May 2015 Archives by thread
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Ending: Sun May 31 23:59:16 UTC 2015
Messages: 404
- [Ads-l] antedating "pic"
Michael Quinion
- [Ads-l] perceptronium
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] antedating "pic" (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill CIV (US)
- [Ads-l] The T-word
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] Adage: Only two possible stories: you go on a journey, or a stranger comes to town
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] "dramastically"
Mark Mandel
- [Ads-l] Query about the origin of a meme
Laurence Horn
- [Ads-l] Fwd: Definition of "saying"
Mark Mandel
- [Ads-l] -mageddon again
David Barnhart
- [Ads-l] But it's -meggedon as content shows.
David Barnhart
- [Ads-l] Humble
Dan Goncharoff
- [Ads-l] -MEGGEDON observation
David Barnhart
- [Ads-l] too many spelling variations
David Barnhart
- [Ads-l] A word for email blunders
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] term for e-mail mistake
David Barnhart
- [Ads-l] _Laid_, WRT the hair of black women:
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] Beng interrogated by the Bishop (figuratively), 1689; antedates OED2 1701--
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] gismo, antedated (?) to May 1939
Stephen Goranson
- [Ads-l] "come-a-long", engineer's jargon
George Thompson
- [Ads-l] "come-a-long", engineer's jargon (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill CIV (US)
- [Ads-l] dadbod
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] QOTY
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] "prostitute/whore with a heart of gold"
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] That sure got his goat. Sorry, Charlie.
W Brewer
- [Ads-l] hack - trick/secret
Benjamin Barrett
- [Ads-l] "on the double"
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] Quip: If Cobden were alive ... now he would turn in his grave (1879)
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] W:pedia: "Carry on, Sergeant" is a normal expression for an Army officer to use; ...
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] Quip: If Cobden were alive ... now he would turn in his grave (1879) (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill CIV (US)
- [Ads-l] Mx to be sanctified by the OED
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] NGram vs. the OED
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] FW: NGram vs. the OED
Shapiro, Fred
- [Ads-l] Web newsmedium headline:
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] “generic descriptive terms”
Dan Goncharoff
- [Ads-l] NGram vs. the OED (UNCLASSIFIED)
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] Fwd: "To say it wasn't transparent is unfair to most black boxes."
Dan Goncharoff
- [Ads-l] new unisex names
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] healthier, n.
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] "WWII Jets Fly Over Washington" Me 163, 262 and Japanese "Shusui" J8M
GUY LETOURNEAU Owner
- [Ads-l] antedates for "thuggery," 'thug'= ruffian
Geoffrey Nunberg
- [Ads-l] Kayaktivists/kayactivists
Benjamin Barrett
- [Ads-l] "sillar"? And noun or adj.?
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] Smudge - spiritually purify
Benjamin Barrett
- [Ads-l] A "kiss-this-guy" kind of mishearing
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] Ninet
Mark Mandel
- [Ads-l] nose-blind
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] James Hogg's "brankie," n.
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] Gender-neutral pronouns was :Mx to be sanctified by the OED
Amy West
- [Ads-l] "Despite the huge police response, the area was calm"
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] Hockey's "original six" (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill CIV (US)
- [Ads-l] Fun with 'x' in 'xe,' 'Chl=?utf-8?Q?=C3=B6e=2C'_?=etc.
GUY LETOURNEAU Owner
- [Ads-l] intestinal/testicular fortitude
Ben Zimmer
- [Ads-l] intestinal/testicular fortitude (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill CIV (US)
- [Ads-l] It's just plain annoying!
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] Getting a reply (re Deflate)
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] Back to 1692
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] on the subject of sports lingo...
Laurence Horn
- [Ads-l] franchise
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] It's just plain annoying! (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill CIV (US)
- [Ads-l] cynicism
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] fracklog (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill CIV (US)
- [Ads-l] WOTY candidates: fracklog, fracklogger
Laurence Horn
- [Ads-l] Just heard on a reality show:
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] Your Chinese lesson for the day: quan jue <death by dogs>
Benjamin Barrett
- [Ads-l] Is "good at numbers" dated?
Benjamin Barrett
- [Ads-l] Is "good at numbers" dated? 0? ('cypher' question)
GUY LETOURNEAU Owner
- [Ads-l] "Napalm is congealed gasoline that is indistinguishable after it gets on your skin." [NT]
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] To Wiccan
Benjamin Barrett
- [Ads-l] eleventy-dimensional
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] absent, prep.
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] A "kiss-this-guy" kind of mishearing (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill CIV (US)
- [Ads-l] "Lord love a duck!" antedated (?) to 1889
Stephen Goranson
- [Ads-l] Antedating of "Hip-Hop"
Shapiro, Fred
- [Ads-l] foment
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] Can you say "Cossack"?
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] "Shibbolize"
Jim Parish
- [Ads-l] antedating medallion (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill CIV (US)
- [Ads-l] =?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=9Cthe_wood=E2=80=9D_?=-- the front-page headline of a tabloid newspaper
George Thompson
- [Ads-l] Facebook talk:
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] Kicks
victor steinbok
- [Ads-l] Word: ovate
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] Berraisms?
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] Wednesday is Eliza Doolittle Day
Mark Mandel
- [Ads-l] "You live in shit!"
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] Kackalack (1923)
Bonnie Taylor-Blake
- [Ads-l] Kackalack (1923) (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill CIV (US)
- [Ads-l] "dino-chicken" -- WOTY?
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] Oven = womb
Benjamin Barrett
- [Ads-l] _Forest razor_ : "woodman's axe"
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] Antedating of kicks (shoes)
Hugo
- [Ads-l] BC, n.
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] _Dudine_ : "dudette"
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] Jetz downloaden
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] "Ain't I'm a Dog?!"
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] Usage question
Michael Everson
- [Ads-l] Nomad and Re: hack - trick/secret
Benjamin Barrett
- [Ads-l] Go postal
victor steinbok
- [Ads-l] "praedormitory" (adj.) not in OED
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] to "community-police"
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] Further Antedating of "Monopoly" (Game)
Shapiro, Fred
- [Ads-l] Heard: "nauseousness"
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] anachronism watch--or OED lapse?
Laurence Horn
- [Ads-l] Monroney sticker
Dan Goncharoff
- [Ads-l] "building", adj., 'That is being built.'
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] Euriopean (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill CIV (US)
- [Ads-l] New York's Boldest
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] Antedating of "American" (Inhabitant of America, of European Descent)
Shapiro, Fred
- [Ads-l] Busted Spicket
W Brewer
- [Ads-l] Antedating of "American Indian"
Shapiro, Fred
- [Ads-l] Further Antedating of "American Indian"
Shapiro, Fred
- [Ads-l] query on -s truncation
Laurence Horn
- [Ads-l] query on -s truncation (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill CIV (US)
- [Ads-l] Duggar (verb, noun)/duggary
Benjamin Barrett
- [Ads-l] Update on DARE's status
Joan Hall
- [Ads-l] "lands and sticks"
Dan Goncharoff
- [Ads-l] Cheeseburger (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill CIV (US)
- [Ads-l] Just heard from one ...
David Barnhart
- [Ads-l] Misplaced modifier
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] s-truncation
Yagoda, Ben
- [Ads-l] Pan = pansexual
Benjamin Barrett
- [Ads-l] Posted to Facebook
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] vacuum suit and other sf cites (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill CIV (US)
- [Ads-l] body safety
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] "hafu"
George Thompson
- [Ads-l] HDAS comes through again
George Thompson
- [Ads-l] Only *one* answer? And why only one? Why had the speaker not heard either term before?
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] "We must increase our busts!"
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] News to me: "coronate" as a v.tr. and not just as an adj.
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] "aloha" in Gaelic spelling
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] BOGO (when the second item is not free)
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] Antedating of "Bitch" (Passive Homosexual)
Shapiro, Fred
- [Ads-l] Antedating of "Sapphist"
Shapiro, Fred
- [Ads-l] Antedating of "Fellatio"
Shapiro, Fred
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