February 2014 Archives by date
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Messages: 532
- A "tank-off" game -- losing is better
Joel S. Berson
- childfree
W Brewer
- childfree
Victor Steinbok
- childfree
Laurence Horn
- "the 12th man" redux
Ben Zimmer
- by the each
Victor Steinbok
- Automatic reply: ADS-L Digest - 30 Jan 2014 to 31 Jan 2014 (#2014-32)
Katy Steinmetz
- guy = 'thing'
Wilson Gray
- guy = 'thing'
Charles C Doyle
- guy = 'thing'
Jonathan Lighter
- guy = 'thing'
Jonathan Lighter
- "war with words"
Jonathan Lighter
- Am I Missing Any Major Digital Newspaper Collections?
Shapiro, Fred
- guy = 'thing'
Laurence Horn
- "the 12th man" redux
Nancy Friedman
- guy = 'thing'
Michael Newman
- Am I Missing Any Major Digital Newspaper Collections?
ADSGarson O'Toole
- Further Antedating of "Sexual Harassment"
Shapiro, Fred
- guy = 'thing'
Joel S. Berson
- Plain English: It's the law
Baron, Dennis E
- "war with words" aka "paper war"?
Joel S. Berson
- "war with words"
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Antedating of "Workaholic"
Shapiro, Fred
- No more the "awe" sound in USA
Tom Zurinskas
- Antedating of "Workaholic"
Laurence Horn
- guy = 'thing'
Laurence Horn
- Antedating of "Symbiosis"
Shapiro, Fred
- guy = 'thing'
Wilson Gray
- Antedating of "Entropy"
Shapiro, Fred
- guy = 'thing'
Wilson Gray
- "war with words"
Joel S. Berson
- No more the "awe" sound in USA
Neal Whitman
- No more the "awe" sound in USA
Benjamin Barrett
- No more the "awe" sound in USA
Paul Johnston
- by the each
Jeff Prucher
- No more the "awe" sound in USA
Joel S. Berson
- microchanges: Believe It or Not!!
Jonathan Lighter
- No more the "awe" sound in USA
Jonathan Lighter
- Antedating of "Lacrosse"
Shapiro, Fred
- No more the "awe" sound in USA
Laurence Horn
- No more the "awe" sound in USA
Benjamin Barrett
- Is there a word for this?
Mark Mandel
- Is there a word for this?
Jocelyn Limpert
- No more the "awe" sound in USA
Tom Zurinskas
- Still Further Antedating of "Yellow Journalism"
Shapiro, Fred
- Still Further Antedating of "Yellow Journalism"
Jonathan Lighter
- Still Further Antedating of "Yellow Journalism"
Shapiro, Fred
- Still Further Antedating of "Yellow Journalism"
Shapiro, Fred
- "Eat the rich!"
Jonathan Lighter
- Quote: A gentleman is a man who can play a cornet but won't. (1917)
ADSGarson O'Toole
- "Eat the rich!"
Laurence Horn
- disaffectoid
Randy Alexander
- Not in YBQ: "No such thing as a non-combatant."
Jonathan Lighter
- No more the "awe" sound in USA
Joel S. Berson
- No more the "awe" sound in USA
Joel S. Berson
- "the 12th man" redux
Ben Zimmer
- No more the "awe" sound in USA
Jonathan Lighter
- "war with words" aka "paper war"?
Amy West
- "war with words" aka "paper war"?
Jonathan Lighter
- "the 12th man" redux
Laurence Horn
- No more the "awe" sound in USA
Tom Zurinskas
- "war with words" aka "paper war"?
Laurence Horn
- "war with words" aka "paper war"?
Jonathan Lighter
- No more the "awe" sound in USA
Tom Zurinskas
- Still Further Antedating of "Yellow Journalism"
Baker, John
- Restricted access to some papers in NewspaperArchive database
ADSGarson O'Toole
- Antedating of "Workaholic"
Mark Mandel
- childfree
Mark Mandel
- question from another list about 'takras'
Mark Mandel
- Antedating of "Workaholic"
Jonathan Lighter
- Facebook fundamentalist writes:
Mark Mandel
- childfree
Jonathan Lighter
- Facebook fundamentalist writes:
Jonathan Lighter
- Bamboo ceiling
Benjamin Barrett
- Antedating of "Workaholic"
Laurence Horn
- question from another list about 'takras'
Laurence Horn
- childfree
Laurence Horn
- submitted for Eveline Wandl-Vogt
Joan H. Hall
- to "slow-roll"
Jonathan Lighter
- childfree
Jonathan Lighter
- Still Further Antedating of "Yellow Journalism"
Baker, John
- Still Further Antedating of "Yellow Journalism"
Baker, John
- "Eat the rich!"
Victor Steinbok
- Am I Missing Any Major Digital Newspaper Collections?
Mullins, Bill CIV (US)
- based off = 'as a result of; by reason of; from'
Jonathan Lighter
- "Eat the rich!"
Laurence Horn
- "Eat the rich!"
Jonathan Lighter
- "Eat the rich!"
Laurence Horn
- Fwd: by the each
W Brewer
- childfree
W Brewer
- Not in YBQ: "No such thing as a non-combatant."
Shapiro, Fred
- "Eat the rich!" recipe for sauce
paul johnson
- Bamboo ceiling
W Brewer
- "war with words" aka "paper war"?
Joel S. Berson
- "Eat the rich!" recipe for sauce
Joel S. Berson
- Still Further Antedating of "Yellow Journalism"
Geoffrey Nunberg
- "war with words" aka "paper war"?
Amy West
- "war with words" aka "paper war"?
Jonathan Lighter
- Not in YBQ: "No such thing as a non-combatant."
Jonathan Lighter
- "Eat the rich!" recipe for sauce
W Brewer
- What Ray Charles *actually* said
Wilson Gray
- "war with words"
Joel S. Berson
- Another "pay dues" interdating
Wilson Gray
- "war with words" aka "paper war"?
Jonathan Lighter
- "war with words" aka "paper war"?
Laurence Horn
- shelter in place
Baron, Dennis E
- shelter in place
Laurence Horn
- shelter in place
Ben Zimmer
- shelter in place
ADSGarson O'Toole
- shelter in place
Victor Steinbok
- Youneverknow.
Wilson Gray
- Youneverknow.
ADSGarson O'Toole
- Youneverknow.
Wilson Gray
- Youneverknow.
Victor Steinbok
- Youneverknow.
Wilson Gray
- Youneverknow.
ADSGarson O'Toole
- Still pumpin' 'em out after all these years
W Brewer
- Antedatings of "spill the beans"
Hugo
- Still pumpin' 'em out after all these years
Jonathan Lighter
- Antedatings of "spill the beans"
Michael Quinion
- Different Strokes for Different Folks
Shapiro, Fred
- Fact-checking question from Freakonomics / Shaw quote
Shapiro, Fred
- Fact-checking question from Freakonomics / Shaw quote
ADSGarson O'Toole
- Still pumpin' 'em out after all these years
Laurence Horn
- Still pumpin' 'em out after all these years
Jonathan Lighter
- Still pumpin' 'em out after all these years
Laurence Horn
- Still pumpin' 'em out after all these years
Victor Steinbok
- Still pumpin' 'em out after all these years
Jonathan Lighter
- Still pumpin' 'em out after all these years
W Brewer
- Still pumpin' 'em out after all these years
Jonathan Lighter
- Still pumpin' 'em out after all these years
Victor Steinbok
- Still pumpin' 'em out after all these years
Laurence Horn
- Still pumpin' 'em out after all these years
Arnold Zwicky
- Still pumpin' 'em out after all these years
Laurence Horn
- Still pumpin' 'em out after all these years
Arnold Zwicky
- Still pumpin' 'em out after all these years
Laurence Horn
- Still pumpin' 'em out after all these years
Arnold Zwicky
- Still pumpin' 'em out after all these years
Ben Zimmer
- based off = 'as a result of; by reason of; from'
Mark Mandel
- "Eat the rich!" recipe for sauce
Mark Mandel
- Still pumpin' 'em out after all these years
Mark Mandel
- based off = 'as a result of; by reason of; from'
Ben Zimmer
- crappy
Jonathan Lighter
- truth
Jonathan Lighter
- based off = 'as a result of; by reason of; from'
Jonathan Lighter
- "much" vs. "a lot of"
Joel S. Berson
- "much" vs. "a lot of"
Dan Goncharoff
- "much" vs. "a lot of"
Wilson Gray
- Youneverknow.
Joel S. Berson
- truth
Wilson Gray
- crappy
Joel S. Berson
- crappy
Jonathan Lighter
- crappy
Spanbock/Svoboda-Spanbock
- "much" vs. "a lot of"
Laurence Horn
- "much" vs. "a lot of"
Laurence Horn
- truth
Jonathan Lighter
- crappy
Jonathan Lighter
- truth
Wilson Gray
- "much" vs. "a lot of"
Jonathan Lighter
- "much" vs. "a lot of"
Arnold Zwicky
- "much" vs. "a lot of"
Neal Whitman
- "much" vs. "a lot of"
Joel S. Berson
- truth
Joel S. Berson
- "much" vs. "a lot of"
Randy Alexander
- "much" vs. "a lot of"
Wilson Gray
- truth
Wilson Gray
- "much" vs. "a lot of"
Joel S. Berson
- Still pumpin' 'em out after all these years
Wilson Gray
- Wine in front of me
Benjamin Barrett
- Different Strokes for Different Folks
Wilson Gray
- Fact-checking question from Freakonomics / Shaw quote
Hugo
- crappy
ADSGarson O'Toole
- Fact-checking question from Freakonomics / Shaw quote
ADSGarson O'Toole
- Different Strokes for Different Folks
Jonathan Lighter
- Still pumpin' 'em out after all these years
Jonathan Lighter
- crappy
Jonathan Lighter
- hoe, and -down in the OED
Joel S. Berson
- Still pumpin' 'em out after all these years
Arnold Zwicky
- hoe-down in the OED
Joel S. Berson
- bossy (1879)
Ben Zimmer
- Wine in front of me
Laurence Horn
- Wine in front of me
Dan Goncharoff
- Wine in front of me
Benjamin Barrett
- Fact-checking question from Freakonomics / Shaw quote
ADSGarson O'Toole
- much
Brian Hitchcock
- much
Benjamin Barrett
- much
Jonathan Lighter
- much
Laurence Horn
- hoe-down in the OED
Wilson Gray
- Still pumpin' 'em out after all these years
Wilson Gray
- Still pumpin' 'em out after all these years
Jonathan Lighter
- Fact-checking question from Freakonomics / Shaw quote
Hugo
- Still pumpin' 'em out after all these years
W Brewer
- Fact-checking question from Freakonomics / Shaw quote
ADSGarson O'Toole
- A clue to Google metadata
Joel S. Berson
- hoe-down not in DARE
Joel S. Berson
- hoe-down not in DARE
Ben Zimmer
- hoe-down not in DARE
Joel S. Berson
- Definite for definitive
Benjamin Barrett
- hoe-down not in DARE
Wilson Gray
- "nestle", n., = a fidgeting, movement (see v.2); not in OED
Joel S. Berson
- Word: Whataboutism
ADSGarson O'Toole
- hoe-down not in DARE
Benjamin Barrett
- hoe-down not in DARE
Ben Zimmer
- hoe-down not in DARE
Joel S. Berson
- Word: Whataboutism
Hugo
- Word: Whataboutism
Tom Zurinskas
- hoe-down not in DARE
Jonathan Lighter
- hoe-down not in DARE
Michael Quinion
- hoe-down in HDAS
Joel S. Berson
- hoe-down in HDAS
Jonathan Lighter
- hoe-down not in DARE
Dave Wilton
- hoe-down not in DARE
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- hoe-down not in DARE
Laurence Horn
- "Perils of Pauline", 1914 -- cliff-hanger or not?
Joel S. Berson
- hoe-down not in DARE
Joel S. Berson
- "Perils of Pauline", 1914 -- cliff-hanger or not?
Christopher Philippo
- "Perils of Pauline", 1914 -- cliff-hanger or not?
W Brewer
- "Perils of Pauline", 1914 -- cliff-hanger or not?
Jonathan Lighter
- "Perils of Pauline", 1914 -- cliff-hanger or not?
Jocelyn Limpert
- "Perils of Pauline", 1914 -- cliff-hanger or not?
Joel S. Berson
- "Perils of Pauline", 1914 -- cliff-hanger or not?
Joel S. Berson
- "Perils of Pauline", 1914 -- cliff-hanger or not?
Joel S. Berson
- One-Line Book Review: The covers of this book are too far apart
ADSGarson O'Toole
- One-Line Book Review: The covers of this book are too far apart
ADSGarson O'Toole
- One-Line Book Review: The covers of this book are too far apart
Jonathan Lighter
- "Smile, Luigi!"
Jim Parish
- One-Line Book Review: The covers of this book are too far apart
ADSGarson O'Toole
- One-Line Book Review: The covers of this book are too far apart
Laurence Horn
- "Per" generalized to "as we discussed"
Neal Whitman
- "Smile, Luigi!"
W Brewer
- "Smile, Luigi!"
Wilson Gray
- One-Line Book Review: The covers of this book are too far apart
Jonathan Lighter
- "Smile, Luigi!"
Jonathan Lighter
- "Per" generalized to "as we discussed"
Jonathan Lighter
- "Smile, Luigi!"
Jim Parish
- Quote: Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe. (Attrib Abraham Lincoln)
ADSGarson O'Toole
- decode = ? 'analyze'
Jonathan Lighter
- Q: "The Record", New Jersey, 2012
Joel S. Berson
- Q: "The Record", New Jersey, 2012
Ben Zimmer
- "The Record", New Jersey, 2012
Dave Wilton
- "Perils of Pauline", 1914 -- cliff-hanger or not?
Joel S. Berson
- "Perils of Pauline", 1914 -- cliff-hanger or not?
Dave Wilton
- "huck (it)"
Ben Zimmer
- "Smile, Luigi!"
Joel S. Berson
- "Arabian Nights" -- cliff-hanger or not?
Joel S. Berson
- Q: "The Record", New Jersey, 2012
Joel S. Berson
- Q: "The Record", New Jersey, 2012
Joel S. Berson
- Freshman
Benjamin Barrett
- Q: "The Record", New Jersey, 2012
Ben Zimmer
- Q: "The Record", New Jersey, 2012
Jocelyn Limpert
- "Perils of Pauline", 1914 -- cliff-hanger or not?
Dan Goncharoff
- Q: "The Record", New Jersey, 2012
Joel S. Berson
- Quote: Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe. (Attrib Abraham Lincoln)
Dan Goncharoff
- Word: Whataboutism
Dan Goncharoff
- No subject
Jonathan Lighter
- "huck (it)" and "hoe-down"
Joel S. Berson
- "Perils of Pauline", 1914 -- cliff-hanger or not?
Joel S. Berson
- Word: Whataboutism
ADSGarson O'Toole
- "Processing Deviation" . . . euphemism akin to 'wardrobe malfunction'?
Martin Kaminer
- "Arabian Nights" -- cliff-hanger or not?
Dave Wilton
- spycraft; tradecraft
Jonathan Lighter
- beast
Jonathan Lighter
- Quote: Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe. (Attrib Abraham Lincoln)
ADSGarson O'Toole
- beast
Laurence Horn
- One-Line Book Review: The covers of this book are too far apart
ADSGarson O'Toole
- beast
Tyler Schnoebelen
- Gajillian
Dan Goncharoff
- Gajillian
Jonathan Lighter
- beast
Victor Steinbok
- "cliff-hanger"
Ben Zimmer
- "two reasons for doing anything"
Jonathan Lighter
- "two reasons for doing anything"
Laurence Horn
- "two reasons for doing anything"
Jonathan Lighter
- "two reasons for doing anything"
Shapiro, Fred
- "two reasons for doing anything"
Shapiro, Fred
- "two reasons for doing anything"
Jonathan Lighter
- "the whole nine"
Joel S. Berson
- Q: "The Record", New Jersey, 2012
Paul Johnston
- Q: "The Record", New Jersey, 2012
Laurence Horn
- "the whole nine"
Bonnie Taylor-Blake
- Q: "The Record", New Jersey, 2012
Joel S. Berson
- "the whole nine"
Joel S. Berson
- Q: "The Record", New Jersey, 2012
Ben Zimmer
- "two reasons for doing anything"
ADSGarson O'Toole
- Q: "The Record", New Jersey, 2012
Joel S. Berson
- Q: "The Record", New Jersey, 2012
W Brewer
- "two reasons for doing anything"
Shapiro, Fred
- spycraft; tradecraft
Neal Whitman
- spycraft; tradecraft
Neal Whitman
- "two reasons for doing anything"
Laurence Horn
- Automatic reply: ADS-L Digest - 9 Feb 2014 to 10 Feb 2014 (#2014-42)
Damien Hall
- "Go _balls-out_"
Wilson Gray
- beast
Jonathan Lighter
- "the whole nine"
Jonathan Lighter
- "Go _balls-out_"
Jonathan Lighter
- "two reasons for doing anything"
Jonathan Lighter
- "condemned for" = 'prohibited from'
Jonathan Lighter
- "two reasons for doing anything"
Jonathan Lighter
- beast
Charles C Doyle
- beast
Jim Parish
- "Go _balls-out_"
Chris Blankenship
- "Go _balls-out_"
Jonathan Lighter
- "Go _balls-out_"
Jonathan Lighter
- beast
Victor Steinbok
- Yupik words for snow
Victor Steinbok
- beast
Ben Zimmer
- Yupik words for snow
Ben Zimmer
- headline of the day
Victor Steinbok
- Antedating of "Fax"
Shapiro, Fred
- Quote: I choose a lazy person to do a hard job (Attributed to Bill Gates) (Congressional Record Help Request)
ADSGarson O'Toole
- Quote: I choose a lazy person to do a hard job (Attributed to Bill Gates) (Congressional Record Help Request)
Baker, John
- Quote: I choose a lazy person to do a hard job (Attributed to Bill Gates) (Congressional Record Help Request)
Shapiro, Fred
- "Go _balls-out_"
Wilson Gray
- Quote: I choose a lazy person to do a hard job (Attributed to Bill Gates) (Congressional Record Help Request)
ADSGarson O'Toole
- New proverb identifies beauty's source
Jonathan Lighter
- New proverb identifies beauty's source
Jonathan Lighter
- New proverb identifies beauty's source
ADSGarson O'Toole
- New proverb identifies beauty's source
ADSGarson O'Toole
- New proverb identifies beauty's source
ADSGarson O'Toole
- New proverb identifies beauty's source
Jonathan Lighter
- Changes to Google News Archive and search
Ben Zimmer
- Changes to Google News Archive and search
ADSGarson O'Toole
- wealthsplained - example of suffix: -splain e.g. mansplain
ADSGarson O'Toole
- Raleigh, N.C. -- awesome or aw-dropping?
Joel S. Berson
- "Mildred"
Jim Parish
- Changes to Google News Archive and search
Joel S. Berson
- WOTY, category of (unfortunately) least likely to succeed
Laurence Horn
- WOTY, category of (unfortunately) least likely to succeed
Joel S. Berson
- Raleigh, N.C. -- awesome or aw-dropping?
Laurence Horn
- Changes to Google News Archive and search
Victor Steinbok
- WOTY, category of (unfortunately) least likely to succeed
Benjamin Torbert
- WOTY, category of (unfortunately) least likely to succeed
Laurence Horn
- Raleigh, N.C. -- awesome or aw-dropping?
Joel S. Berson
- Raleigh, N.C. -- awesome or aw-dropping?
Tom Zurinskas
- New to me--"kiss 'n' cry"
Laurence Horn
- "Mildred"
W Brewer
- bobsled, bobsledding
Christopher Philippo
- Raleigh, N.C. -- awesome or aw-dropping?
Paul Johnston
- Quote: I choose a lazy person to do a hard job (Attributed to Bill Gates) (Congressional Record Help Request)
Dave Hause
- OT
Victor Steinbok
- LOD-tutorial @ EURALEX XVI: invitation
Wandl-Vogt, Eveline
- Raleigh, N.C. -- awesome or aw-dropping?
Laurence Horn
- Raleigh, N.C. -- awesome or aw-dropping?
Paul Johnston
- Quote: I choose a lazy person to do a hard job (Attributed to Bill Gates) (Congressional Record Help Request)
Jonathan Lighter
- Raleigh, N.C. -- awesome or aw-dropping?
W Brewer
- Raleigh, N.C. -- awesome or aw-dropping?
Laurence Horn
- Raleigh, N.C. -- awesome or aw-dropping?
Michael Newman
- Quote: I choose a lazy person to do a hard job (Attributed to Bill Gates) (Congressional Record Help Request)
ADSGarson O'Toole
- "No detail is too small...."
Jonathan Lighter
- Quote: I choose a lazy person to do a hard job (Attributed to Bill Gates) (Congressional Record Help Request)
Victor Steinbok
- Quote: I choose a lazy person to do a hard job (Attributed to Bill Gates) (Congressional Record Help Request)
Jonathan Lighter
- Quote: I choose a lazy person to do a hard job (Attributed to Bill Gates) (Congressional Record Help Request)
Jonathan Lighter
- Raleigh, N.C. -- awesome or aw-dropping?
Paul Johnston
- Raleigh, N.C. -- awesome or aw-dropping?
Paul Johnston
- Raleigh, N.C. -- awesome or aw-dropping?
Laurence Horn
- Raleigh, N.C. -- awesome or aw-dropping?
Paul Johnston
- Raleigh, N.C. -- awesome or aw-dropping?
Michael Newman
- Raleigh, N.C. -- awesome or aw-dropping?
Paul Johnston
- Raleigh, N.C. -- awesome or aw-dropping?
Joel S. Berson
- Raleigh, N.C. -- awesome or aw-dropping?
Joel S. Berson
- Raleigh, N.C. -- awesome or aw-dropping?
Michael Newman
- Query: Can "yours" rhyme dialectally with "purse"?
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Raleigh, N.C. -- awesome or aw-dropping?
W Brewer
- Quote: I choose a lazy person to do a hard job (Attributed to Bill Gates) (Congressional Record Help Request)
Dave Hause
- "A whole lot of history behind =?Windows-1252?Q?=91x=92_and_=91o=2C=92_?=kiss and hug"
Stephen Goranson
- Raleigh, N.C. -- awesome or aw-dropping?
Jonathan Lighter
- Raleigh, N.C. -- awesome or aw-dropping?
Jonathan Lighter
- "A whole lot of history behind 'x' and 'o,' kiss and hug"
Bonnie Taylor-Blake
- fabulous = 'given to creatively fashions and entertaining public behavior'
Jonathan Lighter
- fabulous = 'given to creatively fashions and entertaining public behavior'
Jonathan Lighter
- "A whole lot of history behind 'x' and 'o,' kiss and hug"
Stephen Goranson
- fabulous = 'given to creatively fashions and entertaining public behavior'
Dan Goncharoff
- Query: Can "yours" rhyme dialectally with "purse"?
Dan Goncharoff
- Query: Can "yours" rhyme dialectally with "purse"?
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Raleigh, N.C. -- awesome or aw-dropping?
W Brewer
- Quote: I choose a lazy person to do a hard job (Attributed to Bill Gates) (Congressional Record Help Request)
Dan Goncharoff
- Facebook, again
Wilson Gray
- Quote: I choose a lazy person to do a hard job (Attributed to Bill Gates) (Congressional Record Help Request)
ADSGarson O'Toole
- Quote: I choose a lazy person to do a hard job (Attributed to Bill Gates) (Congressional Record Help Request)
ADSGarson O'Toole
- Query: Can "yours" rhyme dialectally with "purse"?
Laurence Horn
- Raleigh, N.C. -- awesome or aw-dropping?
Laurence Horn
- Raleigh, N.C. -- awesome or aw-dropping?
Ben Zimmer
- Raleigh, N.C. -- awesome or aw-dropping?
Laurence Horn
- Query: Can "yours" rhyme dialectally with "purse"?
Geoffrey Steven Nathan
- Raleigh, N.C. -- awesome or aw-dropping?
Michael Newman
- Raleigh, N.C. -- awesome or aw-dropping?
Douglas G. Wilson
- Raleigh, N.C. -- awesome or aw-dropping?
Laurence Horn
- Raleigh, N.C. -- awesome or aw-dropping?
Paul Johnston
- spicing horses
George Thompson
- Beyond euphemism?
Dan Goodman
- Beyond euphemism?
Joel S. Berson
- Beyond euphemism?
Laurence Horn
- "much" vs. "a lot of"
Neal Whitman
- footer (noun)
George Thompson
- Beyond euphemism?
Tom Zurinskas
- Raleigh, N.C. -- awesome or aw-dropping?
Tom Zurinskas
- Raleigh, N.C. -- awesome or aw-dropping?
Laurence Horn
- "old wise tale"/"old wives tell"
Wilson Gray
- "old wise tale"/"old wives tell"
Laurence Horn
- "much" vs. "a lot of"
Joel S. Berson
- "much" vs. "a lot of"
Benjamin Barrett
- Raleigh, N.C. -- awesome or aw-dropping?
Mark Mandel
- "much" vs. "a lot of"
Mark Mandel
- "much" vs. "a lot of"
Neal Whitman
- chitlin' circuit (Dec. 1966)
Ben Zimmer
- "old wise tale"/"old wives tell"
Wilson Gray
- chitlin' circuit (Dec. 1966)
Wilson Gray
- chitlin' circuit (Dec. 1966)
ADSGarson O'Toole
- chitlin' circuit (Dec. 1966)
Ben Zimmer
- Antedating of "Sci-Fi"
Shapiro, Fred
- Antedating of "Sci-Fi"
Jesse Sheidlower
- Decarcerate, excarcerate
Laurence Horn
- "old wise tale"/"old wives tell"
Herb Stahlke
- old wives tells (and others)
Laurence Horn
- old wives tells (and others)
Ben Zimmer
- old wives tells (and others)
Ben Zimmer
- old wives tells (and others)
Laurence Horn
- old wives tells (and others)
Charles C Doyle
- old wives tells (and others)
Laurence Horn
- Blexting
Geoffrey Steven Nathan
- Modern Proverb: Do not be so open-minded that your brains fall out
ADSGarson O'Toole
- Modern Proverb: Do not be so open-minded that your brains fall out
ADSGarson O'Toole
- to be "scored"
Tom Zurinskas
- "old wise tale"/"old wives tell"
Mark Mandel
- based off = 'as a result of; by reason of; from'
Mark Mandel
- "gay girl", the old euphemism?
Joel S. Berson
- "cliff-hanger", 1931
Joel S. Berson
- "old wise tale"/"old wives tell"
Wilson Gray
- "old wise tale"/"old wives tell"
Douglas G. Wilson
- "old wise tale"/"old wives tell"
Paul Johnston
- chitlin' circuit (Dec. 1966)
Wilson Gray
- Antedating of "Sci-Fi"
Wilson Gray
- "old wise tale"/"old wives tell"
Wilson Gray
- TV-show dialogue
Wilson Gray
- Antedating of "Sci-Fi"
W Brewer
- Blexting
Hugo
- chitlin' circuit (Dec. 1966)
Ben Zimmer
- "Perils of Pauline" -- cliff-hanger or not?
Joel S. Berson
- "Perils of Pauline" -- cliff-hanger or not?
Dan Goncharoff
- old wives tells (and others)
W Brewer
- dinosaur-dwarfing
Dan Goodman
- Request Sunday Times (UK) article in 1948 - Gale NewsVault - Quote about penny dreadfuls
ADSGarson O'Toole
- "The Language of Alsatia: Cant, Analogy and Toponyms"
George Thompson
- "Perils of Pauline" -- cliff-hanger or not?
Joel S. Berson
- "old wise tale"/"old wives tell"
Herb Stahlke
- "old wise tale"/"old wives tell"
Laurence Horn
- "Perils of Pauline" -- cliff-hanger or not?
W Brewer
- Random Note for WOTY 2014: neknominate, -ion, -ed, -ing
David Barnhart
- Random Note for WOTY 2014: neknominate, -ion, -ed, -ing
Arnold Zwicky
- "old wise tale"/"old wives tell"
Herb Stahlke
- Random Note for WOTY 2014: neknominate, -ion, -ed, -ing
Christopher Philippo
- Random Note for WOTY 2014: neknominate, -ion, -ed, -ing
Laurence Horn
- Random Note for WOTY 2014: neknominate, -ion, -ed, -ing
Christopher Philippo
- Random Note for WOTY 2014: neknominate, -ion, -ed, -ing
Baker, John
- Random Note for WOTY 2014: neknominate, -ion, -ed, -ing
Laurence Horn
- Q: "Accessible Archives" misdating the Pennsylvania Gazette?
Joel S. Berson
- thoroughly individuated singular they
Michael Newman
- Random Note for WOTY 2014: neknominate, -ion, -ed, -ing
W Brewer
- thoroughly individuated singular they
Ben Zimmer
- Random Note for WOTY: further on _neknominate_
David Barnhart
- "Perils of Pauline" -- cliff-hanger or not?
Dan Goncharoff
- of possible interest--Amy Clark on "The vernacular voice"
Laurence Horn
- Antedating of "Sci-Fi"
Jeff Prucher
- Antedating of "Sci-Fi"
Jeff Prucher
- Q: "Accessible Archives" misdating the Pennsylvania Gazette?
ADSGarson O'Toole
- "Perils of Pauline" -- cliff-hanger or not?
Joel S. Berson
- Random Note for WOTY: further on _neknominate_
Joel S. Berson
- Random Note for WOTY: further on _neknominate_
Laurence Horn
- "Perils of Pauline" -- cliff-hanger or not?
Joel S. Berson
- thoroughly individuated singular they
Neal Whitman
- "Perils of Pauline" -- cliff-hanger or not?
W Brewer
- "Arabian Nights" -- cliff-hanger or not?
Joel S. Berson
- "Perils of Pauline" -- cliff-hanger or not?
Joel S. Berson
- Q: "crolette"
Joel S. Berson
- Phrase: someone will BlackBerry you
ADSGarson O'Toole
- Quote: No one owns life, but anyone who can pick up a frying pan owns death
ADSGarson O'Toole
- to be "scored"
Mullins, Bill CIV (US)
- fabulous = 'given to creatively fashions and entertaining public behavior'
Mullins, Bill CIV (US)
- "piece of ass" huge antedate
Jesse Sheidlower
- "piece of ass" huge antedate
Mullins, Bill CIV (US)
- Changes to Google News Archive and search
Grant Barrett
- "piece of ass" huge antedate
Shapiro, Fred
- Changes to Google News Archive and search
Ben Zimmer
- From a post: "either" for "too/also"
Wilson Gray
- "piece of ass" huge antedate
W Brewer
- From a post: "either" for "too/also"
Laurence Horn
- "piece of ass" huge antedate
sclements at NEO.RR.COM
- From a post: "either" for "too/also"
Tom Zurinskas
- Automatic reply: ADS-L Digest - 19 Feb 2014 to 20 Feb 2014 (#2014-52)
Damien Hall
- "piece of ass" huge antedate
Wilson Gray
- "piece of ass" huge antedate
W Brewer
- From a post: "either" for "too/also"
Herb Stahlke
- From a post: "either" for "too/also"
Laurence Horn
- From a post: "either" for "too/also"
Christopher Philippo
- From a post: "either" for "too/also"
Laurence Horn
- From a post: "either" for "too/also"
Wilson Gray
- From a post: "either" for "too/also"
Eric Nielsen
- A foreign accent causes doubt
Tom Zurinskas
- Why British accents in US NEws
Tom Zurinskas
- WB reacts to <bobsleigh>
W Brewer
- Why British accents in US NEws
Laurence Horn
- A foreign accent causes doubt
Joel S. Berson
- WB reacts to <bobsleigh>
Joel S. Berson
- WB reacts to <bobsleigh>
Andrew Firta
- Nobody likes a whistleblower, wrayer, snitch, narker, denunciator, quadruplator, or emphanist
Baron, Dennis E
- WB reacts to <bobsleigh>
W Brewer
- Make up your mind!
Wilson Gray
- Way with words
Victor Steinbok
- Request Sunday Times (UK) article in 1948 - Gale NewsVault - Quote about penny dreadfuls
ADSGarson O'Toole
- WB reacts to <bobsleigh>
Andrew Firta
- Quote: Not to be a republican at twenty is proof of want of heart (Evidence in 1875)
ADSGarson O'Toole
- Make up your mind!
Geoffrey Steven Nathan
- WB reacts to <bobsleigh>
W Brewer
- Automatic reply: ADS-L Digest - 23 Feb 2014 to 24 Feb 2014 (#2014-56)
Damien Hall
- bobsleigh in the US
Joan H. Hall
- Bobsledge: Sorry, Cheetah
Eric Nielsen
- bobsleigh in the US
W Brewer
- The USS Asiana Airlines
David A. Daniel
- Quote: I choose a lazy person to do a hard job (Attributed to Bill Gates) (Congressional Record Help Request)
ADSGarson O'Toole
- Bobsledge: Sorry, Cheetah
W Brewer
- Etymology of "copacetic"
Meng Lu
- Etymology of "copacetic"
Christopher Philippo
- "weenie", the alternative "MacGuffin"? And other movie terms from 1946
Joel S. Berson
- "nerve gas", 1946
Joel S. Berson
- Saying "We don't want it great, we want it Friday", 1946
Joel S. Berson
- Etymology of "copacetic"
Stephen Goranson
- Automatic reply: Etymology of "copacetic"
Hunter, Lynne R CIV SPAWARSYSCEN-PACIFIC, 71700
- "weenie", the alternative "MacGuffin"? And other movie terms from 1946
Dan Goncharoff
- "weenie", the alternative "MacGuffin"? And other movie terms from 1946
Laurence Horn
- Facebook multiplies genders but offers users the same three tired pronouns
Baron, Dennis E
- Goody two shoes
ADSGarson O'Toole
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