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• [Ads-l] Antedating of "run it up the flagpole" (1956)   dave at wilton.net
• [Ads-l] Twinkle toes   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "run it up the flagpole" (1956)   Jesse Sheidlower
• [Ads-l] Artie   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "run it up the flagpole" (1956)   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "run it up the flagpole" (1956)   Stephen Goranson
• [Ads-l] Twinkle toes   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "run it up the flagpole" (1956)   dave at wilton.net
• [Ads-l] edumacation, edumacated (1925)   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] Antedating "white shoe" (1933)   dave at wilton.net
• [Ads-l] Antedating "white shoe" (1933)   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "White Shoe" (Company or Law Firm)   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "White Shoe" (Type of Collegiate Person)   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "White Shoe" (Company or Law Firm)   dave at wilton.net
• [Ads-l] antedating "black-shoe navy"   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Caucus" with Modern Spelling   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "run it up the flagpole" (1956)   dave at wilton.net
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "run it up the flagpole" (1956)   Stephen Goranson
• [Ads-l] Possible Antedating of "Run It Up the Flagpole and See .... "   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "run it up the flagpole" (1956)   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "run it up the flagpole" (1956)   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "run it up the flagpole" (1956)   dave at wilton.net
• [Ads-l] antedating "rust bucket"   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Hep"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Hep"   Stephen Goranson
• [Ads-l] Equidating of "Bad" (= Good)   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] c---y; turn it out   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Renaissance"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Equidating of "Bad" (= Good)   John Baker
• [Ads-l] antedating "rust bucket"   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Hep"   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] Quote Origin: A bore is a man who deprives you of solitude without providing you with company   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] "omigod" ca1943 (OED 1961)   Jeff Prucher
• [Ads-l] Quote Origin: A bore is a man who deprives you of solitude without providing you with company   mr_peter_morris at outlook.com
• [Ads-l] Quote Origin: A bore is a man who deprives you of solitude without providing you with company   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] microscopic "obelisk"   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] flee, n.   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] "omigod" ca1943 (OED 1961)   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "On the Down-Low"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] "omigod" ca1943 (OED 1961)   Laurence Horn
• [Ads-l] flying off the shelves   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Blaccent"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Bogart"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Collard Green"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] flee, n.   Sammy Dean
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Main Man"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Bogart"   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Blaccent"   Ben Zimmer
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Collard Green"   Charles C Doyle
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Jambalaya"   Amy West
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Jambalaya"   Rich Lowenthal
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Collard Green"   Stephen Goranson
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Signifier" (Boastful Person)   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Blaccent"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Blaccent"   Stephen Goranson
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Blaccent"   Ben Zimmer
• [Ads-l] "The first report is always wrong."   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] Fwd: Antedating of "Bogart"   Laurence Horn
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Main Man"   mr_peter_morris at outlook.com
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Bogart"   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Bogart"   Peter Reitan
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Blaccent"   John Baker
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Blaccent"   Stephen Goranson
• [Ads-l] For the euphemism file: "hypergamy" and associates   Laurence Horn
• [Ads-l] plot hole (1924)   Ben Zimmer
• [Ads-l] plot hole (1924)   Ben Zimmer
• [Ads-l] antedating "square dance"   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] TARIFF - as a new acronym   Tom Zurinskas
• [Ads-l] unk   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] Mark Twain Does It Again   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] IS UFO BLASTING TOWARD EARTH??   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] antedating "square dance"   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] Mark Twain Does It Again   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Niggerati"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Mark Twain Does It Again   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] to funk   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Hip Hop Culture"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Quip Origin: One never needs a vacation so much as the day after returning from one   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] New meaning for an existing signal   James Landau
• [Ads-l] New meaning for an existing signal   Rich Lowenthal
• [Ads-l] New meaning for an existing signal   Jeff Prucher
• [Ads-l] hoedown (and hoe-up?)   Stephen Goranson
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "R&B"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Quote Origin: He is the only genius with an IQ of 85   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] Quote Origin: He is the only genius with an IQ of 85   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] "hold-in" (football)   Ben Zimmer
• [Ads-l] Etymythology watch: the strange case of the Elephant and the Enfanta (again)   Laurence Horn
• [Ads-l] "[someone] hit and run me"   Nancy Friedman
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Killer-Diller"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Come On Like Gang Busters"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Rug Cutter"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Unhip"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Heebie-Jeebies"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Heebie-Jeebies"   Ben Zimmer
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Bae"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] "The older I get, the better I was."   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] "The older I get, the better I was."   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] woke mob   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] beta   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] beta   dave at wilton.net
• [Ads-l] beta   Laurence Horn
• [Ads-l] "Black Twitter" Not in OED   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] "Black Twitter" Not in OED   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] "Black Twitter" Not in OED   Rich Lowenthal
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Juba"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Race Woman"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Street Cred" (Noun)   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Further Antedating of "Race Man"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Phrase: street credibility   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] Further Antedating of "Race Woman"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Further Antedating of "Race Record"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Further Antedating of "Race Music"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Further Antedating of "Race Record" (CORRECTION)   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] to inlie   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] Still Further Antedating of "Race Music"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] which = 'although'   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] Request Charlie Munger quotation in 1989 Annual Report of Wesco   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] Request Charlie Munger quotation in 1989 Annual Report of Wesco   Stephen Goranson
• [Ads-l] Request Charlie Munger quotation in 1989 Annual Report of Wesco   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] Request Charlie Munger quotation in 1989 Annual Report of Wesco   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] Request Charlie Munger quotation in 1989 Annual Report of Wesco   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Chops" (Jazz Sense)   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of Jive (Noun, Form of Slang)   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of Jive (Noun, Form of Slang)   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Black Is Beautiful"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Computer Science"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] "Politics of Respectability" (Not in OED)   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Origins of "Bojangles"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Origins of "Bojangles"   Rich Lowenthal
• [Ads-l] Origins of "Bojangles"   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] Origins of "Bojangles"   Stephen Goranson
• [Ads-l] Origins of "Bojangles"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Origins of "Bojangles"   Stephen Goranson
• [Ads-l] New Book on Proverbs   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] New Book on Proverbs   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Barbershop" (Music)   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Still Further Antedating of "Square" (Opposite of "Hip")   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Barbershop" (Music)   mr_peter_morris at outlook.com
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Barbershop" (Music)   mr_peter_morris at outlook.com
• [Ads-l] New York Times article about wedding misquotations   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] antedating "easy on the eye"   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] "Jump Blues" Not in OED   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] "Jump Blues" Not in OED   Ben Zimmer
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Cakewalk" (African American Custom)   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Ax" (Musical Instrument)   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Ax" (Musical Instrument)   Stephen Goranson
• [Ads-l] more on "D-Day"   James Landau
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Ax" (Musical Instrument)   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Ax" (Musical Instrument)   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] more on "D-Day"   dave at wilton.net
• [Ads-l] to link   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Ax" (Musical Instrument)   Ben Zimmer
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Ax" (Musical Instrument)   Stephen Goranson
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Ax" (Musical Instrument)   Andy Bach
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Ax" (Musical Instrument)   Ben Zimmer
• [Ads-l] Slight Antedating of "Ashy" (African American Sense)   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Barbershop" (Music)   Bill Mullins
• [Ads-l] Slight Antedating of "Ashy" (African American Sense)   Bill Mullins
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Ax" (Musical Instrument)   Stephen Goranson
• [Ads-l] New opponym: "Drop"   Marc Sacks
• [Ads-l] New opponym: "Drop"   Ben Zimmer
• [Ads-l] New opponym: "Drop"   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] New opponym: "Drop"   Ben Zimmer
• [Ads-l] Further Antedating of "Integrated" (Racial)   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Ax" (Musical Instrument)   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Barbershop" (Music)   Peter Reitan
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Boogie" (Style of Playing Blues)   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] antedating "battle-wagon"   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] to interface   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] to interface   Nancy Friedman
• [Ads-l] to interface   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] Saying Origin: War consists of months of intolerable boredom interspersed with moments of extreme fear   ADSGarson O'Toole

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