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Starting: Thu Aug 1 10:50:19 UTC 2024
Ending: Sat Aug 31 21:56:32 UTC 2024
Messages: 179

• [Ads-l] "Buck Rogers" Not in OED   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Possible relation between Hebrew, US South saying   James Landau
  • [Ads-l] Possible relation between Hebrew, US South saying   Steven Losie
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Decathlon"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Decathlete"   Shapiro, Fred
  • [Ads-l] Antedating of "Decathlete"   Peter Reitan
  • [Ads-l] Antedating of "Decathlete"   Peter Reitan
    • [Ads-l] Antedating of "Decathlete"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Suspect eggcorn for "extubated"   victor steinbok
• [Ads-l] Quote: Give me a good fruitful error any time, full of seeds (Probably not Vilfredo Pareto)   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Hockey" (Game Played on Ice)   Shapiro, Fred
  • [Ads-l] Antedating of "Hockey" (Game Played on Ice)   Peter Reitan
    • [Ads-l] Antedating of "Hockey" (Game Played on Ice)   Stanton McCandlish
• [Ads-l] Major Antedating of "Polo"   Shapiro, Fred
  • [Ads-l] Major Antedating of "Polo"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] information / low-information   Z S
  • [Ads-l] information / low-information   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] nova lox (1955)   Alice Faber
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Glitch"   Shapiro, Fred
  • [Ads-l] Antedating of "Glitch"   Ben Zimmer
• [Ads-l] Veepstakes (very slight antedating)   Bonnie Taylor-Blake
• [Ads-l] "No one has ever called me weird"   Stephen Goranson
• [Ads-l] antedating singular "effigies"   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] antedating "fireship"   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] [NARNIHS] 2025 NARNiHS Annual Meeting [2nd Call]   NAm Research Network in HistSocio
• [Ads-l] "me" = "my" in NYC   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] Another crash blossom   Bonnie Taylor-Blake
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Isolationist"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] "give (someone) their flowers" + variations   Ben Zimmer
  • [Ads-l] "give (someone) their flowers" + variations   ADSGarson O'Toole
    • [Ads-l] kibosh, antedating of Dickens's use (1835)   dave at wilton.net
      • [Ads-l] kibosh, antedating of Dickens's use (1835)   Stephen Goranson
    • [Ads-l] "give (someone) their flowers" + variations   Ben Zimmer
  • [Ads-l] "give (someone) their flowers" + variations   Laurence Horn
• [Ads-l] "Fight Fight Fight" as QOTY Contender   Shapiro, Fred
  • [Ads-l] "Fight Fight Fight" as QOTY Contender   Jonathan Lighter
  • [Ads-l] "Fight Fight Fight" as QOTY Contender   Shapiro, Fred
  • [Ads-l] "Fight Fight Fight" as QOTY Contender   Alice Faber
• [Ads-l] Mind-iceberg simile (probable not created by Sigmund Freud)   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] Word: kitbash (antedating)   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] DOTY candidate--"the unhuman"   Laurence Horn
  • [Ads-l] DOTY candidate--"the unhuman"   Jeff Prucher
    • [Ads-l] DOTY candidate--"the unhuman"   Laurence Horn
• [Ads-l] Word: photobash (not in OED)   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] ADS-L Digest - 5 Aug 2024 to 6 Aug 2024 (#2024-204)   Amy West
  • [Ads-l] ADS-L Digest - 5 Aug 2024 to 6 Aug 2024 (#2024-204)   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] Eggcorn Database needs technical attention   victor steinbok
  • [Ads-l] Eggcorn Database needs technical attention   Grant Barrett
  • [Ads-l] Eggcorn Database needs technical attention   victor steinbok
• [Ads-l] Possible Antedatings of "Geology"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Numerology"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Wellerism"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] "tonic masculinity"   Nancy Friedman
  • [Ads-l] "tonic masculinity"   Laurence Horn
• [Ads-l] "border state"   James Landau
  • [Ads-l] "border state"   dave at wilton.net
    • [Ads-l] "border state"   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] inappropriate capital letter   James Landau
  • [Ads-l] inappropriate capital letter   Stanton McCandlish
• [Ads-l] Ese (Mexican Spanish)   Z S
• [Ads-l] Phrase: Childless cat lady (ladies)   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] Quip: In Ancient Times Cats Were Worshipped As Gods; They Have Not Forgotten This (Probably not Terry Pratchett)   ADSGarson O'Toole
  • [Ads-l] Quip: In Ancient Times Cats Were Worshipped As Gods; They Have Not Forgotten This (Probably not Terry Pratchett)   ADSGarson O'Toole
  • [Ads-l] Quip: In Ancient Times Cats Were Worshipped As Gods; They Have Not Forgotten This (Probably not Terry Pratchett)   Cohen, Gerald Leonard
    • [Ads-l] Quip: In Ancient Times Cats Were Worshipped As Gods; They Have Not Forgotten This (Probably not Terry Pratchett)   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] After 46 Years, Still Further Antedating of "Tiddlywinks"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Pollster"   Shapiro, Fred
  • [Ads-l] Antedating of "Pollster" (Corrected)   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] new proverb?   Jonathan Lighter
  • [Ads-l] new proverb?   ADSGarson O'Toole
    • [Ads-l] new proverb?   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] brat   Jonathan Lighter
  • [Ads-l] brat   dave at wilton.net
    • [Ads-l] brat   Nancy Friedman
      • [Ads-l] brat   Ben Zimmer
• [Ads-l] in my feels   Jonathan Lighter
  • [Ads-l] in my feels   Ben Zimmer
    • [Ads-l] in my feels   Nancy Friedman
• [Ads-l] Major Antedating of "Designated Hitter"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] "Mulligan" in golf - early example near Detroit   Peter Reitan
  • [Ads-l] "Mulligan" in golf - early example near Detroit   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] Mae West (life jacket)   James Landau
  • [Ads-l] Mae West (life jacket)   Jonathan Lighter
    • [Ads-l] Mae West (life jacket)   Baker, John
    • [Ads-l] Mae West (life jacket)   Shapiro, Fred
  • [Ads-l] Mae West (life jacket)   Peter Reitan
    • [Ads-l] Mae West (life jacket)   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] QOTY   James Landau
  • [Ads-l] QOTY   Amy West
  • [Ads-l] QOTY   James Landau
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Statistical Mechanics"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Deadline extension NARNiHS 2025 Annual Meeting   NAm Research Network in HistSocio
• [Ads-l] WOTY "Influencers"   Tom Zurinskas
  • [Ads-l] WOTY "Influencers"   Tom Zurinskas
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Computer Scientist"   Shapiro, Fred
  • [Ads-l] Antedating of "Computer Scientist"   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Liberalism"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Shakespearean"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Kafkaesque"   Shapiro, Fred
  • [Ads-l] Antedating of "Kafkaesque"   ADSGarson O'Toole
    • [Ads-l] Antedating of "Kafkaesque"   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] Antedating "hat trick" (three wickets in cricket)   ADSGarson O'Toole
  • [Ads-l] Antedating "hat trick" (three wickets in cricket)   dave at wilton.net
    • [Ads-l] Antedating "hat trick" (three wickets in cricket)   ADSGarson O'Toole
      • [Ads-l] Antedating "hat trick" (three wickets in cricket)   Stanton McCandlish
      • [Ads-l] Antedating "hat trick" (three wickets in cricket)   dave at wilton.net
      • [Ads-l] Antedating "hat trick" (three wickets in cricket)   Stanton McCandlish
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Greaser"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] "Taxation Without Representation" Not in OED   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Headline: Foot Heads Arms Body   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] "Death to (all) flying things" (1909)   Ben Zimmer
  • [Ads-l] "Death to (all) flying things" (1909)   Laurence Horn
  • [Ads-l] "Death to (all) flying things" (1909)   Ben Zimmer
• [Ads-l] I'm rubber....   Jonathan Lighter
  • [Ads-l] I'm rubber....   ADSGarson O'Toole
    • [Ads-l] I'm rubber....   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Bicentennial"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "FUBAR"   Bonnie Taylor-Blake
  • [Ads-l] Antedating of "FUBAR"   Shapiro, Fred
    • [Ads-l] Antedating of "FUBAR"   Laurence Horn
      • [Ads-l] Antedating of "FUBAR"   Jesse Sheidlower
      • [Ads-l] Antedating of "FUBAR"   Laurence Horn
      • [Ads-l] Antedating of "FUBAR"   ADSGarson O'Toole
  • [Ads-l] Antedating of "FUBAR"   ADSGarson O'Toole
    • [Ads-l] Antedating of "FUBAR"   Bonnie Taylor-Blake
  • [Ads-l] Antedating of "FUBAR"   Bill Mullins
    • [Ads-l] Antedating of "FUBAR"   Jonathan Lighter
      • [Ads-l] Antedating of "FUBAR"   Shapiro, Fred
      • [Ads-l] Antedating of "FUBAR"   Laurence Horn
• [Ads-l] Founding Fathers   Baker, John
  • [Ads-l] Founding Fathers   ADSGarson O'Toole
    • [Ads-l] Founding Fathers   Baker, John
    • [Ads-l] Founding Fathers   Shapiro, Fred
      • [Ads-l] Founding Fathers   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] Sockdolager (1813, 1828)   Bonnie Taylor-Blake
• [Ads-l] Who coined "Tomorrow is always the busiest day"?   John Doe
  • [Ads-l] Who coined "Tomorrow is always the busiest day"?   John Doe
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Objectivism" (Philosophy of Extreme Selfishness)   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Byronic"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Further Antedating of "Critical Race Theory"   Shapiro, Fred
  • [Ads-l] Further Antedating of "Critical Race Theory"   Stephen Goranson
    • [Ads-l] Further Antedating of "Critical Race Theory"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] See You Next Tuesday   Bill Mullins
• [Ads-l] Earliest Citation for "Critical Legal Studies"   Shapiro, Fred
  • [Ads-l] Earliest Citation for "Critical Legal Studies"   ADSGarson O'Toole
    • [Ads-l] Earliest Citation for "Critical Legal Studies"   Emily Gordon
      • [Ads-l] Earliest Citation for "Critical Legal Studies"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] without breaking eggs   Jonathan Lighter
  • [Ads-l] without breaking eggs   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Topology"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Linear Algebra"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Quote: Out of every 100 soldiers, 10 should not even be here, eighty are just targets . .. only one is a warrior (Probably not Heraclitus)   ADSGarson O'Toole
  • [Ads-l] Quote: Out of every 100 soldiers, 10 should not even be here, eighty are just targets . .. only one is a warrior (Probably not Heraclitus)   Jonathan Lighter
    • [Ads-l] Quote: Out of every 100 soldiers, 10 should not even be here, eighty are just targets . .. only one is a warrior (Probably not Heraclitus)   ADSGarson O'Toole
  • [Ads-l] Quote: Out of every 100 soldiers, 10 should not even be here, eighty are just targets . .. only one is a warrior (Probably not Heraclitus)   James Landau
  • [Ads-l] Quote: Out of every 100 soldiers, 10 should not even be here, eighty are just targets . .. only one is a warrior (Probably not Heraclitus)   James Landau
• [Ads-l] Anecdote: "You Have Come Late To the Office" "Oh! I'll Make Up For It By Leaving Early"   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] Birdge-Flag   George Thompson
• [Ads-l] burgee, was Birdge-Flag   Stephen Goranson
  • [Ads-l] burgee, was Birdge-Flag   Stephen Goranson
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "easy as pie"   Steven Losie
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "so far, so good"   Steven Losie
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "super duper"   Steven Losie
• [Ads-l] Request from freelance writer about term babygirl   Cohen, Gerald Leonard
  • [Ads-l] Request from freelance writer about term babygirl   Stephen Goranson
• [Ads-l] Request from a freelance writer about the word babygirl, (2nd try)   Cohen, Gerald Leonard
• [Ads-l] "cybercad" article - help?   Nancy Friedman
  • [Ads-l] "cybercad" article - help?   Jesse Sheidlower
    • [Ads-l] "cybercad" article - help?   Nancy Friedman
      • [Ads-l] "cybercad" article - help?   Nancy Friedman
      • [Ads-l] "cybercad" article - help?   Jesse Sheidlower
      • [Ads-l] "cybercad" article - help?   Jesse Sheidlower
      • [Ads-l] "cybercad" article - help?   Nancy Friedman
      • [Ads-l] "cybercad" article - help?   Laurence Horn
      • [Ads-l] "cybercad" article - help?   Jesse Sheidlower
      • [Ads-l] "cybercad" article - help?   ADSGarson O'Toole
      • [Ads-l] "cybercad" article - help?   Baker, John
• [Ads-l] That's all he wrote" (ca. 1925)   Bonnie Taylor-Blake
• [Ads-l] Oxford comma   James Landau

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