December 2023 Archives by date
Starting: Fri Dec 1 13:05:35 UTC 2023
Ending: Sun Dec 31 22:42:18 UTC 2023
Messages: 154
- [Ads-l] Words of the Year, from Downunder
George Thompson
- [Ads-l] astroturfing
Barretts Mail
- [Ads-l] to X-tweet [was: Noun: Hump day]
Barretts Mail
- [Ads-l] astroturfing
Nancy Friedman
- [Ads-l] Appeal for Notable Quotations of 2023
Ben Zimmer
- [Ads-l] Fw: Appeal for Notable Quotations of 2023
Bill Mullins
- [Ads-l] other 2023 quotes:
Bill Mullins
- [Ads-l] other 2023 quotes:
Dan Goncharoff
- [Ads-l] Quote about kindness: I expect to pass through this world but once . . . (Warning about Newspapers.com error and Wikiquote error)
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] to X-tweet [was: Noun: Hump day]
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] First-occurrence syndrome
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] WOTY - Mansplaining
Tom Zurinskas
- [Ads-l] WOTY - Mansplaining
Tom Zurinskas
- [Ads-l] "Open Source" Not in OED
Shapiro, Fred
- [Ads-l] slack key, ukulele
Bill Mullins
- [Ads-l] Hopping John, 1832
James Eric Lawson
- [Ads-l] mummy wheat, 1832
James Eric Lawson
- [Ads-l] "Open Source" Not in OED
Daphne Preston-Kendal
- [Ads-l] "Open Source" Not in OED
dave at wilton.net
- [Ads-l] "Open Source" Not in OED
Amy West
- [Ads-l] "Open Source" Not in OED
Shapiro, Fred
- [Ads-l] Appeal for Notable Quotations of 2023
Shapiro, Fred
- [Ads-l] "Open Source" Not in OED
dave at wilton.net
- [Ads-l] "slay" (adj.)
Z Sohna
- [Ads-l] Appeal for Notable Quotations of 2023
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] delulu!
Laurence Horn
- [Ads-l] barrypopik.com is back
Shapiro, Fred
- [Ads-l] "slay" (adj.)
Amy West
- [Ads-l] delulu!
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] "Open Source" Not in OED
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] Fw: "slay" (adj.)
Bill Mullins
- [Ads-l] "Open Source" Not in OED
Bill Mullins
- [Ads-l] smidget
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] smidget
Laurence Horn
- [Ads-l] to X-tweet [was: Noun: Hump day]
Barretts Mail
- [Ads-l] smidget
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] rent-free in your head
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] rent-free in your head
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] rent-free in your head
Steven Losie
- [Ads-l] rent-free in your head
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] Appeal for Notable Quotations of 2023
Andy Bach
- [Ads-l] rent-free in your head
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] rent-free in your head
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] Appeal for Notable Quotations of 2023
Shapiro, Fred
- [Ads-l] rent-free in your head
Laurence Horn
- [Ads-l] Appeal for Notable Quotations of 2023
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] rent-free in your head
Steven Losie
- [Ads-l] rent-free in your head
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] Family of Quips: How Do You Make a Small Fortune Doing X? Start With a Large Fortune
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] on days ending in the letter Y
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] on days ending in the letter Y
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] Antedating of "square" and "Squaresville"
Steven Losie
- [Ads-l] Antedating of "square" and "Squaresville"
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] Antedating of "square" and "Squaresville"
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] Saying: Democracy Is the Worst Form of Government Except For All Others Which Have Been Tried
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] "soul" < calque of Wolof /fit/
Z Sohna
- [Ads-l] Quip: A psychologist / sociologist / semiotician tells you what you already know in a language that you cannot understand
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] Antedating of "Nowheresville"
Steven Losie
- [Ads-l] on days ending in the letter Y
Steven Losie
- [Ads-l] on days ending in the letter Y
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] on days ending in the letter Y
Laurence Horn
- [Ads-l] on days ending in the letter Y
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] on days ending in the letter Y
Betty Birner
- [Ads-l] on days ending in the letter Y
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] on days ending in the letter Y
Laurence Horn
- [Ads-l] on days ending in the letter Y
James Eric Lawson
- [Ads-l] on days ending in the letter Y
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] Nimrod?
James Landau
- [Ads-l] Nimrod?
Nancy Friedman
- [Ads-l] Fw: Nimrod?
Bill Mullins
- [Ads-l] Nimrod?
Laurence Horn
- [Ads-l] Nimrod?
Laurence Horn
- [Ads-l] Nimrod?
Andy Bach
- [Ads-l] Nimrod?
Steven Losie
- [Ads-l] Nimrod?
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] Nimrod?
Laurence Horn
- [Ads-l] Nimrod?
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] rebel yell and yeehaw
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] Antedating of "Bowl" (Football Stadium)
Shapiro, Fred
- [Ads-l] tassie (pastry, 1965)
Barretts Mail
- [Ads-l] tassie (pastry, 1965)
Laurence Horn
- [Ads-l] tassie (pastry, 1965)
Dan Goncharoff
- [Ads-l] Antedating of "Bowl" (Football Stadium)
Peter Reitan
- [Ads-l] tassie (pastry, 1965)
James Eric Lawson
- [Ads-l] Antedating of "Bowl" (Football Stadium)
Bill Mullins
- [Ads-l] Antedating of "Bowl" (Football Stadium)
Ben Zimmer
- [Ads-l] Antedating of "Bowl" (Football Stadium)
Shapiro, Fred
- [Ads-l] Formal versus informal senses: unsolvable - difficult to solve
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] Word: Hallucitation (created via wordplay from Hallucination)
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] Quote: Punning is a talent which no man affects to despise, but he that is without it. (Attributed to Jonathan Swift)
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] Formal versus informal senses: unsolvable - difficult to solve
Dennis During
- [Ads-l] "Winning is the best deodorant"
Laurence Horn
- [Ads-l] "Winning is the best deodorant"
Ben Zimmer
- [Ads-l] "Winning is the best deodorant"
Laurence Horn
- [Ads-l] "Winning is the best deodorant"
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] "Winning is the best deodorant"
Laurence Horn
- [Ads-l] "Winning is the best deodorant"
Ben Zimmer
- [Ads-l] "Winning is the best deodorant"
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] Nimrod?
Stephen Goranson
- [Ads-l] Proverb: There May Be Snow On the Roof, But There's Fire In the Furnace
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] comfort station
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] a fool or a liar
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] a fool or a liar
Laurence Horn
- [Ads-l] a fool or a liar
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] Nebraska Prof Hits Word Jackpot!
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] Nebraska Prof Hits Word Jackpot!
Dennis During
- [Ads-l] Nebraska Prof Hits Word Jackpot!
Ben Zimmer
- [Ads-l] EOTY candidate
Laurence Horn
- [Ads-l] Compound possessives
victor steinbok
- [Ads-l] Compound possessives
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] Compound possessives
Dan Goncharoff
- [Ads-l] EOTY candidate
Nancy Friedman
- [Ads-l] EOTY candidate
Baker, John
- [Ads-l] EOTY candidate
Dan Goncharoff
- [Ads-l] Major Antedating of "Tarheel"
Shapiro, Fred
- [Ads-l] Major Antedating of "Tarheel" (SLIGHTLY CORRECTED POSTING)
Shapiro, Fred
- [Ads-l] EOTY candidate
dave at wilton.net
- [Ads-l] Now Accepting Nominations for 2023 Word of the Year
Ben Zimmer
- [Ads-l] Major Antedating of "Tarheel" (SLIGHTLY CORRECTED POSTING)
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] Major Antedating of "Tarheel" (SLIGHTLY CORRECTED POSTING)
Shapiro, Fred
- [Ads-l] Major Antedating of "Tarheel" (SLIGHTLY CORRECTED POSTING)
Peter Reitan
- [Ads-l] Major Antedating of "Tarheel" (SLIGHTLY CORRECTED POSTING)
Bonnie Taylor-Blake
- [Ads-l] Antedating of "nanner" (banana)
Steven Losie
- [Ads-l] panic button
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] Slight Antedating of "Poor White Trash"
Shapiro, Fred
- [Ads-l] The "strong r" sound at the end of words may be disappearing across the North of England, a study has found.
James Landau
- [Ads-l] Slight Antedating of "Conservatism"
Shapiro, Fred
- [Ads-l] Antedating of "Radium"
Shapiro, Fred
- [Ads-l] Antedating of "Uranium"
Shapiro, Fred
- [Ads-l] perfect synonyms
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] Antedating of "Radium"
dave at wilton.net
- [Ads-l] Antedating of "Uranium"
dave at wilton.net
- [Ads-l] Antedating of "Radium"
Shapiro, Fred
- [Ads-l] Cocktail party at ADS annual conference!
Jesse Sheidlower
- [Ads-l] Military proverb: "...to whom it may concern..."
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] The "strong r" sound at the end of words may be disappearing across the North of England, a study has found.
Edward Aveyard
- [Ads-l] Antedating of "Radium"
dave at wilton.net
- [Ads-l] Antedating of "Radium"
Shapiro, Fred
- [Ads-l] Antedating of "Radium"
Laurence Horn
- [Ads-l] Cuban Sandwich
Bill Mullins
- [Ads-l] Further Antedating of "Hydrogen"
Shapiro, Fred
- [Ads-l] -forward
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] -forward
Margaret Winters
- [Ads-l] Further Antedating of "Hydrogen"
dave at wilton.net
- [Ads-l] -forward
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] -forward
Margaret Winters
- [Ads-l] Antedating of "Bowl" (Football Stadium)
Ben Zimmer
- [Ads-l] -forward
Laurence Horn
- [Ads-l] Antedating fashion-forward
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] Further Antedating of "Bowl" (Football Stadium)
Shapiro, Fred
- [Ads-l] -forward
Stephen Goranson
- [Ads-l] Woty = swatting
Tom Zurinskas
- [Ads-l] Woty = swatting
Nancy Friedman
- [Ads-l] ADS-L Digest - 29 Dec 2023 to 30 Dec 2023 (#2023-315)
Amy West
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