[Ads-l] Grammar Girl podcast on antedating

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

Congratulations to Ben and the interviewer Mignon Fogarty (Grammar
Girl). You both did a wonderful job communicating fascinating material
about Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious and other topics. Live
interviews about tracing words and phrases are difficult because
citation details must be accurate.
Garson

On Thu, Oct 30, 2025 at 12:31 PM Ben Zimmer
<00001aae0710f4b7-dmarc-request at listserv.uga.edu> wrote:
>
> On the latest episode of Mignon Fogarty's Grammar Girl podcast, I talk
> about the art of antedating words, discussing such examples as "scalawag,"
> "Ms.," "jazz," "The Big Easy," and "supercalifragilistic..." Shout-outs are
> given to antedating superstars like Fred Shapiro and Barry Popik, and ADS-L
> gets a mention.
>
> Watch: https://youtu.be/W5SkQo_Dw48
> Listen: pod.link/173429229
>
> --bgz
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