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Starting: Thu Oct 1 00:55:45 UTC 2020
Ending: Sat Oct 31 15:08:39 UTC 2020
Messages: 194

• [Ads-l] cynical proverb   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] Metaphorical "obesity"   Laurence Horn
• [Ads-l] Metaphorical "obesity"   Laurence Horn
• [Ads-l] bullshit   Wilson Gray
• [Ads-l] vague Great Scott note   Wilson Gray
• [Ads-l] moneker, moniker (and many other spellings)   Stephen Goranson
• [Ads-l] Invention of the Alphabet. Thank you Canaanites   Wilson Gray
• [Ads-l] vague Great Scott note   Stephen Goranson
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Deist"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Invention of the Alphabet. Thank you Canaanites   Paul A Johnston
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Biographer"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Buy/Sell the Brooklyn Bridge (1900)   Peter Reitan
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Etymologist"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Seismology"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Bacteriologist"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Intriguing 1828 Citation Relating to "Whole Nine Yards"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] More Intriguing Early Citations Relating to "Whole Nine Yards"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Intriguing 1828 Citation Relating to "Whole Nine Yards"   dave at WILTON.NET
• [Ads-l] More Intriguing Early Citations Relating to "Whole Nine Yards"   Stephen Goranson
• [Ads-l] More Intriguing Early Citations Relating to "Whole Nine Yards"   Stephen Goranson
• [Ads-l] "entire nine yards" "document"   Stephen Goranson
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Patzer"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] "yards of verse" in review of Scott (1808)   Stephen Goranson
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Americanism"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] "Definitive glossary of modern U.S. military slang"   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Disrespect", v.   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "F.O.B."   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Cyclical"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Tongue Twister"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] "Yours truly" = 'you'?   Laurence Horn
• [Ads-l] "entire nine yards" "document"   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] More Intriguing Early Citations Relating to "Whole Nine Yards"   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] "Definitive glossary of modern U.S. military slang"   Wilson Gray
• [Ads-l] Yet another   Wilson Gray
• [Ads-l] "Definitive glossary of modern U.S. military slang"   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Cyclist"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] antedating "crack" (cocaine)   Bill Mullins
• [Ads-l] "Definitive glossary of modern U.S. military slang"   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] guts 'n' glory   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] superpower   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] Invention of the Alphabet. Thank you Canaanites   James Landau
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Velodrome"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] "Definitive glossary of modern U.S. military slang"   Wilson Gray
• [Ads-l] vague Great Scott note   Wilson Gray
• [Ads-l] slice   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] slice   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] Invention of the Alphabet. Thank you Canaanites   Cohen, Gerald Leonard
• [Ads-l] Fwd: 'Dusty Hunter' Scores Cecil B. DeMille's Liquor Collection - The New York Times   Dan Goncharoff
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Social Psychology"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] 'Dusty Hunter' Scores Cecil B. DeMille's Liquor Collection - The New York Times   Laurence Horn
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Upper Class"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Commercialism"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] "Talk like a man with a paper ass"   Wilson Gray
• [Ads-l] =?Windows-1252?Q?=93filled_a_sheet_nine_yards_long=2C=94_?=1654 or 1655   Stephen Goranson
• [Ads-l] "filled a sheet nine yards long," 1654 or 1655   dave at WILTON.NET
• [Ads-l] "filled a sheet nine yards long," 1654 or 1655   Stephen Goranson
• [Ads-l] "Talk like a man with a paper ass"   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] "filled a sheet nine yards long," 1654 or 1655   dave at WILTON.NET
• [Ads-l] Invention of the Alphabet. Thank you Canaanites   Tom Zurinskas
• [Ads-l] "filled a sheet nine yards long," 1654 or 1655   Peter Reitan
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Velodrome"   Peter Reitan
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Cyclist"   Peter Reitan
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Omnibus"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "F.O.B."   Baker, John
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Cyclist"   Peter Reitan
• [Ads-l] Dialogue   Wilson Gray
• [Ads-l] Dialogue   Ben Zimmer
• [Ads-l] Dialogue   Wilson Gray
• [Ads-l] "Talk like a man with a paper ass"   Wilson Gray
• [Ads-l] "filled a sheet nine yards long," 1654 or 1655   Stephen Goranson
• [Ads-l] um, what?   David Daniel
• [Ads-l] um, what?   Andy Bach
• [Ads-l] Slumgullion 1853, 1856   Stephen Goranson
• [Ads-l] Slumgullion 1853, 1856   Wilson Gray
• [Ads-l] Slumgullion 1853, 1856   Laurence Horn
• [Ads-l] QOTY   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] footfall   James Landau
• [Ads-l] QOTY   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] QOTY   Wilson Gray
• [Ads-l] QOTY 404   Mark Mandel
• [Ads-l] QOTY 404   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] RES: QOTY 404   David Daniel
• [Ads-l] QOTY 404   Mark Mandel
• [Ads-l] Adage: Beauty=?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=99s_?=only skin deep, but ugliness goes to the bone   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] QOTY 404   Andy Bach
• [Ads-l] Adage: Beauty=?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=99s_?=only skin deep, but ugliness goes to the bone   Margaret Lee
• [Ads-l] Nominal ugly   Joan Hall
• [Ads-l] QOTY   George Thompson
• [Ads-l] Adage: Beauty=?Windows-1252?Q?=92s_?=only skin deep, but ugliness goes to the bone   Tom Zurinskas
• [Ads-l] Adage: Beauty=?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=99s_?=only skin deep, but ugliness goes to the bone   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] QOTY   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] Nominal ugly   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Therapist"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Aquarium"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Schwa"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Bibliographer"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Heard:   Wilson Gray
• [Ads-l] Long time no see.   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] Long time no see.   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] Pun about quarreling neighbors: They never agree because they argue from different premises   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] The lightning ain=?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=99t_?=distributed right. Mark Twain   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] Adage: Beauty=?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=99s_?=only skin deep, but ugliness goes to the bone   Wilson Gray
• [Ads-l] Slight Antedating of "Comic Strip"   Baker, John
• [Ads-l] Call for Abstracts -- 2021 NARNiHS Research Incubator   Lauersdorf, Mark R.
• [Ads-l] The lightning ain=?Windows-1252?Q?=92t_?=distributed right. Mark Twain   Stephen Goranson
• [Ads-l] Further Antedating of the Term "Gay"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Further Antedating of the Term "Gay"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Further Antedating of the Term "Gay"   Dan Goncharoff
• [Ads-l] Citation Detail for Further Antedating of the Term "Gay"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] JIve: The Fulfulde Provenance of "Jive"   Z Rice
• [Ads-l] Further Antedating of the Term "Gay"   MULLINS, WILLIAM D (Bill) CIV USARMY CCDC AVMC (USA)
• [Ads-l] Antedating mullet (hairstyle)   Ben Zimmer
• [Ads-l] who = 'that'   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] A tweet   Wilson Gray
• [Ads-l] QOTY?   Wilson Gray
• [Ads-l] jive 1925 (antedate?)   Stephen Goranson
• [Ads-l] jive 1925 (antedate?)   Stephen Goranson
• [Ads-l] Slight Antedating of "Comic Strip"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Quote: The Golden Age of science fiction is twelve   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] Fulfulde origin of Jive   Z Rice
• [Ads-l] Further Thoughts on the 1931 Use of "Go Gay"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] The lightning ain=?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=99t_?=distributed right. Mark Twain   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] jive 1925 (antedate?)   Stephen Goranson
• [Ads-l] jive 1925 (antedate?)   Wilson Gray
• [Ads-l] jive 1925 (antedate?)   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] jive 1925 (antedate?)   Laurence Horn
• [Ads-l] Republican Elaphant   Peter Reitan
• [Ads-l] jive 1925 (antedate?)   Wilson Gray
• [Ads-l] "You're welcome."   Wilson Gray
• [Ads-l] The lightning ain=?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=99t_?=distributed right. Mark Twain   Wilson Gray
• [Ads-l] Heard: "He got pay-docked."   Wilson Gray
• [Ads-l] A working progress   Geoffrey Nathan
• [Ads-l] jive 1925 (antedate?)   James Landau
• [Ads-l] Further Thoughts on the 1931 Use of "Go Gay"   James Landau
• [Ads-l] Fw: Further Thoughts on the 1931 Use of "Go Gay"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Fw: Further Thoughts on the 1931 Use of "Go Gay"   Dan Goncharoff
• [Ads-l] Blend: Masks are not a silver panacea.   Cohen, Gerald Leonard
• [Ads-l] Blend: Masks are not a silver panacea. (Correction)   Cohen, Gerald Leonard
• [Ads-l] Uncleftish Beholding   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] early Palookas   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] Fulfulde origin of Jive   Z Rice
• [Ads-l] blue laws, examples indirectly in a 1776 ephemeris   Stephen Goranson
• [Ads-l] sir name   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] sir name   Ben Zimmer
• [Ads-l] Read: "... she was found _safely_ ..."   Wilson Gray
• [Ads-l] WHOOPS   Mark Mandel
• [Ads-l] ***UNCHECKED*** "High Jacks" Dec. 1915   Stephen Goranson
• [Ads-l] ***UNCHECKED*** To pun or not to pun: NYT on "new" secretive saliva organ   Stephen Goranson
• [Ads-l] Phrase: zoom towns   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] "Anglofan"   Jesse Sheidlower
• [Ads-l] "Anglofan"   Jeff Prucher
• [Ads-l] Quote: Sometimes I think we=?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=99re_alone=2C_and_sometimes_I_think_we=E2=80=99re_?=not. In either case, the idea is quite staggering   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] Quote: Sometimes I think we=?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=99re_alone=2C_and_sometimes_I_think_we=E2=80=99re_?=not. In either case, the idea is quite staggering   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] a "won't you come up to Limerick" proposed event, 1879   Stephen Goranson
• [Ads-l] vacuum bed   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] vacuum bed   Laurence Horn
• [Ads-l] Facebookery   Wilson Gray
• [Ads-l] Yolo as a Verb?   Dan Goncharoff
• [Ads-l] Yolo as a Verb?   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] Yolo as a Verb?   Ben Zimmer
• [Ads-l] Quote: Sometimes I think we=?Windows-1252?Q?=92re_alone=2C_and_sometimes_I_think_we=92re_?=not. In either case, the idea is quite staggering   MULLINS, WILLIAM D (Bill) CIV USARMY CCDC AVMC (USA)
• [Ads-l] Quote: Sometimes I think we=?Windows-1252?Q?=92re_alone=2C_and_sometimes_I_think_we=92re_?=not. In either case, the idea is quite staggering   MULLINS, WILLIAM D (Bill) CIV USARMY CCDC AVMC (USA)
• [Ads-l] thin blue line: evolution o a symbol   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] antedating "birdbrain"   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] to fake-fill   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] to fake-fill   Laurence Horn
• [Ads-l] GPT-3 Generative Pre-trained Transformer 3 (was: to fake-fill)   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] Quote: God in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] antedating "birdbrain"   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] antedating "birdbrain"   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] subvert   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] antedating "birdbrain"   Bill Mullins
• [Ads-l] antedating "birdbrain"   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] antedating "birdbrain"   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] antedating "birdbrain"   Peter Reitan
• [Ads-l] subvert   Dan Goncharoff
• [Ads-l] antedating "birdbrain"   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] antedating "birdbrain"   Andy Bach
• [Ads-l] antedating "birdbrain"   Baker, John
• [Ads-l] antedating "birdbrain"   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] a "won't you come up to Limerick" proposed event, 1879   Stephen Goranson
• [Ads-l] a "won't you come up to Limerick" proposed event, 1879   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] cishet   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] Seen on the Web   Wilson Gray
• [Ads-l] Slight antedating of "Grim Reaper"   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] Loxism   James Landau
• [Ads-l] Another compound noun gets verbed   Geoffrey Nathan
• [Ads-l] Loxism   Ben Zimmer
• [Ads-l] 2nd Call ! -- 2021 NARNiHS Research Incubator   Lauersdorf, Mark R.
• [Ads-l] Another compound noun gets verbed   Mark Mandel
• [Ads-l] Seen on the Web   Mark Mandel
• [Ads-l] Another compound noun gets verbed   Geoffrey Nathan
• [Ads-l] Quote: Sometimes I think we=?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=99re_alone=2C_and_sometimes_I_think_we=E2=80=99re_?=not. In either case, the idea is quite staggering   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] Another compound noun gets verbed   Laurence Horn

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