June 2014 Archives by thread
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- Show Out
Laurence Horn
- OT almost entirely: Radu Florescu, 88, Scholar of Dracula, and the OED
George Thompson
- Pronunciation of Donetsk
W Brewer
- "32 Words That Make You Look Bad"
Wilson Gray
- Another non-metaphor
Wilson Gray
- same place -- same time [was: Vlad and Dracula]
Joel S. Berson
- antedating 'pad' = "lodging place"
Jonathan Lighter
- "Dead man's float" (and not in OED)
Joel S. Berson
- more on "dead man's float"
David Barnhart
- Quote: The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources
ADSGarson O'Toole
- Derry Aire
Jonathan Lighter
- Antedating of "doolally"
Hugo
- "Dead man's float"
Joel S. Berson
- antedating "dogie"
Jonathan Lighter
- 5th Workshop on Immigrant Languages in the Americas (WILA5)
Joseph Salmons
- Use Itch-X...
Wilson Gray
- Automatic reply: ADS-L Digest - 1 Jun 2014 to 2 Jun 2014 (#2014-154)
Damien Hall
- Antedatings of "CEO"
Hugo
- Buchinger's Boot
Bill Mullins
- Udini
Bill Mullins
- Another alleged Orwell quote
Jonathan Lighter
- What to do about quotations with spelling errors
ADSGarson O'Toole
- "Not All Men"
Ann Burlingham
- Facebook: "The US government is the laughing _stalk_ of other countries." [NT]
ADSGarson O'Toole
- "Lease-piece": not in HDAS?
Wilson Gray
- Jerkwater, maybe a slight antedating
Stephen Goranson
- Further Antedating of "Fascism"
Shapiro, Fred
- S.O.
Jonathan Lighter
- "Grey dog" = "Greyhound bus"
George Thompson
- "do a crap"
Jonathan Lighter
- Antedating of "Nazism"
Shapiro, Fred
- consult = 'consultation'
Jonathan Lighter
- Curly quotes [was: "Not All Men"]
Joel S. Berson
- Petro?
W Brewer
- Anaphoric search party
victor steinbok
- "like a herd of turtles"
Jonathan Lighter
- Antedating of "Unemployment"
Shapiro, Fred
- "trigger warning": "cad" goes unisex, "blonde" goes unutterable
Jonathan Lighter
- "lad": a note on American usage
Jonathan Lighter
- "trigger warning"
Joel S. Berson
- "blonde" goes unutterable
Joel S. Berson
- Antedating of "Tuxedo"
Shapiro, Fred
- TOTY?
Joel S. Berson
- "linguistic relativism"
Jonathan Lighter
- Antedating of "Humdinger"
Shapiro, Fred
- Creepypasta, WOTY suggestion (Was Re: Antedating of "creepypasta")
Bonnie Taylor-Blake
- Quote: Don't believe the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.
ADSGarson O'Toole
- tall tales
Herb Stahlke
- More RE: Clarification Relating to First Use of "Software"
Shapiro, Fred
- Antedating of "Wishbone" (Football)
Shapiro, Fred
- flash bash - "violent take on the 'flash mob'"
ADSGarson O'Toole
- Further Antedating of "Hillbilly"
Shapiro, Fred
- Still Further Antedating of "Hillbilly"
Shapiro, Fred
- WOTY?
Charles C Doyle
- action-hero monikers
Jonathan Lighter
- liking vs. likeness
Michael Sheehan
- Cishet and Q permutations
Benjamin Barrett
- cissexual
Jonathan Lighter
- EYE-ther
Tom Zurinskas
- "like a herd of turtles"--Now B-17
Geoffrey Steven Nathan
- action-hero monikers (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill CIV (US)
- name-sexism leads to hurricane deaths
Jonathan Lighter
- early "tits"
Jonathan Lighter
- Petro?q
Tom Zurinskas
- banh mi
Benjamin Barrett
- Udini (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill CIV (US)
- Virtual Ticketing
Dan Goncharoff
- Quote: "Horace Greeley is 'a self-made man who worships his Creator'" (1868)
ADSGarson O'Toole
- CNN headline: <<Subway strike looms over WC>>
W Brewer
- Antedatings of "friendly fire"
Hugo
- early "tits"--now 'bullamacow'
Geoffrey Steven Nathan
- "measuring the drapes"
Jonathan Lighter
- "Standing Orders, Rogers' Rangers"
Jonathan Lighter
- "War is messy."
Jonathan Lighter
- on my blog
Arnold Zwicky
- Clone: Fake v Replica
Dan Goncharoff
- "bucket things" (to do before one kicks it)
Laurence Horn
- on my blog (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill CIV (US)
- A query from Spain
Joan H. Hall
- Antedating of "Fellow Traveler"
Shapiro, Fred
- Freemium
victor steinbok
- "vacation cutting" -- not in OED
Joel S. Berson
- The dog standing on its hind legs
Joel S. Berson
- Antedating of Tooth Fairy
Baker, John
- Antedating of "boffin"
Hugo
- Antedating of "cutie pie"
Hugo
- Antedating of "sheesh" [1955]
Bonnie Taylor-Blake
- Antedating of "sheesh" [1955] (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill CIV (US)
- meh, adj.
Jonathan Lighter
- irenicism
Jonathan Lighter
- USEFUL IDIOTS
Shapiro, Fred
- crats, pubs
Jonathan Lighter
- buzz = 'fly close to'
Jonathan Lighter
- Your big-boy pants
Jonathan Lighter
- plastiglomerate
Ben Zimmer
- Antedating of OED JUMP, n2
Robin Hamilton
- which its = "whose"
Jonathan Lighter
- More on The Rogue -- the terminology of thieves
Robin Hamilton
- OT Re: Google
Joel S. Berson
- Antedating of "Fellow Traveler" [and not re "useful idiot"]
Joel S. Berson
- Ingenuitive
Neal Whitman
- "dickhead" in the news
Jonathan Lighter
- Further Antedating of "Bubble Gum"
Shapiro, Fred
- Strait or straits (Re: buzz = 'fly close to')
Benjamin Barrett
- Further Antedating of "Easter Bunny"
Shapiro, Fred
- "None of us are immune from grammar's snares."
Wilson Gray
- "they should hang their heads high"
Laurence Horn
- Antedating of "First World War"
Shapiro, Fred
- hanging whiches revisited (thanks to DARE, via Joan)
Laurence Horn
- rump
Jonathan Lighter
- socialisatory
Jonathan Lighter
- latch key kids
Bill Mullins
- New to me, but...
Wilson Gray
- Heard: "_masturbational_ [virginity]"
Wilson Gray
- Slight Further Antedating of "Cliffhanger"
Shapiro, Fred
- "side eye"
Jonathan Lighter
- Antedatings of "Population Explosion"
Shapiro, Fred
- cadence
Bill Mullins
- "left, right" [was: Cadence]
Joel S. Berson
- Couplet: "The pride of family is all a cheat, / Who's truly good alone is truly great."
Baker, John
- Odd hyphenations
Joel S. Berson
- White Supremacist Fliers Found on Fort Carson
W Brewer
- automated
Jonathan Lighter
- Antedating of "Holocaust"
Shapiro, Fred
- Antedating of "Holocaust" (Corrected Email, Disregard Previous Email)
Shapiro, Fred
- Old Bailey records and linguistic analysis
Joel S. Berson
- soccer, socker, and association football
Joel S. Berson
- Pronunciation of kefir
Benjamin Barrett
- _behind the Cotton Curtain_ = "in the South"
Wilson Gray
- Antedating of "Cinematography"
Shapiro, Fred
- yardbird; snuffy
Jonathan Lighter
- Quote: There but for the grace of God go I
ADSGarson O'Toole
- tradecraft again
Neal Whitman
- showstopper
Jonathan Lighter
- Antedating of "Rugger"
Shapiro, Fred
- Are there many other creatures...
Wilson Gray
- Question About British Newspaper Archive
Shapiro, Fred
- Antedating of "soccer"? [was: Antedating of "Rugger"]
Joel S. Berson
- Antedating of "Feminism"
Shapiro, Fred
- Still Further Antedating of "Hooligan"
Shapiro, Fred
- "I got dibs" antedated (?) to 1915
Stephen Goranson
- Joke: Mr. Funk, I think you're a prink! (circa 1953)
ADSGarson O'Toole
- Still Further Antedating of "Impressionism"
Shapiro, Fred
- CNN Article by Jon Lighter
Shapiro, Fred
- Antedating of "Photograph"
Shapiro, Fred
- ask forgiveness get permission
Bill Mullins
- another early figurative "pinata"
Jonathan Lighter
- heroes and bums
Jonathan Lighter
- ch'ilin, qilin, kirin, girin, kylan
Benjamin Barrett
- ch'ilin, qilin, kirin, girin, kylan
W Brewer
- ch'ilin, qilin, kirin, girin, kylan
Benjamin Barrett
- ch'ilin, qilin, kirin, girin, kylan
Randy Alexander
- ch'ilin, qilin, kirin, girin, kylan
W Brewer
- "The monkeys are running the zoo."
Jonathan Lighter
- Didn't as [dIdInt]
Neal Whitman
- The Proper Pronunciation of Certiorari
Baker, John
- Certiorari gibberish
David Barnhart
- Quip: I would challenge you to a battle of wits, but I see you are unarmed
ADSGarson O'Toole
- survey study participation
"Rémi A. van Compernolle"
- Still Further Antedating of "Linebacker"
Shapiro, Fred
- Yet Further Antedating of "Linebacker"
Shapiro, Fred
- How many "smart" things are there?
Tom Zurinskas
- "tl" in Chipotle
Benjamin Barrett
- Quote: I haven=?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=99t_?=made a phone call on my phone in a long time. (Jeff Bezos)
ADSGarson O'Toole
- "Moderate Rebels"
Martin Kaminer
- Origins of the Word "Soccer"
Shapiro, Fred
- The toothpaste vice
Joel S. Berson
- Marijuana
Wilson Gray
- Heard: Anthony Hopkins (apparently) pronouncing...
Wilson Gray
- Antedating of "Male Chauvinist Pig"
Shapiro, Fred
- Sino-Xenic
Benjamin Barrett
- Ben Zimmer on Jeopardy tonight
Bonnie Taylor-Blake
- Request for G. K. Chesterton quotation in Illustrated London News
ADSGarson O'Toole
- Phrase: Google-proof trivia, Google-proof questions
ADSGarson O'Toole
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