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• [Ads-l] "blues" in early song title   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] "blues" in early song title   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] "blues" in early song title   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] "blues" in early song title   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] "Equal Opportunity Employer" (Not in OED)   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] "Equal Opportunity Employer" (Not in OED)   mr_peter_morris at outlook.com
• [Ads-l] "Equal Pay for Equal Work" (Not in OED)   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] "Forty Acres and a Mule" (Not in OED)   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] "Forty Acres and a Mule" (Not in OED)   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] "Half brother" in the 19-century U.S.   Michael Eldridge
• [Ads-l] "Half brother" in the 19-century U.S.   Stephen Goranson
• [Ads-l] "Half brother" in the 19-century U.S.   Stephen Goranson
• [Ads-l] "Half brother" in the 19-century U.S.   Michael Eldridge
• [Ads-l] "Half brother" in the 19-century U.S.   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] "Rebopper" (Not in OED)   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] "seven toed pete" (UNCLASSIFIED)   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] "Thinkish" and "Neuralese" (with an aside about Llanito)   Nancy Friedman
• [Ads-l] "Trump is never 100-percent wrong"   Stephen Goranson
• [Ads-l] "Turtle Island" (January 1972)   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] "uh-eye."   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] (Maine) coon cat   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] -coded   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] -coded   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] -coded   Ben Zimmer
• [Ads-l] -coded   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] -coded   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] -coded   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] 2nd Call for Abstracts -- 2026 NARNiHS Research Incubator -- North American Research Network in Historical Sociolinguistics   Lauersdorf, Mark R.
• [Ads-l] alleged dating lingo   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Anti-Racist" (Adjective)   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Back Beat"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Biracial" (Child of Parents of Different Races)   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Black and Tan" (Political Term)   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Cake Walker"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Camel Walk"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Classism"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Colored" (Noun)   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Color Struck"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Conversate" (African American Usage)   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Cornbread"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Cornbread"   Dan Goncharoff
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Cornrow" (Verb)   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Dope" (= Opium)   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Dope" (= Opium)   Ben Zimmer
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Easy Rider" (Lover)   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Fay"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Goofer"/"Goopher"/"Goophering" (Noun and Verb)   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Handkerchief Head"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Hophead"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Hophead"   Ben Zimmer
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Jeff" (Dull or Ignorant Person)   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Jinx" (Noun and Verb)   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Jinx" (Noun and Verb)   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Jinx" (Noun and Verb)   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Jinx" (Noun and Verb)   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Jinx" (Noun and Verb)   Rich Lowenthal
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Jinx" (Noun and Verb)   Stephen Goranson
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Jungle Bunny" (Racist Slur)   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Jungle Bunny" (Racist Slur)   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Minstrel Show"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Minstrel Show"   Bill Mullins
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Nappy-Headed"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "New Jack Swing"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Peach Cobbler"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Peckerwood" (White Person)   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Piece of Cake"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Piece of Cake"   Bill Mullins
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Piece of Cake"   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Piece of Cake"   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Piece of Cake"   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Piece of Cake"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Piece of Cake"   Rich Lowenthal
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Po' Boy"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Po' Boy"   Jesse Sheidlower
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Po' Boy"   Laurence Horn
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Quadroon"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Rainbow Coalition" (Specific Jesse Jackson Usage)   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Segregate" (Racial)   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Segregated" (Racial)   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Sneaky Pete"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Street-Smart" (Adjective)   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Street-Smart" (Adjective)   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Tea Party" (Marijuana)   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Three-Card Monte"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Three-Card Monte"   Bill Mullins
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Three-Card Monte"   Bill Mullins
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Uncle Tomism"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Uncle Tomism"   Rich Lowenthal
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Uncle Tomism"   Stephen Goranson
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Uncle Tomism"   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Viper" (Drug User)   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Viper" (Drug User)   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] Barry Popik's Antedating of "March Madness" (Basketball Tournament)   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] bigorexia   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] bigorexia   Jesse Sheidlower
• [Ads-l] bigorexia   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] burp your house   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] Call for Abstracts -- 2026 NARNiHS Research Incubator -- North American Research Network in Historical Sociolinguistics   Lauersdorf, Mark R.
• [Ads-l] DARVO   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] Dating Error for "Reefer Madness"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Dialogue Origin: "I want to fly! I want to touch the sun!" "First eat your eggs"   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] discombobulator   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] enshittification   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] enshittification   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] from hell to breakfast   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] fud   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] fud   Dennis During
• [Ads-l] fud   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] fud   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] fud   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] fud   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] fud   Nancy Friedman
• [Ads-l] fud   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] fud   Ben Zimmer
• [Ads-l] fud   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] Further Antedating of "Integrate" (Racial)   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Further Earliest American Use of "Black" Referring to a Person   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Fw: Antedating of "Jinx" (Noun and Verb)   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Fw: Antedating of "Jinx" (Noun and Verb)   Ben Zimmer
• [Ads-l] Fwd: [NARNIHS] Call for Abstracts -- 2026 NARNiHS Research Incubator -- North American Research Network in Historical Sociolinguistics   Kelly Wright
• [Ads-l] God wink   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] Goldwynism: I May Not Always Be Right, But I Am Never Wrong   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] Goldwynism: When I Want Your Opinion, I'll Give It To You   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] Grammy (April 1959)   dave at wilton.net
• [Ads-l] Grammy (April 1959)   Ben Zimmer
• [Ads-l] Grammy (April 1959)   Laurence Horn
• [Ads-l] gridder (1909)   Ben Zimmer
• [Ads-l] Gun jugging   Bill Mullins
• [Ads-l] Implicit Antedating of "Hip"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Implicit Antedating of "Hip"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Implicit Antedating of "Hip"   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] Implicit Antedating of "Hip"   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] Implicit Antedating of "Hip"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] incipient famous quote   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] Initialism: AI;DR (AI; Didn't Read. Analogous to TL;DR)   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] Initialism: AI; DR (AI; Didn't Read. Analogous to TL; DR)   Hugo
• [Ads-l] Initialism: AI; DR (AI; Didn't Read. Analogous to TL; DR)   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] Initialism: AI; DR (AI; Didn't Read. Analogous to TL; DR)   Laurence Horn
• [Ads-l] jive n. antedated to 1925   Stephen Goranson
• [Ads-l] jive n. antedated to 1925   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] jive n. antedated to 1925   Stephen Goranson
• [Ads-l] Joke Origin: The Unjust Steals the Just's Umbrella   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] jugging   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] Karen out, Jessica in   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] Karen out, Jessica in   David Bowie
• [Ads-l] Karen out, Jessica in   Jesse Sheidlower
• [Ads-l] Karen out, Jessica in   David Bowie
• [Ads-l] Karen out, Jessica in   Charles C Rice
• [Ads-l] Karen out, Jessica in   Dan Goncharoff
• [Ads-l] Lincoln belonged to the ages or the angels?   Stephen Goranson
• [Ads-l] Lincoln belonged to the ages or the angels?   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] Lincoln belonged to the ages or the angels?   Stephen Goranson
• [Ads-l] Lincoln belonged to the ages or the angels?   Stephen Goranson
• [Ads-l] minor Murphy's Law note   Stephen Goranson
• [Ads-l] more on "glory"   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] more on "glory"   Laurence Horn
• [Ads-l] more on "glory"   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] more on "glory"   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] most important unresolved English etymologies?   Stephen Goranson
• [Ads-l] most important unresolved English etymologies?   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] most important unresolved English etymologies?   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] most important unresolved English etymologies?   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] most important unresolved English etymologies?   Stephen Goranson
• [Ads-l] most important unresolved English etymologies?   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] officer-involved shooting (1972)   dave at wilton.net
• [Ads-l] officer-involved shooting (1972)   Ben Zimmer
• [Ads-l] Old proverb, new interpretation   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] panopticontent   Ben Zimmer
• [Ads-l] Phrase: Jagged Intelligence (description applied to AI systems)   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] Phrase: March madness (Transfer period for football clubs in England)   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] Phrase: the math is not mathing   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] Phrase: the math is not mathing   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] Phrase: the math is not mathing   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] Phrase Origin: A Solution in Search of a Problem   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] propeller beanie   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] propeller beanie   Jesse Sheidlower
• [Ads-l] propeller beanie   Jeff Prucher
• [Ads-l] propeller beanie   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] propeller beanie   Ben Zimmer
• [Ads-l] propeller beanie   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] propeller beanie   Ben Zimmer
• [Ads-l] propeller beanie   Jeff Prucher
• [Ads-l] Proverb Origin: Don't Believe Everything You Think   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] QOTY   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] QOTY   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] Quip Origin: Dogs Believe You Are a God. Cats Believe They Are Gods   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] Quip Origin: Everything Beeps Now   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] quote magnets; conjecture magnets; the Matthew effect   Stephen Goranson
• [Ads-l] Quote Origin: Life Is Full of Trials With an Occasional Conviction   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] Reading with NARNiHS (historical sociolinguistics reading group) -- Session #2   Lauersdorf, Mark R.
• [Ads-l] Register for Reading with NARNiHS!   Kelly Wright
• [Ads-l] shopping spree   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] Slight Antedating of Lincoln-Attributed Quotation   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Slight Antedating of Lincoln-Attributed Quotation   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] Slight Antedating of Lincoln-Attributed Quotation   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] Slight Antedating of Lincoln-Attributed Quotation   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] Slight Antedating of Lincoln-Attributed Quotation   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] Slight Antedating of Lincoln-Attributed Quotation   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] Slight Antedating of Lincoln-Attributed Quotation   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] synthetic media (was Re: Phrase: Jagged Intelligence (description applied to AI systems))   Amy West
• [Ads-l] synthetic media (was Re: Phrase: Jagged Intelligence (description applied to AI systems))   Ben Zimmer
• [Ads-l] weaponize (1871); weaponized (1960)   dave at wilton.net
• [Ads-l] weaponize (1871); weaponized (1960)   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] What did Delaware?   James Landau

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