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Starting: Mon Feb 1 00:20:16 UTC 2021
Ending: Sun Feb 28 19:36:36 UTC 2021
Messages: 305

• [Ads-l] in real time (again)   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] "would have"   Jonathan Lighter
  • [Ads-l] "would have"   Salikoko Mufwene
• [Ads-l] outsize[d]   Stanton McCandlish
• [Ads-l] apophenia   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] extremist-adjacent   Jonathan Lighter
  • [Ads-l] extremist-adjacent   George Thompson
• [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] [Non-DoD Source] Re: Jesse Sheidlower's New Dictionary   Jesse Sheidlower
• [Ads-l] gamma squeeze   Baker, John
  • [Ads-l] gamma squeeze   ADSGarson O'Toole
  • [Ads-l] gamma squeeze   Dan Goncharoff
    • [Ads-l] gamma squeeze   Baker, John
      • [Ads-l] gamma squeeze   Dan Goncharoff
• [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] 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] Minced profanity or folk idiom?   Nancy Friedman
• [Ads-l] Minced profanity or folk idiom? - follow-up   Nancy Friedman
  • [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 (?)   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] 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] Cancel Culture   Dennis During
      • [Ads-l] Cancel Culture   Jonathan Lighter
      • [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] Cancel Culture   Jonathan Lighter
      • [Ads-l] Cancel Culture   dave at wilton.net
      • [Ads-l] Cancel Culture   Jonathan Lighter
      • [Ads-l] Cancel Culture   ADSGarson O'Toole
      • [Ads-l] Cancel Culture   Laurence Horn
      • [Ads-l] Cancel Culture   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] home plate (1866)   Ben Zimmer
• [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] dad joke   Jonathan Lighter
  • [Ads-l] dad joke   Neal Whitman
    • [Ads-l] dad joke   James Eric Lawson
• [Ads-l] pulling your leg (hypothetical legwork)   Stephen Goranson
  • [Ads-l] pulling your leg (hypothetical legwork)   James Eric Lawson
• [Ads-l] to Venmo   Dennis During
  • [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] to Venmo   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] to red-team   Jonathan Lighter
  • [Ads-l] to red-team   Stanton McCandlish
• [Ads-l] Quip: Don't assume; you make an ass of u and me   ADSGarson O'Toole
  • [Ads-l] Quip: Don't assume; you make an ass of u and me   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] Adage: Comparison is the thief of joy   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] Situational acronym concerns   Jonathan Lighter
  • [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] mantle fence, was RE: [ADS-L] to red-team   James Eric Lawson
• [Ads-l] UNSUBSCRIBE   Peter Czukor
• [Ads-l] Superb Owl Sunday   George Thompson
• [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] "wyte" as perjorative spelling for "white"   Stanton McCandlish
      • [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] "wyte" as perjorative spelling for "white"   dave at WILTON.NET
      • [Ads-l] RES: "wyte" as perjorative spelling for "white"   David Daniel
  • [Ads-l] "wyte" as perjorative spelling for "white"   Peter Reitan
    • [Ads-l] "wyte" as perjorative spelling for "white"   Stephen Goranson
  • [Ads-l] "wyte" as perjorative spelling for "white"   Bill Mullins
• [Ads-l] pull(ing) (off) a PN (Ty Cobb) stunt   Stephen Goranson
  • [Ads-l] pull(ing) (off) a PN (Ty Cobb) stunt   Peter Reitan
  • [Ads-l] pull(ing) (off) a PN (Ty Cobb) stunt   MULLINS, WILLIAM D (Bill) CIV USARMY DEVCOM AVMC (USA)
    • [Ads-l] pull(ing) (off) a PN (Ty Cobb) stunt   Stephen Goranson
      • [Ads-l] pull(ing) (off) a PN (Ty Cobb) stunt   Dan Goncharoff
      • [Ads-l] pull(ing) (off) a PN (Ty Cobb) stunt   James Eric Lawson
      • [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] pull(ing) (off) a PN (Ty Cobb) stunt   Amy West
    • [Ads-l] pull(ing) (off) a PN (Ty Cobb) stunt   James Eric Lawson
• [Ads-l] eggcorns? or just malaprops?   James Landau
  • [Ads-l] eggcorns? or just malaprops?   Chris Waigl
• [Ads-l] Fw: 'mantle fence'   Stephen Goranson
• [Ads-l] Is "Jezebel" a racist name?   Jonathan Lighter
  • [Ads-l] Is "Jezebel" a racist name?   dave at WILTON.NET
    • [Ads-l] Is "Jezebel" a racist name?   Baker, John
      • [Ads-l] Is "Jezebel" a racist name?   Stephen Goranson
      • [Ads-l] Is "Jezebel" a racist name?   Jonathan Lighter
      • [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] Is "Jezebel" a racist name?   Wilson Gray
      • [Ads-l] Is "Jezebel" a racist name?   Chris Waigl
      • [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] "Cellar Door" - the most beautiful word?   Peter Reitan
  • [Ads-l] "Cellar Door" - the most beautiful word?   ADSGarson O'Toole
  • [Ads-l] "Cellar Door" - the most beautiful word?   Bill Mullins
• [Ads-l] _catchier_ "more contagious, more 'catching'"   Wilson Gray
  • [Ads-l] _catchier_ "more contagious, more 'catching'"   Tomas Alvarez
  • [Ads-l] _catchier_ "more contagious, more 'catching'"   James Eric Lawson
    • [Ads-l] _catchier_ "more contagious, more 'catching'"   Jonathan Lighter
  • [Ads-l] _catchier_ "more contagious, more 'catching'"   Bill Mullins
• [Ads-l] existential   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] towhich   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] antedating flea circus   Bill Mullins
  • [Ads-l] antedating flea circus   Peter Reitan
  • [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] to mean-mug   Jonathan Lighter
    • [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] to mean-mug   Wilson Gray
    • [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] Articles and letters of the alphabet   Barretts Mail
      • [Ads-l] Articles and letters of the alphabet   Dennis During
      • [Ads-l] ***UNCHECKED*** Re: Articles and letters of the alphabet   Barretts Mail
      • [Ads-l] Articles and letters of the alphabet   Mark Mandel
      • [Ads-l] Articles and letters of the alphabet   Laurence Horn
• [Ads-l] to ramshackle   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] archives down?   Barretts Mail
• [Ads-l] nervous breakdown 1866   Stephen Goranson
  • [Ads-l] nervous breakdown 1866   Mark Mandel
    • [Ads-l] nervous breakdown 1866   Chris Waigl
  • [Ads-l] nervous breakdown 1866   James Eric Lawson
• [Ads-l] 'Fighter-jet' redux (sorta)   Jonathan Lighter
  • [Ads-l] 'Fighter-jet' redux (sorta)   Peter Reitan
    • [Ads-l] "dust bowl" and ads-l archives   Stephen Goranson
    • [Ads-l] ads-l archives   Jesse Sheidlower
    • [Ads-l] "dust bowl" and ads-l archives   Shapiro, Fred
    • [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   dave at WILTON.NET
    • [Ads-l] Serenity Prayer Query   Shapiro, Fred
    • [Ads-l] Serenity Prayer Query   Bill Mullins
    • [Ads-l] Serenity Prayer Query   Shapiro, Fred
    • [Ads-l] Serenity Prayer Query   Stephen Goranson
    • [Ads-l] Serenity Prayer Query   Shapiro, Fred
    • [Ads-l] Excessive length (was re: Serenity Prayer Query)   Mark Mandel
    • [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] to "boot-fuck"   Wilson Gray
    • [Ads-l] to "boot-fuck"   Jonathan Lighter
      • [Ads-l] to "boot-fuck"   Wilson Gray
      • [Ads-l] to "boot-fuck"   Jonathan Lighter
      • [Ads-l] to "boot-fuck"   Wilson Gray
• [Ads-l] squatchee   Jonathan Lighter
  • [Ads-l] squatchee   James Eric Lawson
  • [Ads-l] squatchee   Peter Reitan
    • [Ads-l] squatchee   Jonathan Lighter
  • [Ads-l]  squatchee   James Landau
    • [Ads-l] squatchee   Mark Mandel
• [Ads-l] Meta-analysis (in philosophy) antedating (?) 1952   Stephen Goranson
• [Ads-l] Heard: "bud" > _butt_   Wilson Gray
  • [Ads-l] Heard: "bud" > _butt_   Jonathan Lighter
    • [Ads-l] Heard: "bud" > _butt_   Ben Zimmer
  • [Ads-l] Heard: "bud" > _butt_   Laurence Horn
  • [Ads-l] Heard: "bud" > _butt_   MULLINS, WILLIAM D (Bill) CIV USARMY DEVCOM AVMC (USA)
    • [Ads-l] Heard: "bud" > _butt_   Wilson Gray
      • [Ads-l] Heard: "bud" > _butt_   Laurence Horn
      • [Ads-l] Heard: "bud" > _butt_   Wilson Gray
• [Ads-l] parallelomania, not in OED   Stephen Goranson
• [Ads-l] palter, n.   Jonathan Lighter
  • [Ads-l] palter, n.   Wilson Gray
  • [Ads-l] palter, n.   Laurence Horn
    • [Ads-l] palter, n.   Ben Zimmer
• [Ads-l] Two for the WOTY files: to fauci; to maskerade   Laurence Horn
• [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] sporting man was Re: "shot" = 'hypodermic injection' (1889)   MULLINS, WILLIAM D (Bill) CIV USARMY DEVCOM AVMC (USA)
    • [Ads-l] sporting man was Re: "shot" = 'hypodermic injection' (1889)   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] copsplanation   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] Eggcorn   Joan Hall
  • [Ads-l] Eggcorn   Dan Goncharoff
    • [Ads-l] Eggcorn   Laurence Horn
      • [Ads-l] Eggcorn   ADSGarson O'Toole
      • [Ads-l] Eggcorn   Mark Mandel
  • [Ads-l] Eggcorn   MULLINS, WILLIAM D (Bill) CIV USARMY DEVCOM AVMC (USA)
    • [Ads-l] Eggcorn   Mark Mandel
• [Ads-l] Jabs   Margaret Winters
  • [Ads-l] Jabs   Dennis During
  • [Ads-l] RES: Jabs   David Daniel
    • [Ads-l] Jabs   Ben Zimmer
  • [Ads-l] Jabs   Michael Everson
    • [Ads-l] Jabs   Jonathan Lighter
      • [Ads-l] Jabs   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] antedating "ish kabibble"   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] weirdo   Jonathan Lighter
  • [Ads-l] weirdo   MULLINS, WILLIAM D (Bill) CIV USARMY DEVCOM AVMC (USA)
    • [Ads-l] weirdo   Jonathan Lighter
      • [Ads-l] [Non-DoD Source] Re: weirdo   MULLINS, WILLIAM D (Bill) CIV USARMY DEVCOM AVMC (USA)
      • [Ads-l] [Non-DoD Source] Re: weirdo   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] Muggles   Bill Mullins
• [Ads-l] dump > dunk eggcorn?   James Eric Lawson
  • [Ads-l] dump > dunk eggcorn?   Alice Faber
    • [Ads-l] dump > dunk eggcorn?   Dan Goncharoff
      • [Ads-l] dump > dunk eggcorn?   Jonathan Lighter
      • [Ads-l] dump > dunk eggcorn?   Mark Mandel
• [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] New word: _painstake_   Wilson Gray
  • [Ads-l] New word: _painstake_   Mark Mandel
• [Ads-l] which its = "whose"   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] "Slump lord" as eggcorn?   Laurence Horn
• [Ads-l] Gatling gun = gat (antedating)   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] "escape artist"   Bill Mullins
• [Ads-l] "pandemicide"   Nancy Friedman
  • [Ads-l] "pandemicide"   Laurence Horn
    • [Ads-l] "pandemicide"   Nancy Friedman
      • [Ads-l] "pandemicide"   Laurence Horn
      • [Ads-l] "pandemicide"   Mark Mandel
• [Ads-l] Heard: "I didn't expect him to follow me around,   Wilson Gray
  • [Ads-l] Heard: "I didn't expect him to follow me around,   Jonathan Lighter
    • [Ads-l] Heard: "I didn't expect him to follow me around,   Laurence Horn
• [Ads-l] endsville   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] 2021-2022 Hellenic Studies Library Research Fellowship Program Call for Applications   Paganelis, George I
• [Ads-l] rhubarb   Bill Mullins
• [Ads-l] A _seceding_ paragraph   Andy Bach
  • [Ads-l] A _seceding_ paragraph   James E. Clapp
• [Ads-l] freeze peach   Bill Mullins
• [Ads-l] equine eggcorn   Laurence Horn
  • [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] equine eggcorn   MULLINS, WILLIAM D (Bill) CIV USARMY DEVCOM AVMC (USA)
  • [Ads-l] equine eggcorn   James Landau
• [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] He is a rascal/scalawag/SOB, but he is our rascal/scalawag/SOB   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [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] Scratching the tip of the iceberg   Cohen, Gerald Leonard
• [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] ridiculous   Ben Zimmer
• [Ads-l] news to whippersnappers   Jonathan Lighter
  • [Ads-l] news to whippersnappers   Laurence Horn
• [Ads-l] ASL adaptations to Zoom   Mark Mandel
• [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

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