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	The New York Times > New York Region > The City > The Voice: Shaking 'The Big Apple' Out of History's ...
		Popik's specialties is New York, and his crowning achievement was tracing the nickname "The Big Apple," along with Gerald Cohen, a professor of languages at the University of Missouri-Rolla.
		Popik, 42, has fought for recognition even though the finding is listed in The Encyclopedia of New York City.
		Popik's chagrin, the misnomer is mentioned on the Web site of the Big Apple Fest, an exhibit of apple sculptures scattered around the city through Oct. 15.
	www.word-detective.com /popik.html (594 words)

	The Straight Dope: Why can't Cecil get his facts straight about the origin of "Big Apple" and mention John J. ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Popik found a reference to J.J. Fitz Gerald's having sold a horse to J. Byers on January 15, 1920, leading him to conclude that "Big Apple" had first come to the writer's notice on January 13 or 14.
		However, when Popik attempted to notify former Chicagoan but soon-to-be New Yorker Hillary Rodham Clinton of his findings, she blew him off with a form letter--and this from a woman facing a campaign for the Senate.
		Barry has discovered that on two occasions in April, 1876 the Cincinnati Enquirer referred to Chicago as the Garden City, suggesting that the May, 1876 reference to the Windy City was an early usage and that the term had not yet become the standard epithet for the city.
	www.straightdope.com /classics/a990917.html (1158 words)

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		Popik says the Enquirer headline had a double meaning in its era of civic name-calling, for Chicago, Cincinnati and St. Louis all vociferously claimed the right to be called the greatest city of the Midwest.
		Popik says the Enquirer also printed several jokes that said Chicago women had big feet (if you don't find that hilarious, maybe you had to be there).
		Popik says if he were a history professor instead of a parking ticket judge, he would be taken more seriously, and this Windy City matter might have been settled by now.
	www.nbierma.com /language/column/windy/windy.htm (1787 words)

	Weather Doctor's Weather History
		However, recently Barry Popik, a word-sleuth and consultant to the Oxford English Dictionary, has made me aware that the name had been applied at least a decade earlier in many newspapers and may have originated from weather considerations.
		Popik claims the title was self-bestowed as Chicago attempted to promote itself as a summer tourist destination, in reference to its refreshing lake breezes that provided relief from the hot summer weather (more on this below).
		Popik had previously found this 11 September 1886 reference in the Chicago Tribune that may indeed point the nickname toward Chicago's weather, though not in the way we now understand the term.
	www.islandnet.com /~see/weather/history/chicago-nickname.htm (1142 words)

	The Straight Dope: Did 90,000 people die of typhoid fever and cholera in Chicago in 1885? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Barry made his bones in etymological circles by establishing that New York's nickname "the Big Apple" had been popularized by horse-racing writer John J. Fitz Gerald, who first heard it in New Orleans on--how's this for precision?--January 13 or 14, 1920.
		Barry established that, on the contrary, the term was already being used in 1885 with reference to the city's lake breezes, and he's since found instances dating from as early as 1876.
		Despite Barry's tireless efforts, the discredited Charles Dana story is still being flogged by leading local institutions, including the Chicago Historical Society, the Chicago Public Library, and the Chicago Tribune.
	www.straightdope.com /columns/041112.html (879 words)

	Language Log: Save the Big Apple
		But the truth, according to Barry Popik, is that the term was invented by African-American stable hands in New Orleans, and was first used in print on May 3, 1921, in a horseracing column by sportswriter John J. Fitz Gerald:
		Popik seems to be so skilled at hiding his light under a series of bushels that Mr.
		Popik has nothing to say (unless it's hidden in a corner of his web site that I didn't explore yet) about where the stable hands' usage came from.
	itre.cis.upenn.edu /~myl/languagelog/archives/001232.html (822 words)

	VOA Wordmaster - March 24, 2002 - ''Big Apple,'' ''Kangaroo Court''
		Barry Popik on a recent bungee jump in New Zealand -- one of about 70 countries he has visited in the last five years.
		POPIK: "It's defined as unauthorized, irregularly conducted, something that's on the frontiers of establishment of law.
		POPIK: "Supposedly people were bound up, and all they could do was jump and down in the court.
	www.manythings.org /voa/wm/wm149.html (907 words)

	Issue of July 21, 2004
		Barry Popik, whom I have mentioned many times, finally has his own web site,
		BARRY POPIK is a contributor-consultant to the Oxford English Dictionary, Dictionary of American Regional English, Historical Dictionary of American Slang, and the forthcoming Yale Dictionary of Quotations.
		But research by American Dialect Society stalwarts Fred Shapiro and Barry Popik, spurred by an extended discussion of "bad hair day" on the ADS mailing list in 2000, uncovered the earliest verified use of the phrase in print, a 1988 column by Susan Swartz in the Houston Chronicle.
	www.word-detective.com /072104.html (6021 words)

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		In any case, Barry Popik says that pretty soon the term "big apple" started to take on other meanings.
		He was looking for a "clean, wholesome symbol," Barry Popik says, and chose a shiny red apple.
		When he's not busy hunting words, Barry Popik is himself a judge, in New York City's Parking Violations Bureau, where he assures us he gives everyone a fair hearing.
	www.help-for-you.com /news/Mar2002/scripts/33993a6f.html (854 words)

	tien mao's little read book...: I Am The Lede and The Kicker
		Barry Popik, who researches New York words and phrases on his Web site, barrypopik.com, is of similar mind.
		Popik, who made a name for himself researching the non-trademarked, public-domain nickname "The Big Apple," sensed another injustice.
		Popik's research was popularized in the 1920's, does have a street corner named for it, at West 54th Street and Broadway, where John J. Fitz Gerald, the sportswriter who popularized it, once lived.
	www.tienmao.com /archives/001591.html (742 words)

	UMR News and Research: UMR professor writes book on origin of 'hot dog'
		"Popik discovered that 'hot dog' (hot sausage) arose in Yale slang of 1894 or 1895," says Cohen, "and it then spread quickly throughout college slang of the mid-late 1890s.
		As for his two co-authors, Cohen calls Barry Popik an extraordinary independent scholar who has made major contributions to the study of "The Big Apple," "dude," "I'm from Missouri, you've got to show me," "The Windy City," "Oscar" (movie award) and many more items.
		Shulman headed Cohen and Popik in the right direction for "hot dog," namely by directing them toward college slang and away from Coney Island.
	news.umr.edu /research/2004/527.html (756 words)

	IRT Flushing Line - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		However, most have been scrapped and placed in the Atlantic Ocean as artificial barrier and coral reefs.
		As of 2004, most of the 7 Train fleet consists of R62A cars built in 1986.
		Barry Popik on origin of "Orient Express" nickname
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/IRT_Flushing_Line (3171 words)

	Gothamist: Why NY Is The Big Apple And More (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Over the weekend, Gothamist received an email* from Barry Popik, who let us know that he had put all his New York knowlege online at barrypopik.com.
		And what knowledge it is: Popik, with Gerald Cohen, figured out where the nickname "The Big Apple" came from - not to mention the fact that Popik also dedicated the corner of West 54th and Broadway to be Big Apple Corner.
		Popik is by day a judge (parking violations!) and by night an amateur etymologist, finding out the meaning of words like knish or and contributing to the Oxford English Dictionary, American Dialect Society, Historical Dictionary of American Slang and other publications.
	www.gothamist.com /archives/2004/07/22/why_ny_is_the_big_apple_and_more.php (509 words)

	Issue of September 3, 2004
		Anyone who has attempted (as I just did) to make a grilled cheese sandwich while surrounded by five cats and two dogs, all firmly convinced that I was cooking their dinner, will understand.
		The Big Apple, where Barry is posting the results of his years of research into New York City popular speech.
		Barry is the real deal, a brilliant and dedicated researcher who has made enormous contributions to uncovering the history of slang and vernacular speech in both New York City and the US in general.
	www.word-detective.com /090304.html (6123 words)

	Language Log: You want to lose the etymologist vote?
		Adams documents his dialogue with Barry Popik, whom he calls "[b]y day a NYC parking-ticket judge, by night...
		Adams' discussion of Popik's position on "big apple" is clearer than what you'll find on Popik's web site, and Adams also discusses Popik's theories about "windy city".
		when Popik attempted to notify former Chicagoan but soon-to-be New Yorker Hillary Rodham Clinton of his findings, she blew him off with a form letter--and this from a woman facing a campaign for the Senate.
	itre.cis.upenn.edu /~myl/languagelog/archives/001244.html (144 words)

	Dictionary definition of Big Apple from Double-Tongued Word Wrester Dictionary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Credit and thanks go to Barry Popik and Gerald Cohen for the research.
		9 @ The Big Apple Barry Popik: J. Smith, with Tippity Witchet and others of the L. Bauer string, is scheduled to start for “the big apple” to-morrow after a most prosperous Spring campaign at Bowie and Havre de Grace.
		11 @ The Big Apple Barry Popik: So many people have asked the writer about the derivation of his phrase, “the big apple,” that he is forced to make another explanation.
	www.doubletongued.org /index.php/dictionary/big_apple/P390 (598 words)

	Articles: The Whole Nine Yards
		After many years of puzzlement and false leads, we seem to be approaching the answer, which may by an odd twist combine several of these stories by connecting aircraft, Scotsmen and the kilt, and Vietnam.
		Barry Popik, a New York researcher, found that an early user of the phrase was the US Navy pilot Captain Richard Stratton, who became one of the best known prisoners of war in North Vietnam during the conflict.
		Captain Stratton has clear memories of having heard it at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola, Florida, in July 1955, in reference to a risqué story (which you will find on Barry Popik’s site) about the fictional Andrew MacTavish and his courtship with Mary Margaret MacDuff.
	www.quinion.com /words/articles/nineyards.htm (908 words)

	serendipity » 2004 » July (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The term didn’t in fact originate with an early 19th-century immigrant from France named Eve, who (supposedly) ran a brothel and called the women who worked for her by a name that alluded to the biblical Eve’s fruit.
		Barry Popik’s findings are all over his site in little bits and pieces, but Cecil Adams at The Straight Dope conveniently summarises Popik’s research.
		Le site de Barry Popik étant quelque peu difficile à naviguer (quand on cherche quelque chose de précis), vous préférerez peut-être le résumé (toujours en anglais) de ses travaux sur The Straight Dope.
	serendipity.lascribe.net /ling-lang/2004/07?lp_lang_pref=fr (1418 words)

	Welcome to The New-York Historical Society (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		In his introduction, editor Edward Martin notes that Midwesterners complain that New York as "the big apple gets a disproportionate share of the national sap." Etymologists assert that this usage is a mere curiosity and has no lineage that can be traced to later slang.
		The bulk of this research was undertaken by Gerald L. Cohen and Barry Popik.
		Popik's research is cited in the documentation and news reports attached to the city ordinance signed by Mayor Rudolph Giuliani on February 12, 1997 that designated the southwest corner of West 54th Street and Broadway as Big Apple Corner.
	www.nyhistory.org /nyhsqa.html (2772 words)

	Wordorigins.org: Letter I (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		It is clear from other evidence, however, that the phrase does not stem from the 1942 rape trial.
		Etymologist Barry Popik has found several uses of the phrase prior to Flynn's trial.
		Rather than being named for Errol Flynn, in like Flynn appears to be a term that became associated with him in the early 1940s, probably facetiously during his trial, and could not shake the association afterwards because of his fame.
	www.wordorigins.org /wordori.htm (1192 words)

	Looking for barry white secret garden? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
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	www.bestgarden.info /gardening/barry-white-secret-garden.html (824 words)

	Comments on 12745 \| Ask MetaFilter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Barry Popik—who should know what is fake and what is not when it comes to "The Big Apple"—has a bit more to say about it.
		PS: I should note that I host Barry Popik's web site on my hosting account at Pair.com (only one dollar more per domain per month!) and help him with technical issues.
		Also, Barry and Gerald Cohen are professional colleagues of mine.
	ask.metafilter.com /mefi/12745 (450 words)

	Questions & Answers: In like Flynn
		Barry Popik of the American Dialect Society found an example from 1940, as well as this from the sports section of the San Francisco Examiner of 8 February 1942: “Answer these questions correctly and your name is Flynn, meaning you’re in, provided you have two left feet and the written consent of your parents”.
		The existence of the examples found by Mr Popik certainly suggest the expression was at first unconnected with Errol Flynn, but that it shifted its association when he became such a notorious figure.
		Since then, it has altered again, because in 1967 a film, In Like Flint, a spy spoof starring James Coburn, took its title by wordplay from the older expression, and in turn caused many people to think that the phrase was really in like Flint.
	www.quinion.com /words/qa/qa-inl1.htm (359 words)

	The Big Apple: About the Site Editor
		Barry lives in New York City, where by day he is an administrative law judge of parking violations.
		CENTER: Barry Popik, administrative law judge (Finance Department).
		Barry Popik’s travels in search of cuisine and new words/slang have taken him to many countries.
	www.barrypopik.com /article/2/about-the-site-editor (402 words)

	Alarming News: 'Alarming News' is in a New York state of mind
		His fiance/campaign manager had an extremely bizarre interaction with Dawn Summers but, you know, I wasn't holding that against him and planned to go into the voting booth on the 8th and pull his lever.
		But then Peter pointed out his statement in the voter guide for NY and I just have to ask 'what the?' When asked what made him the best candidate for office, Popik's response, and this is the full un-edited version, was:
		I came across Barry's site, The Big Apple, back in April and blogged about it.
	www.alarmingnews.com /archives/003899.html (1861 words)

	Barry Popik's blog \| Urban Elephants (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Submitted by Barry Popik on Thu, 12/08/2005 - 2:51pm.
		Submitted by Barry Popik on Thu, 12/08/2005 - 2:04pm.
		Submitted by Barry Popik on Thu, 12/08/2005 - 9:24am.
	urbanelephants.com /nyc/blog/21 (2289 words)

	Questions & Answers: Jinx
		Another theory has been put forward by Barry Popik of the American Dialect Society, an indefatigable researcher into the history of the American language, especially of sporting vocabulary.
		To support his theory, Barry Popik has found that many of the early sporting references spell the word jinks.
		What’s missing, of course, is direct evidence that Captain Jinks, that curse of the army, was the inspiration for the term, or how it came to appear first in sports slang.
	www.worldwidewords.org /qa/qa-jin1.htm (710 words)

	SABR NYC-Projects & Research
		SABR member Barry Popik is running for Manhattan Borough President.
		While SABR remains nonpartisan and does not formally support political candidacies, his website may be visited at www.barrypopik.com.
		One of Barry's pet projects is the creation of a fundraising inter-party softball game, the proceeds of which may used to purchase new voting machines.
	nyc.sabr.org /projectsresearch.htm (524 words)

	Jeff Quinton - Backcountry Conservative: Comment on The Big Apple - the City and the Dance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The "Society for New York City History" Big Apple theory is a hoax and should not be cited.
		Google for "Big Apple Corner" and "Big Apple"/"Barry Popik" (my name) for better results.
		Model Audrey Munson (the "Queen of the Studios" who died, forgotten, in 1996 at age 105) posed for NYC's "Civic Fame." She also posed for "Southern Motherhood" in Columbia.
	www.jquinton.com /cgi-bin/mt/mt-comments.cgi?entry_id=193 (142 words)

	Language Log: An avalanchlet of snowclones
		Third comment: Barry Popik (ADS-L, 18 May) adds an entry to the X is the new Y inventory: Chocolate is the new fl (which he first observed at a Godiva chocolate store).
		It's not entirely clear to me from the links that Popik supplies, but I think that the intention is to convey that chocolate is an affordable luxury, like the famous little fl dress.
		In any case, X is the new Y was one of the first snowclones to come to our attention here at Language Log Plaza, back when the furniture was still being installed in our gleaming office tower.
	itre.cis.upenn.edu /~myl/languagelog/archives/002185.html (1215 words)

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