April 2015 Archives by thread
Starting: Wed Apr 1 00:37:28 UTC 2015
Ending: Thu Apr 30 23:37:56 UTC 2015
Messages: 493
- [Ads-l] "K. P. pusher"
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] Facebook: "ilk"
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] Heard on the radio
Dan Goncharoff
- [Ads-l] New to me: "astroturfing"
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] "spiriting (away)" -- verbal noun not in OED?
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] This is inconcievable to me.
David Barnhart
- [Ads-l] please substitute
David Barnhart
- [Ads-l] conundrum supper
George Thompson
- [Ads-l] dodgem cars
Amy West
- [Ads-l] Mentalist antedate; illusionist (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill CIV (US)
- [Ads-l] siftless
Benjamin Barrett
- [Ads-l] From the "Grammar Geeks" site:
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] "Cornrolls"
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] to "rock"
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] Barb (n.) = "cutting remark" obscure in the OED?
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] Urgent Need for Search of CD-ROM of OED 2nd Edition
Shapiro, Fred
- [Ads-l] Retro-prescience?
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] Further Antedating of "Easter Bunny"
Bonnie Taylor-Blake
- [Ads-l] Very slight antedating of "Easter basket" [1879]
Bonnie Taylor-Blake
- [Ads-l] Retrofit [re-TROFF-it]
W Brewer
- [Ads-l] Phrases: glass ceiling, invisible ceiling - WSJ
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] Unprintable quote of the year candidate?
Laurence Horn
- [Ads-l] Forest bathing
Benjamin Barrett
- [Ads-l] another "reversal"
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] typo?
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] "ground" vs. "floor"
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] Charlie Hebdo shows there=?utf-8?Q?=E2=80=99s_always_some_speech_that_isn=E2=80=99t_?=free
Baron, Dennis E
- [Ads-l] "on the nose"
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] Retrofit [re-TROFF-it] -> 'biopic'
GUY LETOURNEAU Owner
- [Ads-l] Ban 'em!
Charles C Doyle
- [Ads-l] Further Antedating of "Easter Bunny" (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill CIV (US)
- [Ads-l] An appeal for DARE
Joan H. Hall
- [Ads-l] Charlie Hebdo shows there's always some speech that isn't free
Baron, Dennis E
- [Ads-l] "not much of very else" (presumably = 'not very much else')
Laurence Horn
- [Ads-l] Physical Wallet, Hardware Wallet
Brian Hitchcock
- [Ads-l] Physical Wallet, Hardware Wallet
W Brewer
- [Ads-l] Physical Wallet, Hardware Wallet
guy1656 at centurylink.net
- [Ads-l] Physical Wallet, Hardware Wallet
Dave Hause
- [Ads-l] Physical Wallet, Hardware Wallet
Amy West
- [Ads-l] Physical Wallet, Hardware Wallet
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] Physical Wallet, Hardware Wallet
Baker, John
- [Ads-l] Physical Wallet, Hardware Wallet
Geoffrey Steven Nathan
- [Ads-l] Physical Wallet, Hardware Wallet
Arnold Zwicky
- [Ads-l] Physical Wallet, Hardware Wallet
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] Hager-ma growley
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] three card monte (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill CIV (US)
- [Ads-l] Hager-ma growley (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill CIV (US)
- [Ads-l] Corporate Jargon? Or lack of creativity? Or...
tajewell89
- [Ads-l] "paddy wagon" antedated
Stephen Goranson
- [Ads-l] New sense of "supper club" =?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=94_?=underground or secret restaurant
James Callan
- [Ads-l] Sinkholing
Benjamin Barrett
- [Ads-l] New to me, from 9to5 Mac:
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] Physical Wallet, Hardware Wallet - PLAIN TEXT THIS TIME
Brian Hitchcock
- [Ads-l] Quote of the Season
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] Fw: [C18-L] Rochester, children, and theories
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] fast food
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] Antedating "spirit", verb and noun, = "abduct(or)" [incl. "spiriting", verbal noun]
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] three card monte
Bill Mullins
- [Ads-l] three card monte demos
Bill Mullins
- [Ads-l] Postage Stamp Quotation Controversy
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] Antedating "spirit", verb and noun, = "abduct(or)" (incl. "spiriting", verbal noun) [Resending]
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] "eat, breathe, and sleep"
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] "eat, breathe, and sleep"
Arnold Zwicky
- [Ads-l] "eat, breathe, and sleep"
Arnold Zwicky
- [Ads-l] "eat, breathe, and sleep"
Michael Everson
- [Ads-l] "eat, breathe, and sleep"
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] "eat, breathe, and sleep"
Ben Zimmer
- [Ads-l] "eat, breathe, and sleep"
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] "eat, breathe, and sleep"
Ben Zimmer
- [Ads-l] Engineering amazing
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] Adage: There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] Emerson on the road to the "Paddy wagon"
Stephen Goranson
- [Ads-l] Derivation of "Kentucky"
Baker, John
- [Ads-l] Upside-down
victor steinbok
- [Ads-l] Pun
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] "Drop" as contronym
Martin Kaminer
- [Ads-l] "serape"? And in 1783
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] "_Lastly_" (58,000,000 raw G-hits),
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] Physical Wallet & Hardware Wallet (absolutely sure it's plain ASCII this time)
Brian Hitchcock
- [Ads-l] How's that, again?
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] Fugazi
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] ill-begotten gifts
David Daniel
- [Ads-l] "to come right down to the brass" 1858
Stephen Goranson
- [Ads-l] Call for papers for special issue of journal showcasing linguistic approaches to analysis of film
Davies, Catherine
- [Ads-l] to clear
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] Umlaut and Unclear?
Dan Goncharoff
- [Ads-l] locomotives as female
Herb Stahlke
- [Ads-l] locomotives as female (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill CIV (US)
- [Ads-l] Another slight antedating of "Veep"
Bonnie Taylor-Blake
- [Ads-l] NYMag: FOGO is the New FOMO
victor steinbok
- [Ads-l] Snowclone: Can a (derog) X get a Y?
Benjamin Barrett
- [Ads-l] Word: crowdsmash, crowdsmashing, crowd-smashing
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] Quote: Kind to her inferiors. And where does she find them? (antedating Dorothy Parker 1941 January 4)
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] Stan "American Dad" Smith speaks:
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] (Off List) Quote: Kind to her inferiors. And where does she find them?
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] A new concept of "sandwich"
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] New York Times Article on My "African American" Discovery
Shapiro, Fred
- [Ads-l] "ultracrepidate" and "anti-ultracrepidationism" & the OED
Dan Goncharoff
- [Ads-l] What if printed books went by ebook rules?
Baron, Dennis E
- [Ads-l] Word: mobilegeddon (another -geddon word in the news)
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] Further Antedating of "African American"
Shapiro, Fred
- [Ads-l] awesome sauce!
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] Portmanteau: Grexident
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] WSJ covers "batting around"
Dan Goncharoff
- [Ads-l] dangerous classes -- not in OED
Robin Hamilton
- [Ads-l] Moonshot and Moonshot Solution
Dan Goncharoff
- [Ads-l] More on "African American" Origins Story
Shapiro, Fred
- [Ads-l] exploration of eeny meenie miney etc.
Bill Mullins
- [Ads-l] Cugly
Benjamin Barrett
- [Ads-l] CASE in the UD
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] Quote: No dumb bastard ever won a war by going out and dying for his country. George Patton
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] RES: exploration of eeny meenie miney etc.
David Daniel
- [Ads-l] Has anyone else noticed the use of "dick" and "pussy" to mean...
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] OT Trivia from Facebook
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] Vietnam moves to South Pacific
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] "split season" not in OED
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] Phrase: drop-dead gorgeous - NYT obit for Richard Corliss and OED
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] signature strike
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] Antedating of "American" (Adjective)
Shapiro, Fred
- [Ads-l] Jenner interview - gender confirmation surgery
Benjamin Barrett
- [Ads-l] "tanned, rested, and ready"
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] more lies and statistics
Stephen Goranson
- [Ads-l] The F-icon
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] Signature strike explained
Dan Goncharoff
- [Ads-l] "prostitute/whore with a heart of gold"
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] Heard on "China, IL" on Adult Swim:
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] The F-Icon - Agincourt, 1415?
GUY LETOURNEAU Owner
- [Ads-l] Major Discovery Relating to "Whole Nine Yards"
Shapiro, Fred
- [Ads-l] Is Spanish stressed mid-vowel diphthongization becoming non-productive?
Mark Mandel
- [Ads-l] "Making the nut" explained
George Thompson
- [Ads-l] Fwd: yan tan tethera
W Brewer
- [Ads-l] Youneverknow: "bleb"
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] "prostitute/whore with a heart of gold" (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill CIV (US)
- [Ads-l] Phrase: earthquake tourism
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] foamers???
George Thompson
- [Ads-l] elected, n.
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] thug
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] by-passer
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] rind
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] chill
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] RES: rind
David Daniel
- [Ads-l] Falsely attributed quotations (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill CIV (US)
- [Ads-l] So how do dictionaries define "marriage" anyway?
Baron, Dennis E
- [Ads-l] sheng nu
Benjamin Barrett
- [Ads-l] Consensus
victor steinbok
- [Ads-l] antedating "pic"
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] antedating "pic" (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill CIV (US)
- [Ads-l] A "philosophy slam"? Not in OED
Joel Berson
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