October 2015 Archives by thread
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Ending: Sat Oct 31 23:40:37 UTC 2015
Messages: 373
- [Ads-l] OT: Another one bites the dust.
Benjamin Barrett
- [Ads-l] The part of speech of it
Benjamin Barrett
- [Ads-l] The part of speech of it (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill CIV (US)
- [Ads-l] The part of speech of it (adv?)
Guy Letourneau Owner
- [Ads-l] "Vocal fry": much ado about nothing
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] an incredulous reversal (or reversion?)
Laurence Horn
- [Ads-l] "presidence" as "presumption"?
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] "untrustable?"
Tom Zurinskas
- [Ads-l] "Draw Dropping"
Dan Goncharoff
- [Ads-l] Sao Paulo uses English-based phonetics
Tom Zurinskas
- [Ads-l] "Leather-apron man" not in OED
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] "Eephus" Not in OED
Shapiro, Fred
- [Ads-l] incredulous -> "incredible utility" still in use at USPTO
Guy Letourneau Owner
- [Ads-l] Quote: Our comedies are not to be laughed at
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] "Stuff" in baseball
George Thompson
- [Ads-l] Creole English, 1784
George Thompson
- [Ads-l] "Stuff"
Yagoda, Ben
- [Ads-l] a good one that Fred has missed
George Thompson
- [Ads-l] New to me: "consumer-facing"
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] Quote: Military Justice is to justice what military music is to music
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] Joke: Does your orchestra ever play requests?
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] It's not the size of the dog in the fight, ...
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] Heard: "I can horseback-ride."
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] Origin of the term "Cry Wolof"
Z Rice
- [Ads-l] No Californians need apply
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] Motto: The customer is always right - journalist request
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] to drunk-Google [Re: another one for the files]
Benjamin Barrett
- [Ads-l] to ninja-slip
Benjamin Barrett
- [Ads-l] Joke: I've half a mind to write a magazine poem
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] Why plants are cultivated
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] "take the wall" of someone; not in OED
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] Antedating of "paranormal"
Hugo
- [Ads-l] belt/belch
Charles C Doyle
- [Ads-l] Bob Gibson still talks about "stuff"
Dan Goncharoff
- [Ads-l] "filing above the rod"
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] When the ordinary term has become stale...
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] "deconfliction" -- WOTY?
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] "NA's"
Mark Mandel
- [Ads-l] Heard: "get a wet leg"
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] _deepthroat_ "go for the okey-doke from a tech company"
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] Question about "dow" and "jearse" - emphatic "no" and "yes"
Stephen HOWE
- [Ads-l] Quote Investigator
Bill Mullins
- [Ads-l] Phrase of the Year Candidates: "defeat device" "cheat device" "cheat mode"
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] "...the access time to these _datas_..."
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] New to me: _Anglicism_ vs. _Englishism_
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] Slashdotted Farked Instalanched Reditted Ycombinatored
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] Article: Pitfalls of Using Google Ngram to Study Language
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] "young guns" and "young 'uns"
Ben Zimmer
- [Ads-l] Dialect-clash
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] "... in order to peeve on it."
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] "... she _broadcasted_ herself ..."
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] "incidence" = "incident"
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] Antedating of face-off
Hugo
- [Ads-l] Antedating mullet (hairstyle)
Peter Morris
- [Ads-l] Sylvia Plath's "hunky"
Yagoda, Ben
- [Ads-l] "Tomboy" to be replaced by ...
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] Der Deal des Tages!
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] "Nine Yards" 1850 - Richard Bucci's
Peter Reitan
- [Ads-l] "just as good _of_ a(n) NP"
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] Antedating of "Martian" (Noun)
Shapiro, Fred
- [Ads-l] From a letter to the editor of the NYT:
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] Jovians and Martians
Bill Mullins
- [Ads-l] Call for nominations for presidential honorary memberships
Grant Barrett
- [Ads-l] "That's all she wrote" (1935-1941)
Bonnie Taylor-Blake
- [Ads-l] Surprise-releases
David Barnhart
- [Ads-l] "dad bod" ---
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] "shut up talking"
Geoffrey Nunberg
- [Ads-l] humdinger antedated to 1883
Ben Zimmer
- [Ads-l] Off topic? Corey Jones and Doonesbury
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] Heard?: Fabreze ad
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] "The Danderliers"
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] Origin of exclamation Great Scott discussed at Slate
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] unorthodox, n.
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] "We ARE x !"
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] "What Am I . . . ?"
Martin Kaminer
- [Ads-l] Heard: "primer"
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] Faulty, cracked nuts
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] Joke: Cocktail or beer named Love in a Canoe is sure close to water
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] Joke: "He's too caustic." "Hang the expense! Get him!" (1930)
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] Joke: "He's too caustic." "Hang the expense! Get him!" (1930) (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill CIV (US)
- [Ads-l] 1684: "stagnize", =?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=9Ctranschangement=E2=80=9D=2C__=22dry_belly-ache=22=2C?= =?UTF-8?Q?_=E2=80=9Cstagnization=E2=80=9D=2C_=E2=80=9Ccongelation=E2=80?= =?UTF-8?Q?=9D=2C_?="lues"
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] clink = chink
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] elite, n.
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] Antedating of "Sabermetrics"
Shapiro, Fred
- [Ads-l] Modern Proverb: There ain't no such thing as free lunch
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] 'gig' = (non-show-business) engagement, 1952
Geoffrey Nunberg
- [Ads-l] Rhetoric: Have you given up beating your father?
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] Interdating: bring ass to get ass
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] A too-soon crashblossom
Bonnie Taylor-Blake
- [Ads-l] X snob shift
Benjamin Barrett
- [Ads-l] Jazz Girls, 1915?
Ben Zimmer
- [Ads-l] Jazz Girls, 1915?
Shapiro, Fred
- [Ads-l] Jazz Girls, 1915?
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] Jazz Girls, 1915?
Christopher Philippo
- [Ads-l] Jazz Girls, 1915?
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] Jazz Girls, 1915?
Ben Zimmer
- [Ads-l] Jazz Girls, 1915?
Ben Zimmer
- [Ads-l] Jazz Girls, 1915?
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] Jazz Girls, 1915?
Ben Zimmer
- [Ads-l] Jazz Girls, 1915?
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] Jazz Girls, 1915?
Amy West
- [Ads-l] Jazz Girls, 1915?
Ben Zimmer
- [Ads-l] Jazz Girls, 1915?
Peter Reitan
- [Ads-l] "stag films" antedated (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill CIV (US)
- [Ads-l] More language trash - uh, *change*
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] Further Antedating of "Stag Film"
Shapiro, Fred
- [Ads-l] A too-soon crashblossom (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill CIV (US)
- [Ads-l] Jazz Girls, 1915? (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill CIV (US)
- [Ads-l] BS: A Lexicon
Mark Peters
- [Ads-l] More Facebookery
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] "Was you ever see...?"
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] innocent
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] Heard on the _Castle_ TV show
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] a "black Fellow" talking, 1737
George Thompson
- [Ads-l] Voice-over: "like nails on a _chalkboard_"
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] novel = 'issue-length comic-book story'
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] Schedule and Abstracts for 2016 Annual Meeting in D.C.
Grant Barrett
- [Ads-l] "triage" (v.)
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] Antedating of Jeepers
Baker, John
- [Ads-l] "portable soup" not in OED
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] Interesting early use of 'jazz' far away from music
Geoffrey Steven Nathan
- [Ads-l] -nista
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] zangi
Benjamin Barrett
- [Ads-l] "cul-paper" 1652; not in OED
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] "amen corner" 1652; antedates OED2 1860?
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] Delivery Status Notification (Failure)
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] health = 'functioning'
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] de-escyu-late
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] [Resending] "amen corner" 1652; ? antedates OED2 1860--
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] X snob
Arnold M. Zwicky
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