathan Lighter
• feline   Joel S. Berson
• feline   Jonathan Lighter
• feline   Baker, John
• feline   Joel S. Berson
• feline   W Brewer
• feline   Wilson Gray
• Fictional Materials for OED   Jonathan Lighter
• Fictional Materials for OED   Wilson Gray
• Fictional Materials for OED   Ben Zimmer
• Fictional Materials for OED   ADSGarson O'Toole
• Fictional Materials for OED   ADSGarson O'Toole
• Flammable and inflammable   Wilson Gray
• Forbes Article: Fall Of The Grammar Snobs: How Typos Became Okay   ADSGarson O'Toole
• Free trials of digital DARE   Joan H. Hall
• Fun and games among the Quakers: "Rogerene"   Amy West
• Fun and games among the Quakers: "Rogerene", 1768; interdates OED (2010) 1754--1784   Joel S. Berson
• Fun and games among the Quakers: "Rogerene", 1768; interdates OED (2010) 1754--1784   Jonathan Lighter
• Fun and games among the Quakers: "Rogerene", 1768; interdates OED (2010) 1754--1784   David A. Daniel
• Fun and games among the Quakers: "Rogerene", 1768; interdates OED (2010) 1754--1784   Jonathan Lighter
• Fun and games among the Quakers: "Rogerene", 1768; interdates OED (2010) 1754--1784   Laurence Horn
• Fun and games among the Quakers: "Rogerene", 1768; interdates OED (2010) 1754--1784   W Brewer
• Fun and games among the Quakers: "Rogerene", 1768; interdates OED (2010) 1754--1784   Jonathan Lighter
• Further Antedating of "Dust Bowl"   Shapiro, Fred
• Further Antedating of "Indie"   Shapiro, Fred
• Fwd: hot bagels made in Brooklyn   Dan Goncharoff
• gapless relatives   Wilson Gray
• gapless relatives   Arnold Zwicky
• get the snafu   Jonathan Lighter
• get the snafu   Arnold Zwicky
• get the snafu   Laurence Horn
• get the snafu   W Brewer
• get the snafu   Jonathan Lighter
• get the snafu   Wilson Gray
• get the snafu   Joel S. Berson
• get the snafu   Jonathan Lighter
• get the snafu   Laurence Horn
• Great Northern Jerk-Off   victor steinbok
• Great Northern Jerk-Off   Laurence Horn
• Grow yourself to goal   Jonathan Lighter
• Grow yourself to goal   Dan Goncharoff
• Guillotine further antedated   Stephen Goranson
• Hamlet   Robin Hamilton
• HDAS negative "good thing."   Wilson Gray
• HDAS negative "good thing."   Jonathan Lighter
• HDAS negative "good thing."   Wilson Gray
• HDAS negative "good thing."   Joel S. Berson
• HDAS negative "good thing."   W Brewer
• HDAS negative "good thing."   Wilson Gray
• Heard: TV dialogue...   Wilson Gray
• Heard: TV dialogue...   Jonathan Lighter
• Humans hardwired to use the passive voice   Baron, Dennis E
• Humans hardwired to use the passive voice   W Brewer
• Humans hardwired to use the passive voice   Arnold Zwicky
• Humans hardwired to use the passive voice   Geoffrey Steven Nathan
• inebriate, n.   Jonathan Lighter
• inebriate, n.   Geoffrey Steven Nathan
• informatics   Jonathan Lighter
• informatics   Shapiro, Fred
• informatics   Ben Zimmer
• informatics   Joel S. Berson
• informatics   Laurence Horn
• informatics   Jonathan Lighter
• informatics   Herb Stahlke
• informatics   Joel S. Berson
• In or after   Benjamin Barrett
• Is _mouth hungry_ dialect?   David Barnhart
• Krazy Kat   Arnold Zwicky
• Krazy Kat Quotations   Shapiro, Fred
• Krazy Kat Quotations   Baker, John
• Krazy Kat Quotations   Baker, John
• Latest on "negro"   Jonathan Lighter
• Latest on "negro"   David Barnhart
• Latest on "negro"   Joel S. Berson
• Latest on "negro"   Joel S. Berson
• Latest on "negro"   Joel S. Berson
• Latest on "negro"   Jonathan Lighter
• Latest on "negro"   W Brewer
• Latest on "negro"   Jonathan Lighter
• Latest on "negro"   Wilson Gray
• Latest on "negro"   Wilson Gray
• Latest on "negro"   Baker, John
• Latest on "negro"   Jonathan Lighter
• Latest on "negro"   Laurence Horn
• Latest on "negro"   Wilson Gray
• Latest on "negro"   victor steinbok
• Latest on "negro"   Wilson Gray
• Latest on "negro"   W Brewer
• Latest on "negro"   Jonathan Lighter
• Latest on "negro"   Joel S. Berson
• Latest on "negro"   Jonathan Lighter
• Latest on "negro"   Laurence Horn
• Latest on "negro"   Wilson Gray
• Latest on "negro"   Joel S. Berson
• Latest on "negro"   Wilson Gray
• Latest on "negro"   Spanbock/Svoboda-Spanbock
• Latest on "negro"   Joel S. Berson
• Latest on "negro"   Laurence Horn
• Latest on "negro"   Jonathan Lighter
• Latest on "negro"   Jonathan Lighter
• Latest on "negro"   Joel S. Berson
• Latest on "negro"   Laurence Horn
• Latest on "negro"   Wilson Gray
• Latest on "negro"   Jonathan Lighter
• Latest on "negro"   Wilson Gray
• Limerick   Jonathan Lighter
• Medical voice-overspeak   Wilson Gray
• moneyballed   Herb Stahlke
• More Facebook   Wilson Gray
• More Facebook   Joel S. Berson
• more on dog whistles   Arnold Zwicky
• more on dog whistles   ADSGarson O'Toole
• more on dog whistles   W Brewer
• more on dog whistles: *conivinutation"   Arnold Zwicky
• Most Euphemistic   Benjamin Torbert
• Most Euphemistic   Arnold Zwicky
• Most Euphemistic   Laurence Horn
• Most Euphemistic   Benjamin Barrett
• naming of seas   David Barnhart
• non-contact of language   David Barnhart
• non-contact of language   Wilson Gray
• Not in anything by Jonathon? Should it be in a future work?   Wilson Gray
• Not in anything by Jonathon? Should it be in a future work?   Jonathan Lighter
• Not in anything by Jonathon? Should it be in a future work?   Wilson Gray
• Not separating the geep from the shoats   Jonathan Lighter
• Not separating the geep from the shoats (and the OED)   Joel S. Berson
• Not separating the geep from the shoats (and the OED)   Jonathan Lighter
• Not separating the geep from the shoats (and the OED)   Wilson Gray
• Not separating the geep from the shoats (and the OED)   Joel S. Berson
• Not separating the geep from the shoats (and the OED)   Eric Nielsen
• odd surname   Jonathan Lighter
• Ooops!   Robin Hamilton
• past tense of forbid   Herb Stahlke
• past tense of forbid   Wilson Gray
• Phrase: three sheets in the wind (1812) Modern version: three sheets to the wind   ADSGarson O'Toole
• Phrase: three sheets in the wind (1812) Modern version: three sheets to the wind   Joel S. Berson
• Phrase: three sheets in the wind (1812) Modern version: three sheets to the wind   Jonathan Lighter
• Possible "slung" = "hanging loosely"? 1749; not in OED2   Joel S. Berson
• Possible "slung" = "hanging loosely"? 1749; not in OED2   Dan Goncharoff
• Possible Antedating of "Slang"   Baker, John
• Possible Antedating of "Slang"   George Thompson
• Possible Antedating of "Slang"   Jonathan Lighter
• Possible Antedating of "Slang"   Jonathan Lighter
• Possible Antedating of "Slang"   Baker, John
• Possible Antedating of "Slang"   Jonathan Lighter
• Print-ad headline   Wilson Gray
• Print-ad headline   Dan Goncharoff
• Print-ad headline   ADSGarson O'Toole
• Print-ad headline   Laurence Horn
• private first-class; sergeant first-class   Jonathan Lighter
• private first-class; sergeant first-class   Hugo
• Proverb: Whatever is worth doing is worth overdoing, (1895)   ADSGarson O'Toole
• pseudoskepticism   Jonathan Lighter
• QOTD   Jonathan Lighter
• QOTY? Maybe not.   Jonathan Lighter
• QOTY? Maybe not.   Jonathan Lighter
• QOTY? Maybe not.   Laurence Horn
• QOTY? Maybe not.   Dave Hause
• query for phrase finders   Laurence Horn
• query for phrase finders   ADSGarson O'Toole
• query for phrase finders   ADSGarson O'Toole
• query for phrase finders   ADSGarson O'Toole
• query for phrase finders   Laurence Horn
• query for phrase finders   ADSGarson O'Toole
• query for phrase finders   Joel S. Berson
• query for phrase finders   George Thompson
• Quote: fool born every minute (antedating earliest variant) (1806) (attrib P. T. Barnum 1890)   ADSGarson O'Toole
• Quote: fool born every minute (antedating earliest variant) (1806) (attrib P. T. Barnum 1890)   Jonathan Lighter
• Quote: fool born every minute (antedating earliest variant) (1806) (attrib P. T. Barnum 1890)   Jonathan Lighter
• Quote: fool born every minute (antedating earliest variant) (1806) (attrib P. T. Barnum 1890)   ADSGarson O'Toole
• Quote: Repentance on a Sunday, For what he has done on Saturday (1905) Question about ascription   ADSGarson O'Toole
• Quote: They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel   ADSGarson O'Toole
• Quote: When in doubt have a man come through a door with a gun in his hand. (Raymond Chandler 1950)   ADSGarson O'Toole
• Quote: When in doubt have a man come through a door with a gun in his hand. (Raymond Chandler 1950)   Joel S. Berson
• real people   Jonathan Lighter
• real people   Laurence Horn
• reprise [rih-PRIZE]   W Brewer
• reprise [rih-PRIZE]   Wilson Gray
• reprise [rih-PRIZE]   W Brewer
• 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
• Say "PTS" instead   Jonathan Lighter
• Seeking Editor for American Speech   Grant Barrett
• slang or flang in 1749?   Joel S. Berson
• slang or flang in 1749?   Randy Alexander
• slang or flang in 1749?   Joel S. Berson
• slang or flang in 1749?   Dan Goncharoff
• Slight Antedating of "Talkie"   Shapiro, Fred
• Speaking of Shakespeare...RE: When does the OED3 think "Hamlet" was written?   Stephen Goranson
• Speaking of Shakespeare...RE: When does the OED3 think "Hamlet" was written?   Arnold Zwicky
• Speaking of Shakespeare...RE: When does the OED3 think "Hamlet" was written?   Jesse Sheidlower
• St. Louis and the South   Joel S. Berson
• St. Louis and the South   Wilson Gray
• St. Louis and the South   Paul Johnston
• St. Louis and the South   Joel S. Berson
• St. Louis and the South   Jonathan Lighter
• St. Louis and the South   Wilson Gray
• Still more Facebook.   Wilson Gray
• Still more Facebook.   Jonathan Lighter
• subtweet   ADSGarson O'Toole
• subtweet   Joel S. Berson
• subtweet   Hugo
• subtweet   Amy West
• The champions of euphemism   Pablo Dominguez
• 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
• The Old North State (nickname for North Carolina) [Antedated to 1824]   Bonnie Taylor-Blake
• The Wellesley croak   Joel S. Berson
• Toad pinger   W Brewer
• Toad pinger   Joel S. Berson
• Toad pinger   W Brewer
• Toad pinger   Joel S. Berson
• Toad pinger   W Brewer
• Toad pinger   Dan Goncharoff
• Toad pinger   W Brewer
• Toad pinger   Joel S. Berson
• Today's pun   Jonathan Lighter
• to rape   Jonathan Lighter
• to rape   Wilson Gray
• to rape   Jonathan Lighter
• to rape   Wilson Gray
• to rape   Jonathan Lighter
• to rape   Dan Goncharoff
• to rape   Wilson Gray
• to spew   Jonathan Lighter
• to spew   Charles C Doyle
• to spew   Jonathan Lighter
• to spew   Jonathan Lighter
• to spew   Joel S. Berson
• to spew   Jonathan Lighter
• Towards/toward (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill CIV (US)
• Towards/toward (UNCLASSIFIED)   Benjamin Barrett
• Towards/toward (UNCLASSIFIED)   Baker, John
• Towards/toward (UNCLASSIFIED)   Joel S. Berson
• Towards/toward (UNCLASSIFIED)   Jeff Prucher
• Towards/toward (UNCLASSIFIED)   Jonathan Lighter
• Towards/toward (UNCLASSIFIED)   Herb Stahlke
• Towards/toward (UNCLASSIFIED)   Laurence Horn
• Towards/toward (UNCLASSIFIED)   Wilson Gray
• Towards/toward (UNCLASSIFIED)   Jonathan Lighter
• Towards/toward (UNCLASSIFIED)   Joel S. Berson
• Towards/toward (UNCLASSIFIED)   Wilson Gray
• Towards/toward (UNCLASSIFIED)   Laurence Horn
• Towards/toward (UNCLASSIFIED)   Paul Johnston
• Towards/toward (UNCLASSIFIED)   Herb Stahlke
• Towards/toward (UNCLASSIFIED)   Amy West
• Towards/toward (UNCLASSIFIED)   Charles C Doyle
• Towards/toward (UNCLASSIFIED)   Laurence Horn
• Towards/toward (UNCLASSIFIED)   Wilson Gray
• Towards/toward (UNCLASSIFIED)   Laurence Horn
• Trivia: "Criminal Minds" dialogue   Wilson Gray
• TV dialogue: "I paid for this and..."   Wilson Gray
• TV dialogue: "I paid for this and..."   Galen Buttitta
• TV dialogue: "I paid for this and..."   Dan Goncharoff
• untaker   Jonathan Lighter
• Unusual typographical symbols [was: A 1648 "smiley face"]   Joel S. Berson
• Unusual typographical symbols [was: A 1648 "smiley face"]   W Brewer
• Unusual typographical symbols [was: A 1648 "smiley face"]   W Brewer
• Vivid slang: jackhole and stone   Joel S. Berson
• Vivid slang: jackhole and stone   Arnold Zwicky
• Vivid slang: jackhole and stone   Laurence Horn
• Vivid slang: jackhole and stone   Joel S. Berson
• Vivid slang: jackhole and stone   Ben Zimmer
• What th'?: "This message may not have been sent by"   Jonathan Lighter
• What th'?: "This message may not have been sent by"   Baker, John
• What th'?: "This message may not have been sent by"   Jesse Sheidlower
• What th'?: "This message may not have been sent by"   Wilson Gray
• What th'?: "This message may not have been sent by"   Eric Nielsen
• What th'?: "This message may not have been sent by"   ADSGarson O'Toole
• What th'?: "This message may not have been sent by"   Eric Nielsen
• What th'?: "This message may not have been sent by"   Jonathan Lighter
• What th'?: "This message may not have been sent by"   Baker, John
• What th'?: "This message may not have been sent by"   Eric Nielsen
• What th'?: "This message may not have been sent by"   Eric Nielsen
• When does the OED3 think "Hamlet" was written?   Joel S. Berson
• When does the OED3 think "Hamlet" was written?   Robin Hamilton
• When does the OED3 think "Hamlet" was written?   Shapiro, Fred
• When does the OED3 think "Hamlet" was written?   Joel S. Berson
• Word: albatross, n. three under par on a hole in golf (probably 1924)   ADSGarson O'Toole
• Word: albatross, n. three under par on a hole in golf (probably 1924)   Dan Goncharoff
• Word: albatross, n. three under par on a hole in golf (probably 1924) (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill CIV (US)
• Word: albatross, n. three under par on a hole in golf (probably 1924) (UNCLASSIFIED)   Laurence Horn
• WOTY candidate(s)--just add water and serve   Laurence Horn
• WOTY candidate(s)--just add water and serve   Joel S. Berson

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