December 2017 Archives by thread
Starting: Fri Dec 1 16:27:34 UTC 2017
Ending: Mon Jan 1 03:22:57 UTC 2018
Messages: 342
- [Ads-l] The ultimate phoneme popularity chart
Tom Zurinskas
- [Ads-l] Heard on Dr. Phil
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] slight antedating of Teddy Bear
Dan Goncharoff
- [Ads-l] Undocumented Americans
Peter Reitan
- [Ads-l] "something greater than yourself"
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] (Off Topic) My bestselling book is on sale
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] Drama Critic Motto: Leave no turn unstoned
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] Alan Shepard Quotation
Shapiro, Fred
- [Ads-l] antedating (?) "shaggy-dog story"
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] Quote: It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it (was Re: Another that's new to me:)
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] beheading posting on my blog
Arnold M. Zwicky
- [Ads-l] QOTD
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] "Don't X and tell me it's Y"
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] acolyte act-a-light eggcorn?
Herb Stahlke
- [Ads-l] Antedating "Red Light District" - and a possible explanation of the red light
Peter Reitan
- [Ads-l] Jean-Baptiste Colbert Quotation
Shapiro, Fred
- [Ads-l] "So much good in the worst of us" Quote
Shapiro, Fred
- [Ads-l] Fwd: _Dipsticking_ aquifers from space
Andy Bach
- [Ads-l] Antedating of "Organization Man"
Shapiro, Fred
- [Ads-l] Leftoid
W Brewer
- [Ads-l] Facebookery: Wendy < windy
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] Discounts codes for LSA 2018 meeting registration
Grant Barrett
- [Ads-l] Wordplay: No Stone Unturned. No Tern Unstoned. No Stern Untoned
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] American Dialect Society seeks new executive secretary
Grant Barrett
- [Ads-l] rando
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] French bookseller e-ad
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] "Linguistic notes from all over"
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] Heard: =?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=9CThe_?=drive-thru was backed up with cars."
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] (reposted with typos corrected) Re: jitney--etymology and antedating
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] the gift that keeps on giving
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] Motto: In God We Trust; All Others Cash
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] "Holy Cow"
Peter Reitan
- [Ads-l] Read _cromulent_
Andy Bach
- [Ads-l] antedating peanut butter
MULLINS, WILLIAM D (Bill) CIV USARMY RDECOM AMRDEC (US)
- [Ads-l] Antedating of "Comfort Girl"
Baker, John
- [Ads-l] Quotations of the Year List Links
Shapiro, Fred
- [Ads-l] Celebrating Lost Words - Chi Luu
Andy Bach
- [Ads-l] _greedy-gut_
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] Sources for FedEx Anecdote
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] Moore's Law
James A. Landau
- [Ads-l] Happy Hanukkah
James A. Landau
- [Ads-l] resulting, resulter
Barretts Mail
- [Ads-l] "I'm/we're not going to lie"
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] The moral arc of the universe
James A. Landau
- [Ads-l] RES: "I'm/we're not going to lie"
David Daniel
- [Ads-l] Peter Strzok
W Brewer
- [Ads-l] "anymore, we treat our beloved pets more humanely then we do humans."
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] hearsay
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] antedating Jail-bait
Peter Reitan
- [Ads-l] Heard: "She filed for divorce in abstentia."
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] evangelical
Barretts Mail
- [Ads-l] jackhole
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] stumbling stone
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] Another early "rule of thumb" (1680)
Bonnie Taylor-Blake
- [Ads-l] "bigly"
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] "Drop" becoming confusing
Dan Goncharoff
- [Ads-l] to fly a sign
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] Adage: (Plays, books, stories, poems) are not written - they are rewritten
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] _try to_ vs. _try and_
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] "Felicia"?
James A. Landau
- [Ads-l] 7 banned phrases (HuffPost)
James A. Landau
- [Ads-l] useless words
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] dossi-air
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] A MILLION STRONG
Mark Mandel
- [Ads-l] antedating merguez
Bill Mullins
- [Ads-l] Web pop-up
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] RES: Web pop-up
David Daniel
- [Ads-l] Heard on Springer: "I recognized him..."
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] stand up = establish
Barretts Mail
- [Ads-l] 2 new (British) words: webs and trabs
Andy Bach
- [Ads-l] cornhole
Arnold M. Zwicky
- [Ads-l] Quote: Diplomacy frequently consists in soothingly saying =?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=9CNice_doggie=E2=80=9D_?=until you have a chance to pick up a rock
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] Origin of Kibosh, news story
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- [Ads-l] ADS-L Digest - 18 Dec 2017 to 19 Dec 2017 (#2017-349)
Amy West
- [Ads-l] A winner-go-home game
Laurence Horn
- [Ads-l] Nominations for the 2017 word of the year are now being accepted!
Grant Barrett
- [Ads-l] Heard on Jerry Springer: miscellanea
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] The truth about _boogie-joogie_
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] The 2017 Word of the Year has been banned
Baron, Dennis E
- [Ads-l] Loving Humanity and Hating People
Shapiro, Fred
- [Ads-l] "Star Turns": a new WOTY category?
Geoffrey Nunberg
- [Ads-l] Antedating vichyssoise
Bill Mullins
- [Ads-l] quote of the year candidate
James A. Landau
- [Ads-l] "politician on fire"
James A. Landau
- [Ads-l] Joan of Arc Quote
Shapiro, Fred
- [Ads-l] Jazz Slang - _ictus_
Andy Bach
- [Ads-l] Fwd: Re: [MEDTEXTL] Request for help on Joan of Arc quote (from ADS-L)
Amy West
- [Ads-l] mobile for phone
Herb Stahlke
- [Ads-l] windsock
Barretts Mail
- [Ads-l] dockless, docklessness
Barretts Mail
- [Ads-l] Eating food that has fallen onto the floor
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] From the UD def. of _bet_
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] TV PSA: "Someone dies or, even worse...
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] No = 'yes; truly'
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] "get tres gay on"
Dan Goncharoff
- [Ads-l] Quote: If You Steal From One Author, It ’s Plagiarism; If You Steal From Many, It’ =?UTF-8?Q?s_?=Research
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] "Be strung out (behind [NP])" = "be in love (with [NP])"
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] Read: The Memo: Five Republicans who could _primary_ Trump in 2020
Andy Bach
- [Ads-l] Word: wrongteous, wrong-teous
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] Heard on Deep Undercover: _lookers_ "eyes"
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] gearhead (1967, 1973)
Ben Zimmer
- [Ads-l] Efforting
Shawnee Moon
- [Ads-l] Nominations for Names of the Year
Cleve Evans
- [Ads-l] dog whistle politics
David K. Barnhart
- [Ads-l] (steam) is going on
Barretts Mail
- [Ads-l] dog whistle # 2
David K. Barnhart
- [Ads-l] Adage: The plural of anecdote is (not) data
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] Movie misquotation of the year in "Darkest Hour"
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] elephant
Bill Mullins
- [Ads-l] course-correct, v.
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] Happy New Year Advice: Stay away from the Schleswig-Holstein Question
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] Texas sheriff speaks
Wilson Gray
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