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Starting: Thu May 1 01:32:15 UTC 2025
Ending: Sat May 31 17:41:41 UTC 2025
Messages: 186

• [Ads-l] QOTY candidate from north of the (still extant) border   Laurence Horn
• [Ads-l] doge as verb   Amy West
  • [Ads-l] doge as verb   Nancy Friedman
    • [Ads-l] doge as verb   Chris Waigl
• [Ads-l] Slang: glaze: to praise excessively, verb & noun   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] QOTY candidate   James Landau
  • [Ads-l] QOTY candidate   Laurence Horn
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Buppy"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Harlemese'   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Harlem Jazz"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "To Break Bad" (African-American Usage)   Shapiro, Fred
  • [Ads-l] Antedating of "To Break Bad" (African-American Usage)   Shapiro, Fred
    • [Ads-l] Antedating of "To Break Bad" (African-American Usage)   mr_peter_morris at outlook.com
    • [Ads-l] Antedating of "To Break Bad" (African-American Usage)   ADSGarson O'Toole
      • [Ads-l] Antedating of "To Break Bad" (African-American Usage)   Z S
• [Ads-l] "H-Hour" and "J-Day", 21 Feb 1918   dave at wilton.net
  • [Ads-l] "H-Hour" and "J-Day", 21 Feb 1918   Jonathan Lighter
    • [Ads-l] "H-Hour" and "J-Day", 21 Feb 1918   Stephen Goranson
  • [Ads-l] "H-Hour" and "J-Day", 21 Feb 1918   Peter Reitan
  • [Ads-l] "H-Hour" and "J-Day", 21 Feb 1918   Peter Reitan
  • [Ads-l] "H-Hour" and "J-Day", 21 Feb 1918   Peter Reitan
  • [Ads-l] "H-Hour" and "J-Day", 21 Feb 1918   dave at wilton.net
    • [Ads-l] "H-Hour" and "J-Day", 21 Feb 1918   Jonathan Lighter
      • [Ads-l] "H-Hour" and "J-Day", 21 Feb 1918   dave at wilton.net
      • [Ads-l] "H-Hour" and "J-Day", 21 Feb 1918   Jonathan Lighter
      • [Ads-l] "H-Hour" and "J-Day", 21 Feb 1918   dave at wilton.net
      • [Ads-l] "H-Hour" and "J-Day", 21 Feb 1918   Stephen Goranson
      • [Ads-l] "H-Hour" and "J-Day", 21 Feb 1918   Jonathan Lighter
      • [Ads-l] "H-Hour" and "J-Day", 21 Feb 1918   Stephen Goranson
      • [Ads-l] "H-Hour" and "J-Day", 21 Feb 1918   ADSGarson O'Toole
      • [Ads-l] "H-Hour" and "J-Day", 21 Feb 1918   Chris Waigl
      • [Ads-l] "H-Hour" and "J-Day", 21 Feb 1918   Jonathan Lighter
      • [Ads-l] "H-Hour" and "J-Day", 21 Feb 1918   Chris Waigl
    • [Ads-l] "H-Hour" and "J-Day", 21 Feb 1918   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] free-fire zone   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Funkadelic"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Zoot (antedatings, 1940-1941)   Bonnie Taylor-Blake
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Playa"   Shapiro, Fred
  • [Ads-l] Antedating of "Playa"   ADSGarson O'Toole
    • [Ads-l] Antedating of "Playa"   Jesse Sheidlower
  • [Ads-l] Antedating of "Playa"   Bill Mullins
• [Ads-l] ADS msg considered spam by Gmail   Andy Bach
  • [Ads-l] ADS msg considered spam by Gmail   Grant Barrett
    • [Ads-l] ADS msg considered spam by Gmail   Jeff Prucher
      • [Ads-l] ADS msg considered spam by Gmail   John Baker
• [Ads-l] Words of the year (so far)   Nancy Friedman
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "clang" (verb and noun)   Steven Losie
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "thump" (noun)   Steven Losie
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "clunky" (adj. 2)   Steven Losie
• [Ads-l] Let's blow this pop stand / Let's blow this popsicle stand   Steven Losie
  • [Ads-l] Let's blow this pop stand / Let's blow this popsicle stand   Bill Mullins
    • [Ads-l] Let's blow this pop stand / Let's blow this popsicle stand   Jonathan Lighter
      • [Ads-l] Let's blow this pop stand / Let's blow this popsicle stand   ADSGarson O'Toole
      • [Ads-l] Let's blow this pop stand / Let's blow this popsicle stand   mr_peter_morris at outlook.com
      • [Ads-l] Let's blow this pop stand / Let's blow this popsicle stand   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] Dog mom / dog dad   Steven Losie
• [Ads-l] zoot 1937?   Stephen Goranson
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Photographer"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Final Solution"   Shapiro, Fred
  • [Ads-l] Antedating of "Final Solution"   Bill Mullins
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Snooker"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Blow" (Cocaine)   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Tennis Elbow"   Shapiro, Fred
  • [Ads-l] Antedating of "Tennis Elbow"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Cool Cat"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Corny"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] elephant walk   Jonathan Lighter
  • [Ads-l] elephant walk   Bill Mullins
    • [Ads-l] elephant walk   Ben Zimmer
    • [Ads-l] elephant walk   ADSGarson O'Toole
  • [Ads-l] elephant walk   Bill Mullins
    • [Ads-l] Fw: elephant walk   Bill Mullins
      • [Ads-l] Fw: elephant walk   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] wackamamie   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] lie   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] what's the earliest for...   Stephen Goranson
  • [Ads-l] what's the earliest for...   ADSGarson O'Toole
    • [Ads-l] what's the earliest for...   ADSGarson O'Toole
      • [Ads-l] what's the earliest for...   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] Quote Origin: Everything that makes this thing go was supplied by the lowest bidder   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Da Bomb"   Shapiro, Fred
  • [Ads-l] Antedating of "Da Bomb"   Jesse Sheidlower
• [Ads-l] Future of the Eggcorn Database   Chris Waigl
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Conjure Woman"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Conjure Man"   Shapiro, Fred
  • [Ads-l] Antedating of "Conjure Man"   Bill Mullins
• [Ads-l] "Funniest" U.S. town names   Jonathan Lighter
  • [Ads-l] "Funniest" U.S. town names   George Thompson
    • [Ads-l] "Funniest" U.S. town names   Laurence Horn
      • [Ads-l] "Funniest" U.S. town names   Jonathan Lighter
      • [Ads-l] "Funniest" U.S. town names   John Baker
      • [Ads-l] "Funniest" U.S. town names   Laurence Horn
      • [Ads-l] "Funniest" U.S. town names   Jonathan Lighter
  • [Ads-l] "Funniest" U.S. town names   Chris Waigl
• [Ads-l] Very Slight Antedating of "Lost Cause" (Southern Mythology)   Shapiro, Fred
  • [Ads-l] Very Slight Antedating of "Lost Cause" (Southern Mythology)   Jonathan Lighter
    • [Ads-l] Very Slight Antedating of "Lost Cause" (Southern Mythology)   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Very Slight Antedating of "Voodoo"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] walk the walk, talk the talk   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Hip"   Shapiro, Fred
  • [Ads-l] Antedating of "Hip"   Stephen Goranson
    • [Ads-l] Antedating of "Hip"   Shapiro, Fred
      • [Ads-l] Antedating of "Hip"   ADSGarson O'Toole
      • [Ads-l] Antedating of "Hip"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] on the regular   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] Other Early Citations for "Hip"   Shapiro, Fred
  • [Ads-l] Other Early Citations for "Hip"   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] What part of "No!" do you not understand?   Jonathan Lighter
  • [Ads-l] What part of "No!" do you not understand?   Bill Mullins
    • [Ads-l] What part of "No!" do you not understand?   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] Further Antedating of "Tokenism"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] "The client is always right"   mr_peter_morris at outlook.com
  • [Ads-l] "The client is always right"   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] Further Antedating of "Rap Music"   Shapiro, Fred
  • [Ads-l] Further Antedating of "Rap Music"   Ben Zimmer
    • [Ads-l] Further Antedating of "Rap Music"   Bonnie Taylor-Blake
  • [Ads-l] Further Antedating of "Rap Music"   Bonnie Taylor-Blake
  • [Ads-l] Further Antedating of "Rap Music"   Steven Losie
• [Ads-l] Further Antedating of "Hoodoo"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Further Antedating of "Color Line"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Old Egyptian writing   Stephen Goranson
• [Ads-l] Very Early Citation for "Pass for [or as] a White Person"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] duck tape, antedated?   Stephen Goranson
  • [Ads-l] duck tape, antedated?   dave at wilton.net
  • [Ads-l] duck tape, antedated?   mailbox grammarphobia.com
    • [Ads-l] duck tape, antedated?   Stephen Goranson
    • [Ads-l] duck tape, antedated?   Peter Reitan
      • [Ads-l] duck tape, antedated?   Rich Lowenthal
      • [Ads-l] duck tape, antedated?   Dennis During
• [Ads-l] 86 speculation, anyone?   Stephen Goranson
  • [Ads-l] 86 speculation, anyone?   Dan Goncharoff
  • [Ads-l] 86 speculation, anyone?   Jesse Sheidlower
    • [Ads-l] 86 speculation, anyone?   Ben Zimmer
    • [Ads-l] 86 speculation, anyone?   ADSGarson O'Toole
    • [Ads-l] 86 speculation, anyone?   Peter Reitan
      • [Ads-l] 86 speculation, anyone?   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] More Re: No Entry for "Negro League" in OED   Shapiro, Fred
  • [Ads-l] More Re: No Entry for "Negro League" in OED   Bill Mullins
• [Ads-l] Further Antedating of "Phat" (Hip Hop Term)   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Possible Further Antedating of "Rap Music"   Shapiro, Fred
  • [Ads-l] Possible Further Antedating of "Rap Music"   Rich Lowenthal
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Rap Music"   Shapiro, Fred
  • [Ads-l] Antedating of "Rap Music"   Laurence Horn
• [Ads-l] mythical   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] rap as...   Stephen Goranson
  • [Ads-l] rap as...   Geoffrey Nathan
  • [Ads-l] rap as...   Geoffrey Nathan
  • [Ads-l] rap as...   Bill Mullins
  • [Ads-l] rap as...   Geoffrey Nathan
• [Ads-l] Slight Further Antedating of "Driving While Black"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Further Antedating of "Harlemese"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] solve, n.   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] Major Antedating of "Legal Realism"   Shapiro, Fred
  • [Ads-l] Major Antedating of "Legal Realism"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Realist" (Legal/Political Meaning) and Inclusion of "Legal Realist"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Quote Origin: When I was young I used to think that money was the most important thing in life …   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] rap as.   James Landau
• [Ads-l] Antedating of a Very Long Word   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Vegetarian" (Adjective)   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "World Music"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Early Citations for "Bullshit"   Shapiro, Fred
  • [Ads-l] Early Citations for "Bullshit"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] "members of the tribe"   Stephen Goranson
  • [Ads-l] "members of the tribe"   Ben Zimmer
• [Ads-l] Very Slight Antedating of "McCarthyism"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] antedating of "dogey"   Jonathan Lighter
  • [Ads-l] antedating of "dogey"   Peter Reitan
• [Ads-l] Quote Origin: It is better to be vaguely right than exactly wrong   ADSGarson O'Toole
  • [Ads-l] Quote Origin: It is better to be vaguely right than exactly wrong   Laurence Horn
    • [Ads-l] Quote Origin: It is better to be vaguely right than exactly wrong   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] Further Antedating of "Bollywood"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] new book on Limerick etymology   Stephen Goranson
  • [Ads-l] new book on Limerick etymology   Stephen Goranson
• [Ads-l] QOTY   Jonathan Lighter
  • [Ads-l] QOTY   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] Quote Origin: There is only one difference between a madman and me ... (Attributed to Salvador Dali)   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] What, Exactly, Did Josephus Write About Jesus? (That Is, If He Did Mention Jesus)   Stephen Goranson
• [Ads-l] "ambient music"   Stephen Goranson
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Bad" (African-American Usage Meaning "Good" or "Formidable")   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] "anyone with half a brain"   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] brain-housing group   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] maith and haim   Jonathan Lighter
  • [Ads-l] maith and haim   Joe Salmons
    • [Ads-l] maith and haim   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] wobble   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Utopian Socialist"   Shapiro, Fred

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