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Starting: Sat Feb 1 00:34:47 UTC 2014
Ending: Fri Feb 28 22:56:35 UTC 2014
Messages: 532

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

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