December 2025 Archives by thread

• Messages sorted by: [ subject ] [ author ] [ date ]
• More info on this list...

Starting: Mon Dec 1 15:27:54 UTC 2025
Ending: Wed Dec 31 23:56:44 UTC 2025
Messages: 152

• [Ads-l] cryptoterrestrial   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] logger   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] "a legend in one's own mind"   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] duology   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Jam," Verb (Music)   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] "long drink of water" redux   Ben Zimmer
  • [Ads-l] "long drink of water" redux   ADSGarson O'Toole
    • [Ads-l] "long drink of water" redux   Jonathan Lighter
      • [Ads-l] "long drink of water" redux   Ben Zimmer
      • [Ads-l] "long drink of water" redux   Emily Gordon
      • [Ads-l] "long drink of water" redux   Ben Zimmer
      • [Ads-l] "long drink of water" redux   Ben Zimmer
  • [Ads-l] "long drink of water" redux   Amy West
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Paint" (Basketball)   Bill Mullins
  • [Ads-l] Antedating of "Paint" (Basketball)   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] entitlement junkie   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Swing" (Variety of Big Dance-Band Music)   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Freebie"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] scromiting   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Yassum"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] slight antedating of "life of riley"   Stephen Goranson
• [Ads-l] IDGAF--with quantities   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] intimacy coordinator   Jonathan Lighter
  • [Ads-l] intimacy coordinator   Nancy Friedman
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "scandal sheet"   Steven Losie
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "smash and grab"   Steven Losie
  • [Ads-l] Antedating of "smash and grab"   Bill Mullins
• [Ads-l] Too rich for my blood   Steven Losie
• [Ads-l] Eyes on the prize   Steven Losie
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "We Shall Overcome"   Shapiro, Fred
  • [Ads-l] Further Antedating of "We Shall Overcome"   Shapiro, Fred
    • [Ads-l] Further Antedating of "We Shall Overcome"   Jeanie Blake
  • [Ads-l] Antedating of "We Shall Overcome"   Bill Mullins
    • [Ads-l] Antedating of "We Shall Overcome"   Bill Mullins
      • [Ads-l] Antedating of "We Shall Overcome"   Shapiro, Fred
      • [Ads-l] Antedating of "We Shall Overcome"   Cohen, Gerald L.
  • [Ads-l] Antedating of "We Shall Overcome"   Bill Mullins
    • [Ads-l] Antedating of "We Shall Overcome"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Jazz Age"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] antedating of "how's tricks?"   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] antedating "knock the stuffing out of"   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] prior-to, adj.   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Dap" (Noun and Verb)   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Rent Party"   Shapiro, Fred
  • [Ads-l] Antedating of "Rent Party"   mr_peter_morris at outlook.com
    • [Ads-l] Antedating of "Rent Party"   Ben Zimmer
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Black America"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Hoofer"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] which   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] Antedating of Dice Terms   Shapiro, Fred
  • [Ads-l] Antedating of Dice Terms   Bill Mullins
• [Ads-l] "Promised Land" (Refuge for Black Americans, Not in OED): Possible Evidence from Unexpected Source   Shapiro, Fred
  • [Ads-l] "Promised Land" (Refuge for Black Americans, Not in OED): Possible Evidence from Unexpected Source   Ben Zimmer
    • [Ads-l] "Promised Land" (Refuge for Black Americans, Not in OED): Possible Evidence from Unexpected Source   Shapiro, Fred
    • [Ads-l] "Promised Land" (Refuge for Black Americans, Not in OED): Possible Evidence from Unexpected Source   dave at wilton.net
• [Ads-l] OK history   Z S
  • [Ads-l] OK history   Gordon, Matthew
    • [Ads-l] OK history   Jonathan Lighter
      • [Ads-l] poutine (1980)   dave at wilton.net
      • [Ads-l] poutine (1980)   Amy West
      • [Ads-l] poutine (1980)   dave at wilton.net
• [Ads-l] Legitimate Early Citation for "Promised Land" Meaning Refuge for Black Americans   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Joseph C. Mele dialect audio collection   Zuzanna Witt
• [Ads-l] Linguistic QOTY   Jonathan Lighter
  • [Ads-l] Linguistic QOTY   James Landau
    • [Ads-l] Linguistic QOTY   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Race Riot"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Cool It"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Bebopper"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Freestyle" (Verb) (Rap)   Shapiro, Fred
  • [Ads-l] Antedating of "Freestyle" (Verb) (Rap)   Jesse Sheidlower
    • [Ads-l] Antedating of "Freestyle" (Verb) (Rap)   Ben Zimmer
  • [Ads-l] Antedating of "Freestyle" (Verb) (Rap)   mr_peter_morris at outlook.com
    • [Ads-l] Antedating of "Freestyle" (Verb) (Rap)   Ben Zimmer
• [Ads-l] "Mass Incarceration" (Not in OED)   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Wack" (Adjective)   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] [QI] We Only Need To Be Lucky One Time. You Need To Be Lucky All the Time   mr_peter_morris at outlook.com
• [Ads-l] "West Coast Hip Hop" (Not in OED)   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] "East Coast Hip Hop" (Not in OED)   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] "Slave Narrative" (Not in OED)   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Hopping John"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Hush Puppy"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] "Go fly a kite1'   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Eurotrash"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Closeted" (Sexual Orientation)   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] "in check"   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] The Folk Phonetics of Graduation   Geoffrey Nathan
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Swag" (= Swagger)   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Further Antedating of "Doo Wop"   Shapiro, Fred
  • [Ads-l] Further Antedating of "Doo Wop"   Ben Zimmer
• [Ads-l] [QI] When does the game begin?   mr_peter_morris at outlook.com
• [Ads-l] Slight Antedating of "Tsunami"   Shapiro, Fred
  • [Ads-l] Slight Antedating of "Tsunami"   Bill Mullins
• [Ads-l] Further Antedating of "Skateboard"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Slight Antedating of "Freedom Ride" (Civil Rights Initiative)   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Black Power Salute (Not in OED)   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] antedating of "bandalore"   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Chops" (Technical Jazz Skills)   Shapiro, Fred
  • [Ads-l] Antedating of "Chops" (Technical Jazz Skills)   Bill Mullins
• [Ads-l] superkilonova   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] "rap sheet" (1932)   dave at wilton.net
  • [Ads-l] "rap sheet" (1932)   Bill Mullins
  • [Ads-l] "rap sheet" (1932)   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Tin Ear" (OED, = oral insensitivity, 1935)   Shapiro, Fred
  • [Ads-l] Antedating of "Tin Ear" (OED, = oral insensitivity, 1935)   Shapiro, Fred
  • [Ads-l] Antedating of "Tin Ear" (OED, = oral insensitivity, 1935)   Bill Mullins
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Clinker" (= Wrong Note)   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Jam" (Verb) (Jazz)   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Horn" (Musical Instrument)   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "In the Groove"   Shapiro, Fred
  • [Ads-l] Antedating of "In the Groove"   Bill Mullins
• [Ads-l] The F-Word and PG-13 movies   Bill Mullins
• [Ads-l] Very Slight Antedating of "Box Cars" (Craps Term)   Shapiro, Fred
  • [Ads-l] Very Slight Antedating of "Box Cars" (Craps Term)   mr_peter_morris at outlook.com
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Afro-Americanism"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Soft-Shoe" (Dance)   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Hair Straightening"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Hair Straightener"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Gospel" (Short for "Gospel Music")   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Forklore   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] antedating second story man   Bill Mullins
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Inner City"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] antedating "dogface"   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] bawdy = 'rowdily humorous; slapstick'   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Icky" (Adjective and Noun)   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Jump" (Verb, To Be Full of Excitement or Enjoyment)   Shapiro, Fred
  • [Ads-l] Antedating of "Jump" (Verb, To Be Full of Excitement or Enjoyment)   Bill Mullins
  • [Ads-l] Antedating of "Jump" (Verb, To Be Full of Excitement or Enjoyment)   mr_peter_morris at outlook.com
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Give Someone Some Skin" (Variant)   Shapiro, Fred
  • [Ads-l] Further Antedating of "Give Someone Some Skin" (Variant)   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Solid" (Adj., Jazz Slang)   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Very Slight Further Antedating of "Jump" (Verb, To Be Full of Excitement or Enjoyment)   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] swabbie, swabbo   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] Sweet Betsy From Pike   James Landau
• [Ads-l] Mademoiselle from Armentieres   James Landau
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Cakewalk" (Verb)   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Hi-Fi"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Last Call for WOTY Nominations   Kelly Wright
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Jazz Musician"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Zip Coon"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Correction of OED Earliest Citation of "Uncle Sam"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Dope Fiend"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Joint" (Place for Illicit Activity)   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Soulful" (Expressive of African American Culture)   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Hard Bop"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Real Gone"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Jive" (Noun)   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] stand on business   Z S
• [Ads-l] Replacement Antedating of "Hipster"   Shapiro, Fred
  • [Ads-l] More on Replacement Antedating of "Hipster"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] thats = 'whose'   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] schmoopie   Jonathan Lighter

Last message date: Wed Dec 31 23:56:44 UTC 2025
Archived on: Wed Dec 31 23:57:14 UTC 2025

• Messages sorted by: [ subject ] [ author ] [ date ]
• More info on this list...