February 2021 Archives by date
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- [Ads-l] "would have"
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] in real time (again)
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] "would have"
Salikoko Mufwene
- [Ads-l] outsize[d]
Stanton McCandlish
- [Ads-l] extremist-adjacent
George Thompson
- [Ads-l] gamma squeeze
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] apophenia
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] extremist-adjacent
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] [Non-DoD Source] Re: Jesse Sheidlower's New Dictionary
MULLINS, WILLIAM D (Bill) CIV USARMY CCDC AVMC (USA)
- [Ads-l] [Non-DoD Source] Re: Jesse Sheidlower's New Dictionary
Baker, John
- [Ads-l] gamma squeeze
Baker, John
- [Ads-l] gamma squeeze
Dan Goncharoff
- [Ads-l] gamma squeeze
Baker, John
- [Ads-l] gamma squeeze
Dan Goncharoff
- [Ads-l] [Non-DoD Source] Re: Jesse Sheidlower's New Dictionary
Jesse Sheidlower
- [Ads-l] Jesse Sheidlower's New Dictionary
MULLINS, WILLIAM D (Bill) CIV USARMY CCDC AVMC (USA)
- [Ads-l] Jesse Sheidlower's New Dictionary
Laurence Horn
- [Ads-l] Minced profanity or folk idiom?
Nancy Friedman
- [Ads-l] Minced profanity or folk idiom? - follow-up
Nancy Friedman
- [Ads-l] Jesse Sheidlower's New Dictionary
MULLINS, WILLIAM D (Bill) CIV USARMY CCDC AVMC (USA)
- [Ads-l] Jesse Sheidlower's New Dictionary
Jesse Sheidlower
- [Ads-l] Minced profanity or folk idiom? - follow-up
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] Minced profanity or folk idiom? - follow-up
George Thompson
- [Ads-l] Minced profanity or folk idiom? - follow-up
jim mcmurtry
- [Ads-l] Antedating of "Trekkie" for Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction
Shapiro, Fred
- [Ads-l] Another 1969 Antedating of "Trekkie" for the Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction
Shapiro, Fred
- [Ads-l] science-fiction, 1898 antedating (?)
Stephen Goranson
- [Ads-l] science-fiction, 1898 antedating (?)
Shapiro, Fred
- [Ads-l] science-fiction, 1898 antedating (?)
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] science-fiction, 1898 antedating (?)
Stephen Goranson
- [Ads-l] science-fiction, 1898 antedating (?)
Stephen Goranson
- [Ads-l] science-fiction, 1898 antedating (?)
Shapiro, Fred
- [Ads-l] science-fiction, 1898 antedating (?)
Stephen Goranson
- [Ads-l] science-fiction, 1898 antedating (?)
Shapiro, Fred
- [Ads-l] science-fiction, 1898 antedating (?)
Jesse Sheidlower
- [Ads-l] science-fiction, 1898 antedating (?)
Stephen Goranson
- [Ads-l] science-fiction, 1898 antedating (?)
Shapiro, Fred
- [Ads-l] to foment
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] science-fiction, the 1897 and 1898 uses
Stephen Goranson
- [Ads-l] science-fiction, the 1897 and 1898 uses
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] The invention of language
Mark Mandel
- [Ads-l] cowardous, adj.
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] cowardous, adj.
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] cowardous, adj.
Barretts Mail
- [Ads-l] cowardous, adj.
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] QOTY
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] Cancel Culture
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] Cancel Culture
Laurence Horn
- [Ads-l] home plate (1866)
Ben Zimmer
- [Ads-l] Cancel Culture
Dennis During
- [Ads-l] Cancel Culture
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] Cowardous
Bwh031451
- [Ads-l] Cowardous
Laurence Horn
- [Ads-l] Black English; was "Cancel Culture"
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] Seen on the Web: a Popeye-ism
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] Cancel Culture
Dennis During
- [Ads-l] Cancel Culture
Dennis During
- [Ads-l] Cancel Culture
Barretts Mail
- [Ads-l] Cancel Culture
Laurence Horn
- [Ads-l] Cancel Culture
Chris Waigl
- [Ads-l] dad joke
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] Cancel Culture
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] Cancel Culture
dave at wilton.net
- [Ads-l] Cancel Culture
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] pulling your leg (hypothetical legwork)
Stephen Goranson
- [Ads-l] to Venmo
Dennis During
- [Ads-l] Cancel Culture
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] Cancel Culture
Laurence Horn
- [Ads-l] Cancel Culture
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] to red-team
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] pulling your leg (hypothetical legwork)
James Eric Lawson
- [Ads-l] Quip: Don't assume; you make an ass of u and me
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] to Venmo
Tomas Alvarez
- [Ads-l] to Venmo
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] to Venmo
Dennis During
- [Ads-l] to Venmo
Dan Goncharoff
- [Ads-l] Adage: Comparison is the thief of joy
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] dad joke
Neal Whitman
- [Ads-l] dad joke
James Eric Lawson
- [Ads-l] Situational acronym concerns
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] mantle fence, was RE: [ADS-L] to red-team
dave at WILTON.NET
- [Ads-l] mantle fence, was RE: [ADS-L] to red-team
Stephen Goranson
- [Ads-l] UNSUBSCRIBE
Peter Czukor
- [Ads-l] to Venmo
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] mantle fence, was RE: [ADS-L] to red-team
James Eric Lawson
- [Ads-l] Superb Owl Sunday
George Thompson
- [Ads-l] Situational acronym concerns
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] "wyte" as perjorative spelling for "white"
Horatius
- [Ads-l] "wyte" as perjorative spelling for "white"
Tomas Alvarez
- [Ads-l] "wyte" as perjorative spelling for "white"
Tomas Alvarez
- [Ads-l] Quip: Don't assume; you make an ass of u and me
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] "wyte" as perjorative spelling for "white"
Stanton McCandlish
- [Ads-l] to red-team
Stanton McCandlish
- [Ads-l] "wyte" as perjorative spelling for "white"
Peter Reitan
- [Ads-l] "wyte" as perjorative spelling for "white"
Stephen Goranson
- [Ads-l] pull(ing) (off) a PN (Ty Cobb) stunt
Stephen Goranson
- [Ads-l] eggcorns? or just malaprops?
James Landau
- [Ads-l] pull(ing) (off) a PN (Ty Cobb) stunt
Peter Reitan
- [Ads-l] eggcorns? or just malaprops?
Chris Waigl
- [Ads-l] "wyte" as perjorative spelling for "white"
Ann Burlingham
- [Ads-l] "wyte" as perjorative spelling for "white"
Chris Waigl
- [Ads-l] "wyte" as perjorative spelling for "white"
Horatius
- [Ads-l] Fw: 'mantle fence'
Stephen Goranson
- [Ads-l] "wyte" as perjorative spelling for "white"
dave at WILTON.NET
- [Ads-l] Is "Jezebel" a racist name?
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] Is "Jezebel" a racist name?
dave at WILTON.NET
- [Ads-l] RES: "wyte" as perjorative spelling for "white"
David Daniel
- [Ads-l] Is "Jezebel" a racist name?
Baker, John
- [Ads-l] pull(ing) (off) a PN (Ty Cobb) stunt
MULLINS, WILLIAM D (Bill) CIV USARMY DEVCOM AVMC (USA)
- [Ads-l] Is "Jezebel" a racist name?
Stephen Goranson
- [Ads-l] pull(ing) (off) a PN (Ty Cobb) stunt
Stephen Goranson
- [Ads-l] Is "Jezebel" a racist name?
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] pull(ing) (off) a PN (Ty Cobb) stunt
Dan Goncharoff
- [Ads-l] "Cellar Door" - the most beautiful word?
Peter Reitan
- [Ads-l] Is "Jezebel" a racist name?
Dan Goncharoff
- [Ads-l] Is "Jezebel" a racist name?
Tomas Alvarez
- [Ads-l] Is "Jezebel" a racist name?
Peter Reitan
- [Ads-l] Is "Jezebel" a racist name?
Tomas Alvarez
- [Ads-l] Is "Jezebel" a racist name?
Laurence Horn
- [Ads-l] pull(ing) (off) a PN (Ty Cobb) stunt
James Eric Lawson
- [Ads-l] Is "Jezebel" a racist name?
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] Is "Jezebel" a racist name?
Chris Waigl
- [Ads-l] pull(ing) (off) a PN (Ty Cobb) stunt
James Eric Lawson
- [Ads-l] pull(ing) (off) a PN (Ty Cobb) stunt
Stephen Goranson
- [Ads-l] Is "Jezebel" a racist name?
Stephen Goranson
- [Ads-l] Is "Jezebel" a racist name?
dave at WILTON.NET
- [Ads-l] Is "Jezebel" a racist name?
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] _catchier_ "more contagious, more 'catching'"
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] _catchier_ "more contagious, more 'catching'"
Tomas Alvarez
- [Ads-l] "Cellar Door" - the most beautiful word?
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] existential
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] towhich
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] _catchier_ "more contagious, more 'catching'"
James Eric Lawson
- [Ads-l] _catchier_ "more contagious, more 'catching'"
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] antedating flea circus
Bill Mullins
- [Ads-l] antedating flea circus
Peter Reitan
- [Ads-l] "Cellar Door" - the most beautiful word?
Bill Mullins
- [Ads-l] antedating flea circus
Bill Mullins
- [Ads-l] antedating flea circus
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] a well-known term is now forgotten?
James Landau
- [Ads-l] Accents of the Civil War
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] _catchier_ "more contagious, more 'catching'"
Bill Mullins
- [Ads-l] to mean-mug
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] Articles and letters of the alphabet
Barretts Mail
- [Ads-l] Articles and letters of the alphabet
Andy Bach
- [Ads-l] to mean-mug
Stanton McCandlish
- [Ads-l] to mean-mug
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] to mean-mug
Jesse Sheidlower
- [Ads-l] to mean-mug
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] Articles and letters of the alphabet
Barretts Mail
- [Ads-l] Articles and letters of the alphabet
Dennis During
- [Ads-l] to ramshackle
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] to mean-mug
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] ***UNCHECKED*** Re: Articles and letters of the alphabet
Barretts Mail
- [Ads-l] Serenity Prayer Query
Shapiro, Fred
- [Ads-l] to mean-mug
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] Serenity Prayer Query
dave at WILTON.NET
- [Ads-l] Serenity Prayer Query
Shapiro, Fred
- [Ads-l] archives down?
Barretts Mail
- [Ads-l] "dust bowl" and ads-l archives
Stephen Goranson
- [Ads-l] ads-l archives
Jesse Sheidlower
- [Ads-l] nervous breakdown 1866
Stephen Goranson
- [Ads-l] "dust bowl" and ads-l archives
Shapiro, Fred
- [Ads-l] 'Fighter-jet' redux (sorta)
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] pull(ing) (off) a PN (Ty Cobb) stunt
Amy West
- [Ads-l] "dust bowl" and ads-l archives
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] "dust bowl" and ads-l archives
Stephen Goranson
- [Ads-l] bombercraft
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] Serenity Prayer Query
Stephen Goranson
- [Ads-l] Serenity Prayer Query
Shapiro, Fred
- [Ads-l] pull(ing) (off) a PN (Ty Cobb) stunt
James Eric Lawson
- [Ads-l] 'Fighter-jet' redux (sorta)
Peter Reitan
- [Ads-l] Articles and letters of the alphabet
Mark Mandel
- [Ads-l] Articles and letters of the alphabet
Laurence Horn
- [Ads-l] nervous breakdown 1866
Mark Mandel
- [Ads-l] Excessive length (was re: Serenity Prayer Query)
Mark Mandel
- [Ads-l] nervous breakdown 1866
James Eric Lawson
- [Ads-l] nervous breakdown 1866
Chris Waigl
- [Ads-l] Serenity Prayer Query
Stephen Goranson
- [Ads-l] R. Niebuhr and the Fellowship of Socialist Christians
Stephen Goranson
- [Ads-l] to "boot-fuck"
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] Serenity Prayer Query
Bill Mullins
- [Ads-l] "wyte" as perjorative spelling for "white"
Bill Mullins
- [Ads-l] squatchee
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] squatchee
James Eric Lawson
- [Ads-l] squatchee
Peter Reitan
- [Ads-l] to "boot-fuck"
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] Meta-analysis (in philosophy) antedating (?) 1952
Stephen Goranson
- [Ads-l] to "boot-fuck"
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] squatchee
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] to "boot-fuck"
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] to "boot-fuck"
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] Heard: "bud" > _butt_
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] to "boot-fuck"
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] parallelomania, not in OED
Stephen Goranson
- [Ads-l] palter, n.
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] Heard: "bud" > _butt_
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] palter, n.
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] squatchee
James Landau
- [Ads-l] Heard: "bud" > _butt_
Laurence Horn
- [Ads-l] Heard: "bud" > _butt_
Ben Zimmer
- [Ads-l] palter, n.
Laurence Horn
- [Ads-l] Two for the WOTY files: to fauci; to maskerade
Laurence Horn
- [Ads-l] palter, n.
Ben Zimmer
- [Ads-l] "shot" = 'hypodermic injection' (1889)
Ben Zimmer
- [Ads-l] "shot" = 'hypodermic injection' (1889)
Ben Zimmer
- [Ads-l] RES: "shot" = 'hypodermic injection' (1889)
David Daniel
- [Ads-l] "shot" = 'hypodermic injection' (1889)
Nancy Friedman
- [Ads-l] "shot" = 'hypodermic injection' (1889)
Ben Zimmer
- [Ads-l] "shot" = 'hypodermic injection' (1889)
Chris Waigl
- [Ads-l] "shot" = 'hypodermic injection' (1889)
Barretts Mail
- [Ads-l] "shot" = 'hypodermic injection' (1889)
James Eric Lawson
- [Ads-l] "shot" = 'hypodermic injection' (1889)
James Eric Lawson
- [Ads-l] sporting man was Re: "shot" = 'hypodermic injection' (1889)
Amy West
- [Ads-l] sporting man was Re: "shot" = 'hypodermic injection' (1889)
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] copsplanation
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] Eggcorn
Joan Hall
- [Ads-l] Jabs
Margaret Winters
- [Ads-l] Jabs
Dennis During
- [Ads-l] Eggcorn
Dan Goncharoff
- [Ads-l] Eggcorn
Laurence Horn
- [Ads-l] RES: Jabs
David Daniel
- [Ads-l] antedating "ish kabibble"
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] Eggcorn
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] Jabs
Ben Zimmer
- [Ads-l] Jabs
Michael Everson
- [Ads-l] sporting man was Re: "shot" = 'hypodermic injection' (1889)
MULLINS, WILLIAM D (Bill) CIV USARMY DEVCOM AVMC (USA)
- [Ads-l] Eggcorn
MULLINS, WILLIAM D (Bill) CIV USARMY DEVCOM AVMC (USA)
- [Ads-l] Heard: "bud" > _butt_
MULLINS, WILLIAM D (Bill) CIV USARMY DEVCOM AVMC (USA)
- [Ads-l] sporting man was Re: "shot" = 'hypodermic injection' (1889)
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] weirdo
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] antedating "ish kabibble"
Peter Reitan
- [Ads-l] antedating "ish kabibble"
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] antedating "ish kabibble"
Peter Reitan
- [Ads-l] Muggles
Bill Mullins
- [Ads-l] dump > dunk eggcorn?
James Eric Lawson
- [Ads-l] software (and lunatic fringe)
Stephen Goranson
- [Ads-l] software (and lunatic fringe)
Shapiro, Fred
- [Ads-l] software (and lunatic fringe)
Stephen Goranson
- [Ads-l] "Among the New Words" returns to American Speech
Ben Zimmer
- [Ads-l] squatchee
Mark Mandel
- [Ads-l] Eggcorn
Mark Mandel
- [Ads-l] Eggcorn
Mark Mandel
- [Ads-l] New word: _painstake_
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] Heard: "bud" > _butt_
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] Heard: "bud" > _butt_
Laurence Horn
- [Ads-l] dump > dunk eggcorn?
Alice Faber
- [Ads-l] dump > dunk eggcorn?
Dan Goncharoff
- [Ads-l] Heard: "bud" > _butt_
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] dump > dunk eggcorn?
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] which its = "whose"
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] "Slump lord" as eggcorn?
Laurence Horn
- [Ads-l] New word: _painstake_
Mark Mandel
- [Ads-l] dump > dunk eggcorn?
Mark Mandel
- [Ads-l] Jabs
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] Jabs
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] Gatling gun = gat (antedating)
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] "escape artist"
Bill Mullins
- [Ads-l] "pandemicide"
Nancy Friedman
- [Ads-l] Heard: "I didn't expect him to follow me around,
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] weirdo
MULLINS, WILLIAM D (Bill) CIV USARMY DEVCOM AVMC (USA)
- [Ads-l] weirdo
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] endsville
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] [Non-DoD Source] Re: weirdo
MULLINS, WILLIAM D (Bill) CIV USARMY DEVCOM AVMC (USA)
- [Ads-l] "pandemicide"
Laurence Horn
- [Ads-l] "pandemicide"
Nancy Friedman
- [Ads-l] "pandemicide"
Laurence Horn
- [Ads-l] 2021-2022 Hellenic Studies Library Research Fellowship Program Call for Applications
Paganelis, George I
- [Ads-l] rhubarb
Bill Mullins
- [Ads-l] Heard: "I didn't expect him to follow me around,
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] [Non-DoD Source] Re: weirdo
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] Heard: "I didn't expect him to follow me around,
Laurence Horn
- [Ads-l] A _seceding_ paragraph
Andy Bach
- [Ads-l] freeze peach
Bill Mullins
- [Ads-l] A _seceding_ paragraph
James E. Clapp
- [Ads-l] "pandemicide"
Mark Mandel
- [Ads-l] equine eggcorn
Laurence Horn
- [Ads-l] It was the worst of the worst QOTY
Tom Zurinskas
- [Ads-l] Blend OTY
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] He is a rascal/scalawag/SOB, but he is our rascal/scalawag/SOB
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] He is a rascal/scalawag/SOB, but he is our rascal/scalawag/SOB
Stephen Goranson
- [Ads-l] Antedatings of "tar baby" (1839, earliest)
Bonnie Taylor-Blake
- [Ads-l] Antedatings of "tar baby" (1839, earliest)
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] Scratching the tip of the iceberg
Tom Zurinskas
- [Ads-l] equine eggcorn
James Landau
- [Ads-l] equine eggcorn
Laurence Horn
- [Ads-l] equine eggcorn
Chris Waigl
- [Ads-l] equine eggcorn
Mark Mandel
- [Ads-l] equine eggcorn
Laurence Horn
- [Ads-l] Scratching the tip of the iceberg
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- [Ads-l] equine eggcorn
MULLINS, WILLIAM D (Bill) CIV USARMY DEVCOM AVMC (USA)
- [Ads-l] He is a rascal/scalawag/SOB, but he is our rascal/scalawag/SOB
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] ridiculous
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] ridiculous
Laurence Horn
- [Ads-l] ridiculous
Margaret Winters
- [Ads-l] ridiculous
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] ridiculous
Nancy Friedman
- [Ads-l] news to whippersnappers
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] news to whippersnappers
Laurence Horn
- [Ads-l] ASL adaptations to Zoom
Mark Mandel
- [Ads-l] ridiculous
Ben Zimmer
- [Ads-l] zwilling plane; ghetto
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] Antedatings of =?Windows-1252?Q?=93tar_baby=94_?=(1839, earliest), minor note
Stephen Goranson
- [Ads-l] jitney antedatings, 1886, 2x, Ohio
Stephen Goranson
- [Ads-l] equine eggcorn
James Landau
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