[Ads-l] Antedating of "Ax" (Musical Instrument)

[Stephen Goranson]

Speaking of a guitar as an ax, I experienced with my older brother a
concert by Jimi Hendrix in Va. Beach in the Dome in 1968,
at the end of which Hendrix used his guitar as if an ax to destroy amp
equipment and the guitar itself.

On Tue, Aug 26, 2025 at 3:12 PM Ben Zimmer <
00001aae0710f4b7-dmarc-request at listserv.uga.edu> wrote:

> Ah, missed that the rest of the glossary is elsewhere on p. 2. Here it is:
>
>
> https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-greensboro-record-coolspeak-2b/179768056/
>
> "Potchkying" isn't defined, but "schlup" is glossed as "a no-good cat."
>
> On Tue, Aug 26, 2025 at 1:24 PM Andy Bach <
> 00001cec09419685-dmarc-request at listserv.uga.edu> wrote:
>
> > Would you post the last page with the rest of the definitions. I'm dying
> to
> > know "potchking" and "schlup" (though I've guess on that one ;-)?  Okay,
> > potchking is a Yiddishim (dawdling, stalling), though not sure why that'd
> > get his face slapped. "schlup", aside from a person living by a mudhole,
> > googles up nothing.
> >
> > On Tue, Aug 26, 2025 at 8:43 AM Ben Zimmer <
> > 00001aae0710f4b7-dmarc-request at listserv.uga.edu> wrote:
> >
> > > As a courtesy to those without the requisite subscription (and to help
> > keep
> > > track of citations for future reference), it's always good to provide
> > links
> > > to Newspapers.com clippings. Here is the 1952 article on "Coolspeak"
> with
> > > an accompanying glossary that includes the "ax" definition.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-greensboro-record-coolspeak/179745638/
> > >
> > >
> >
> https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-greensboro-record-coolspeak-2/179745685/
> > >
> > >
> > > On Mon, Aug 25, 2025 at 10:58 PM ADSGarson O'Toole <
> > > 00001aa1be50b751-dmarc-request at listserv.uga.edu> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Personal subscriptions to Newspapers.com have been available with
> > > different
> > > > levels of access. The most comprehensive  includes a supplementary
> > > database
> > > > called publisher’s extra. The basic subscription did not include
> > > > publisher’s extra. I do not know whether this system still exists.
> > > >
> > > > The company may now force new subscribers to obtain full access, but
> > > legacy
> > > > institutional subscriptions might not include the publisher’s extra
> > > > database . Garson
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, Aug 26, 2025 at 2:35 AM Shapiro, Fred <
> > > > 00001ac016895344-dmarc-request at listserv.uga.edu> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Stephen,
> > > > >
> > > > > I got this citation through a personal subscription to
> > > Newspapers.com.  I
> > > > > believe the personal subscription covers sources not available
> > through
> > > > the
> > > > > institutional access.
> > > > >
> > > > > Fred Shapiro
> > > > >
> > > > > ________________________________
> > > > > From: American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU> on behalf
> of
> > > > > Stephen Goranson <00001dd3d6fc15d3-dmarc-request at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> > > > > Sent: Monday, August 25, 2025 5:15 PM
> > > > > To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> > > > > Subject: Re: Antedating of "Ax" (Musical Instrument)
> > > > >
> > > > > As a former trumpet player, this caught my eye. I failed to find it
> > on
> > > > > newspapers.com via Duke. Is this another case of different
> versions
> > > of a
> > > > > search engine?
> > > > > Ax from sax, then trumpet, before the electric guitar dominance era
> > is
> > > > > possible, I suppose, though I also wonder about the
> > context--"usually"?
> > > > >
> > > > > sg
> > > > >
> > > > > On Mon, Aug 25, 2025 at 4:13 PM Shapiro, Fred <
> > > > > 00001ac016895344-dmarc-request at listserv.uga.edu> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > ax (OED, n1, 5., 1955)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > 1952 Greensboro (N.C.) Record 24 May 1 / 4 (Newspapers.com0
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Ax — A musical instrument; usually a trumpet.
> >
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