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Starting: Wed Jan 1 14:55:29 UTC 2020
Ending: Fri Jan 31 23:13:38 UTC 2020
Messages: 226

• [Ads-l] another "novel" use for non-fiction   Amy West
  • [Ads-l] another "novel" use for non-fiction   Jonathan Lighter
    • [Ads-l] another "novel" use for non-fiction   Arnold M. Zwicky
• [Ads-l] "smart Alecs" 1864 antedating   Stephen Goranson
  • [Ads-l] "smart Alecs" 1864 antedating   Mark Mandel
• [Ads-l] Quote: Cary Grant telegram anecdote - update   ADSGarson O'Toole
  • [Ads-l] Quote: Cary Grant telegram anecdote - update   ADSGarson O'Toole
  • [Ads-l] Quote: Cary Grant telegram anecdote - update   James Landau
• [Ads-l] "stanning" misapplied to fictional characters   Stanton McCandlish
  • [Ads-l] "stanning" misapplied to fictional characters   Dan Goncharoff
  • [Ads-l] "stanning" misapplied to fictional characters   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] Cary Grant telegram anecdote   Ben Yagoda
  • [Ads-l] Cary Grant telegram anecdote   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] Quotations from Don Marquis   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] Quotations from Don Marquis (UNCLASSIFIED)   MULLINS, WILLIAM D (Bill) CIV USARMY CCDC AVMC (USA)
  • [Ads-l] Quotations from Don Marquis (UNCLASSIFIED)   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] Nominations posted for Word of the Year + Word of the Decade   Ben Zimmer
• [Ads-l] Turkish Jews fighting to preserve Ladino   Mark Mandel
  • [Ads-l] Turkish Jews fighting to preserve Ladino   Margaret Winters
• [Ads-l] Online Searchable Yiddish Corpus Now Available   Geoffrey Nathan
• [Ads-l] 2019 Word of the Year is "(my) pronouns, " Word of the Decade is singular "they"   Ben Zimmer
• [Ads-l] barbet, dogo Argentino   Barretts Mail
• [Ads-l] "in cahoot" 1827 antedating   Stephen Goranson
  • [Ads-l] "in cahoot" 1827 antedating   Ben Zimmer
    • [Ads-l] "in cahoot" 1827 antedating   Stephen Goranson
• [Ads-l] New retropseudoacronym   Jonathan Lighter
  • [Ads-l] New retropseudoacronym   Wilson Gray
• [Ads-l] 58 Words and Phrases That Got Us Through a Crazy Decade in Business   Dan Goncharoff
  • [Ads-l] 58 Words and Phrases That Got Us Through a Crazy Decade in Business   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] GTFO   Jonathan Lighter
  • [Ads-l] GTFO   W Brewer
    • [Ads-l] GTFO   Mark Mandel
      • [Ads-l] GTFO   Laurence Horn
      • [Ads-l] GTFO   Jonathan Lighter
      • [Ads-l] GTFO   Mark Mandel
  • [Ads-l] GTFO   Wilson Gray
    • [Ads-l] GTFO   Andy Bach
      • [Ads-l] GTFO   Mark Mandel
      • [Ads-l] GTFO   W Brewer
      • [Ads-l] GTFO   Mark Mandel
• [Ads-l] Once again, "jet" = "aircraft"   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] On "Tar Heels" in general and North Carolinians as "Tar Heels"   Bonnie Taylor-Blake
  • [Ads-l] On "Tar Heels" in general and North Carolinians as "Tar Heels"   Peter Reitan
  • [Ads-l] On "Tar Heels" in general and North Carolinians as "Tar Heels"   Jonathan Lighter
  • [Ads-l] On "Tar Heels" in general and North Carolinians as "Tar Heels"   ADSGarson O'Toole
    • [Ads-l] On "Tar Heels" in general and North Carolinians as "Tar Heels"   Andy Bach
  • [Ads-l] On "Tar Heels" in general and North Carolinians as "Tar Heels"   Stephen Goranson
  • [Ads-l] Ferming   dave at wilton.net
    • [Ads-l] Ferming   W Brewer
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "swot | swat"   Hugo
• [Ads-l] Heard in a police documentary   Wilson Gray
• [Ads-l] Schizophrenia antedating (1909, 1908 in German)   dave at WILTON.NET
• [Ads-l] smutshooting (UNCLASSIFIED)   MULLINS, WILLIAM D (Bill) CIV USARMY CCDC AVMC (USA)
  • [Ads-l] smutshooting (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mark Mandel
• [Ads-l] plural of "emoji"   James Landau
  • [Ads-l] plural of "emoji"   Laurence Horn
    • [Ads-l] plural of "emoji"   Ben Zimmer
      • [Ads-l] plural of "emoji"   Barretts Mail
  • [Ads-l] plural of "emoji"   Geoffrey Nathan
    • [Ads-l] plural of "emoji"   Andy Bach
      • [Ads-l] plural of "emoji"   Dan Goncharoff
      • [Ads-l] plural of "emoji"   Margaret Winters
      • [Ads-l] plural of "emoji"   Laurence Horn
      • [Ads-l] plural of "emoji"   Andy Bach
      • [Ads-l] plural of "emoji"   Chris Waigl
      • [Ads-l] plural of "emoji"   W Brewer
      • [Ads-l] plural of "emoji"   Mark Mandel
      • [Ads-l] plural of "emoji"   W Brewer
      • [Ads-l] plural of "emoji"   Chris Waigl
      • [Ads-l] plural of "emoji"   Andy Bach
      • [Ads-l] plural of "emoji"   Laurence Horn
      • [Ads-l] plural of "emoji"   Mark Mandel
• [Ads-l] designed by clowns   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] 2020 WOTY   James Landau
  • [Ads-l] 2020 WOTY   Laurence Horn
    • [Ads-l] 2020 WOTY   W Brewer
      • [Ads-l] 2020 WOTY   Mark Mandel
• [Ads-l] New to me: "alive and _cooking_"   Wilson Gray
  • [Ads-l] New to me: "alive and _cooking_"   Laurence Horn
  • [Ads-l] New to me: "alive and _cooking_"   Parish, James
    • [Ads-l] New to me: "alive and _cooking_"   W Brewer
      • [Ads-l] New to me: "alive and _cooking_"   Jeanie Blake
      • [Ads-l] planet X = sustainable food [was Re: New to me: "alive and _cooking_"]   Barretts Mail
      • [Ads-l] planet X = sustainable food [was Re: New to me: "alive and _cooking_"]   Jeanie Blake
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Homophobia" and "Homophobe"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Brownie"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Slight Antedating of "Super Bowl"   Shapiro, Fred
  • [Ads-l] Slight Antedating of "Super Bowl"   Shapiro, Fred
    • [Ads-l] Slight Antedating of "Super Bowl"   Laurence Horn
• [Ads-l] career long   Ben Zimmer
• [Ads-l] Quote: All comedy is tragedy, if you only look deep enough into it. Thomas Hardy, April 14, 1889   ADSGarson O'Toole
  • [Ads-l] Quote: All comedy is tragedy, if you only look deep enough into it. Thomas Hardy, April 14, 1889   Laurence Horn
• [Ads-l] Fw: Bobs notes   Stephen Goranson
• [Ads-l] Another country heard from.   Jonathan Lighter
  • [Ads-l] Another country heard from.   Charles C Doyle
    • [Ads-l] Another country heard from.   Ben Zimmer
  • [Ads-l] Another country heard from.   Peter Reitan
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Stolen Base"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Quote: You don=?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=99t_?=pay them to come; you pay them to leave   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] 1831, and early "_honorable 'cohoot_'"   Stephen Goranson
  • [Ads-l] 1831, and early "_honorable 'cohoot_'"   Mark Mandel
• [Ads-l] Quote: The art of newspaper paragraphing often consists in stroking a platitude until it purrs like an epigram.   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] more on "on the Fritz" transition   Stephen Goranson
• [Ads-l] head shop (Apr. 1966)   Ben Zimmer
  • [Ads-l] head shop (Apr. 1966)   Laurence Horn
    • [Ads-l] head shop (Apr. 1966)   Ben Zimmer
• [Ads-l] "X sucks" in the East Village Other   Ben Zimmer
  • [Ads-l] "X sucks" in the East Village Other   Dan Goncharoff
    • [Ads-l] "X sucks" in the East Village Other   Ben Zimmer
  • [Ads-l] "X sucks" in the East Village Other   James Landau
    • [Ads-l] "X sucks" in the East Village Other   Ben Zimmer
• [Ads-l] loser mentality, - mindset   Jonathan Lighter
  • [Ads-l] loser mentality, - mindset   Dan Goncharoff
    • [Ads-l] loser mentality, - mindset   ADSGarson O'Toole
      • [Ads-l] loser mentality, - mindset   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Pro-Life"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] an early cohoot (or co hoot) 1830   Stephen Goranson
• [Ads-l] / 'du ki /   Jonathan Lighter
  • [Ads-l] / 'du ki /   Mark Mandel
    • [Ads-l] / 'du ki /   Jonathan Lighter
      • [Ads-l] / 'du ki /   W Brewer
• [Ads-l] xenobot   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] rustic bread; porn   Jonathan Lighter
  • [Ads-l] rustic bread; porn   Arnold M. Zwicky
    • [Ads-l] rustic bread; porn   Mark Mandel
      • [Ads-l] porn   Arnold M. Zwicky
    • [Ads-l] rustic bread; porn   Peter Reitan
  • [Ads-l] rustic bread; porn   Barretts Mail
• [Ads-l] "A comic does funny things; a comedian does things funny"   Ben Yagoda
  • [Ads-l] "A comic does funny things; a comedian does things funny"   Ben Zimmer
    • [Ads-l] "A comic does funny things; a comedian does things funny"   ADSGarson O'Toole
      • [Ads-l] "A comic does funny things; a comedian does things funny"   ADSGarson O'Toole
      • [Ads-l] "A comic does funny things; a comedian does things funny"   ADSGarson O'Toole
      • [Ads-l] "A comic does funny things; a comedian does things funny"   Dan Goncharoff
• [Ads-l] Quote: Say anything you like about me, but spell my name right   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] WOTY for 2026   James Landau
  • [Ads-l] WOTY for 2026   Baker, John
    • [Ads-l] WOTY for 2026   Ben Zimmer
      • [Ads-l] WOTY for 2026   W Brewer
      • [Ads-l] WOTY for 2026   Mark Mandel
• [Ads-l] Quote: I have never thrown an illegal pitch. The trouble is some of my pitches were never seen by this generation   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] Another early "Rosin Heel" (May, 1826)   Bonnie Taylor-Blake
  • [Ads-l] Another early "Rosin Heel" (May, 1826)   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] International Linguistic Associarion -- CALL   David K. Barnhart
• [Ads-l] Possible riff on "the whole nine yards" (1932)   Bonnie Taylor-Blake
  • [Ads-l] Possible riff on "the whole nine yards" (1932)   Stephen Goranson
• [Ads-l] "Heavens to Betsy!" 1857   Stephen Goranson
  • [Ads-l] "Heavens to Betsy!" 1857   Stephen Goranson
    • [Ads-l] "Heavens to Betsy!" 1857   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] Quote: Hard work never killed anyone but some of us don=?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=99t_?=like to take chances   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] Arnold Zwidky in OED   Shapiro, Fred
  • [Ads-l] Arnold Zwicky in OED   Shapiro, Fred
    • [Ads-l] Arnold Zwicky in OED   Arnold M. Zwicky
      • [Ads-l] Arnold Zwicky in OED   Ben Zimmer
      • [Ads-l] another, earlier Cowabunga   Stephen Goranson
      • [Ads-l] another, earlier Cowabunga   Stephen Goranson
      • [Ads-l] another, earlier Cowabunga   Barretts Mail
      • [Ads-l] another, earlier Cowabunga   Barretts Mail
      • [Ads-l] another, earlier Cowabunga   Jonathan Lighter
      • [Ads-l] another, earlier Cowabunga   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] I say "Lusitan-i-ay"   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] Cousin Sally, new in OED   Stephen Goranson
  • [Ads-l] Cousin Sally, new in OED   Laurence Horn
    • [Ads-l] Cousin Sally, new in OED   Jonathan Lighter
      • [Ads-l] Cousin Sally, new in OED   Stephen Goranson
      • [Ads-l] Cousin Sally, new in OED   Jonathan Lighter
  • [Ads-l] Cousin Sally, new in OED   Peter Reitan
• [Ads-l] monkey in the middle (1952)   Ben Zimmer
  • [Ads-l] monkey in the middle (1952)   Mark Mandel
    • [Ads-l] monkey in the middle (1952)   Margaret Winters
    • [Ads-l] monkey in the middle (1952)   Wilson Gray
      • [Ads-l] monkey in the middle (1952)   Alice Faber
      • [Ads-l] monkey in the middle (1952)   Ben Zimmer
      • [Ads-l] monkey in the middle (1952)   ADSGarson O'Toole
      • [Ads-l] monkey in the middle (1952)   Mark Mandel
      • [Ads-l] monkey in the middle (1952)   Parish, James
    • [Ads-l] monkey in the middle (1952)   Andy Bach
  • [Ads-l] monkey in the middle (1952)   Geoffrey Nathan
    • [Ads-l] monkey in the middle (1952)   Laurence Horn
      • [Ads-l] monkey in the middle (1952)   Margaret Winters
      • [Ads-l] monkey in the middle (1952)   Laurence Horn
      • [Ads-l] monkey in the middle (1952)   Alice Faber
      • [Ads-l] monkey in the middle (1952)   Laurence Horn
      • [Ads-l] monkey in the middle (1952)   Ben Zimmer
      • [Ads-l] monkey in the middle (1952)   Mark Mandel
      • [Ads-l] monkey in the middle (1952)   Stephen Goranson
      • [Ads-l] monkey in the middle (1952)   Margaret Winters
      • [Ads-l] monkey in the middle (1952)   Laurence Horn
      • [Ads-l] monkey in the middle (1952)   Margaret Winters
      • [Ads-l] monkey in the middle (1952)   Barretts Mail
      • [Ads-l] monkey in the middle (1952)   Jonathan Lighter
      • [Ads-l] monkey in the middle (1952)   Laurence Horn
• [Ads-l] Sloogie, NY game, 1914   Stephen Goranson
• [Ads-l] saluggi   Joan Hall
  • [Ads-l] saluggi   Laurence Horn
    • [Ads-l] saluggi   Baker, John
• [Ads-l] humbug, June 1749 (antedating?)   Stephen Goranson
  • [Ads-l] CORRECTION humbug, June 1749 (antedating?)   Stephen Goranson
• [Ads-l] COCA Guide   Shapiro, Fred
  • [Ads-l] COCA Guide   Ben Zimmer
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Western" (Movie Genre)   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] "wicked" (adv.) = 'extremely' (Maine, 1934)   Ben Zimmer
  • [Ads-l] "wicked" (adv.) = 'extremely' (Maine, 1934)   Mark Mandel
  • [Ads-l] "wicked" (adv.) = 'extremely' (Maine, 1934)   Margaret Lee
  • [Ads-l] "wicked" (adv.) = 'extremely' (Maine, 1934)   George Thompson
• [Ads-l] "yt [white] women"   Mark Mandel
  • [Ads-l] "yt [white] women"   Laurence Horn
  • [Ads-l] "yt [white] women"   Nancy Friedman
  • [Ads-l] "yt [white] women"   Alice Faber
    • [Ads-l] "yt [white] women"   ADSGarson O'Toole
      • [Ads-l] "yt [white] women"   Chris Waigl
  • [Ads-l] "yt [white] women"   Ann Burlingham
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Screenwriter"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] "putting [someone] 'hep to the good thing''' 1902 (an antedating? my 1903)   Stephen Goranson
  • [Ads-l] "putting [someone] 'hep to the good thing''' 1902 (an antedating? my 1903)   Stephen Goranson
  • [Ads-l] "putting [someone] 'hep to the good thing''' 1902 (an antedating? my 1903)   Stephen Goranson
    • [Ads-l] "putting [someone] 'hep to the good thing''' 1902 (an antedating? my 1903)   Wilson Gray
    • [Ads-l] "putting [someone] 'hep to the good thing''' 1902 (an antedating? my 1903)   Mark Mandel
    • [Ads-l] "putting [someone] 'hep to the good thing''' 1902 (an antedating? my 1903)   Andy Bach
  • [Ads-l] "putting [someone] 'hep to the good thing''' 1902 (an antedating? my 1903)   Peter Reitan
• [Ads-l] LFG and Ben Zimmer   Andy Bach
  • [Ads-l] LFG and Ben Zimmer   Mark Mandel
• [Ads-l] "wicked" (adv.) = 'extremely' (Maine, 1934) (UNCLASSIFIED)   MULLINS, WILLIAM D (Bill) CIV USARMY CCDC AVMC (USA)
• [Ads-l] Antedating "the whole shooting match" (1871)   Bonnie Taylor-Blake
  • [Ads-l] Antedating "the whole shooting match" (1871)   Peter Reitan
• [Ads-l] washi tape (2011)   Barretts Mail

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