Concordance index for 'br' onwards

:bra

• AWWY: bra; brassiere; breast supporter; Brief but Uplifting Tale, A; burn the bra movement; embrace; Maidenform bra: 3
• Abbreviations: Unedited list of search results : 1
• FX: "pie-shaped": 1
• FX: "titsling"/"brassiere": 4
• AUE: Comments on a Proposal for Reformed English Spelling: 1

:Brace

• Explanatory notes: : 1

:brachylogy

• FX: What is the language term for...?: 1

:braciere

• FX: "titsling"/"brassiere": 1

:bracing

• UCLE10: "Bite the bullet" : 1

:bracket

• Abbreviations: Explanation of Search Criteria : 2
• Lawler: "Quote, Unquote": 1

:bracketed

• Fast FAQ: The fast-access FAQ : 2

:brackets

• FX: "by hook or by crook": 1
• Garbl: brackets ([ ]): 1
• IPA II: Main Index: : 1
• IPA II: Slashes or square brackets? : 3
• IPA I: Writing ASCII IPA : 1
• IPA I: Slashes or square brackets? : 4
• IPA I: AUE: ASCII IPA: a way to represent speech using a computer keyboard: 1
• Yaelf: Open Brackets: Lost in Translation: 1
• AUE: Comments on a Proposal for Reformed English Spelling: 1

:Brader

• Cunningham: Individual poster histories - alt.usage.english: 1
• FX: "ISO": 1
• FX: "SOS": 1
• FX: Does the next millennium begin in 2000 or 2001?: 1
• FX: Origin of the dollar sign: 1
• FX: Preposition at end: 1

:Bradforth

• Preface : 3

:Bradham

• FX: "put in one's two cents' worth": 1

:braggry

• FX: Words ending in "-gry": 1

:braille

• Garbl: braille: 1

:brain

• Abbreviations: Unedited list of search results : 1
• Lawler: >>> The facts of the matter are these:: 1
• Lawler: Negative Polarity Items: 1
• Lawler: News Item: 2
• Lawler: That vs. Which: 1
• Cambodunum : 1

:brained

• AWWY: devil-may-care attitude (harum scarum); giddy headed (harum scarum); Harassment...Hares...Harum Scarum; hare-brained; Mad as a March Hare, original meaning of; scatterbrained (harum scarum): 1

:brains

• AWWY: A Little Birdie Told Me...Birdbrain; birdbrain, the anomaly; birdies, talkative; brains of a bird, a compliment really; Mohammed's counselor (birdies); Solomon's messenger (birdies); soothsayers inspiration, birds: 1
• Cambodunum : 1

:brainstorming

• AWWY: astonish; Blue Streaks and Stolen Thunder; brainstorming (talking a blue streak); Dennis, John (stolen thunder); gabbing (talking a blue streak); streaks, blue; talk a blue streak; thunder, stolen: 1

:bran

• FX: Trademarks: 1

:branch

• AWWY: big stick, the (Roosevelt); branch, olive; fencing and sticklers; olive branch, biblical origins of; shtick; stick, the big; umpires for fencing (sticklers): 2
• FX: "Caesarean section": 1
• UCLE08: Britannia: Her history, : 4
• UCLE09: Rivers : 2
• Cambodunum : 1

:branches

• Fieldfares : 1

:brand

• AWWY: brand; Brand New Slogans; fire-new and brand new; slogan: 3
• Abbreviations: Unedited list of search results : 1
• Brians: brand names: 1
• FX: "canola": 1
• FX: "portmanteau word": 1
• Garbl: brand names: 1
• Garbl: brand-new: 1
• Lawler: That is, the voicing assimilation that makes these morphemes voiceless: 1
• Morris: Brand New: 1
• Quinion: Brand spanking new: 1
• Quinion: Brand: 1
• RH WotD: brand new: 1
• RH WotD: brand-new: 1
• Yaelf: (WD) I've heard the expression brand spanking new many times and am curious about its origin. Any ideas?: 1

:brand-new

• Lawler: Tense and related topics: 1

:brandishing

• UCLE08: The “Fat Lady” : 1

:Branford

• FX: Books on Britishisms, Canadianisms, etc.: 1

:brang

• Brians: brang, brung: 1

:BRANN-och

• AUE Gallery: Padraig Breathnach: 1

:Brannigan

• Cunningham: Individual poster histories - alt.usage.english: 1

:Branson

• UCLE12: News : 1

:bras

• FX: "titsling"/"brassiere": 1

:brass

• AWWY: brass hat; brass tacks, getting down to; brazen; Getting Down to Brass Tacks; hat, brass; tacky; top brass); War Brass, the: 6
• Intro C: "cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey" : 3
• Intro C: AUE Intro C: Mini-FAQ on Words & Phrases: 1
• Morris: Brass Monkeys: 1
• Morris: Brass Tax: 1
• Quinion: Brass monkey weather: 1
• RH WotD: brass ring: 1
• UCLE07: Some significant numbers from literature and literary criticism: 1
• Wilton: Brass Tacks: 1
• Wilton: Cold...Brass Monkey: 1
• Yaelf: (WD) The other day, I used the expression brass monkey weather and was asked to explain. Any ideas?: 1
• Yaelf: What is the origin of "brass monkey"? "cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey"?: 2
• Cambodunum : 5
• Preface : 1

:Brassed

• Quinion: Brassed off: 1

:brassiere

• AWWY: bra; brassiere; breast supporter; Brief but Uplifting Tale, A; burn the bra movement; embrace; Maidenform bra: 1
• FX: "titsling"/"brassiere": 9
• FX: Trademarks: 1
• Fast FAQ: [Prefatory remarks] : 1

:brats

• AWWY: Pupil...Apple of One's eye...Precocious; apple of one's eye; brats, precocious ones; eye, the apple of one's; students, precocious ones; teachers and their favorites: 1

:bravado

• Lawler: He, she, they?: 1

:brave

• FX: "The exception proves the rule.": 3

:braved

• AUE: London Symposium Boink, September 1998: 1

:bravery

• FX: What words are their own antonym?: 1

:braving

• UCLE11: The : 1

:bravo

• FX: Radio alphabets: 1
• Intro B: Word lists : 1

:Bray

• Cambodunum : 1

:brazen

• AWWY: brass hat; brass tacks, getting down to; brazen; Getting Down to Brass Tacks; hat, brass; tacky; top brass); War Brass, the: 1
• RH WotD: brazen: 1

:BrE

• Abbreviations: Unedited list of search results : 2
• Abbreviations: AUE: Initialisms Commonly Used in alt.usage.english: 1
• Lawler: Gotten vs. Got: 3

:breach

• FX: "more honoured in the breach than the observance": 2
• Fast FAQ: [Prefatory remarks] : 1

:bread

• AWWY: Breadstuffs, Lords, Ladies, and Duffs; bread and butter; bread and money; dough; duff and dough; Lady; out of bread: 3
• FX: "Let them eat cake!": 1
• Morris: Bread and Butter: 1
• Morris: Sliced Bread: 1
• Cambodunum : 1
• Preface : 1

:Breadstuffs

• AWWY: Breadstuffs, Lords, Ladies, and Duffs; bread and butter; bread and money; dough; duff and dough; Lady; out of bread: 1

:breadth

• Cambodunum : 1

:BREAK

• UCLE12: News : 1

:break

• AWWY: ankle, break an; break a leg, knee, your neck, or an ankle (various meanings of); knee, break a; leg, break a; neck, break your; Those Are the Breaks: 5
• FX: ", vs ,": 1
• FX: "Break a leg!": 4
• FX: Guidelines for posting: 1
• FX: Words pronounced differently according to context: 1
• Fast FAQ: [Prefatory remarks] : 1
• Garbl: break in: 1
• IPA I: Writing ASCII IPA : 1
• Intro A: Guidelines for posting : 1
• Morris: Break a Leg: 1
• Quinion: Break-out space: 1
• Wilton: Break A Leg: 1
• Cambodunum : 1

:breakdown

• FX: Provenance of English vocabulary: 1

:breakfast

• AWWY: Stool Pigeons...Sing Like a Canary; beverage; breakfast; dinner; Having a Bite; lunch; nosh; supper: 1
• FX: "portmanteau word": 1
• Morris: Dog's Dinner/Breakfast: 1
• Yaelf: What is the origin of the term "continental breakfast"?: 1

:breaking

• Garbl: ground breaking: 1

:breaks

• AWWY: ankle, break an; break a leg, knee, your neck, or an ankle (various meanings of); knee, break a; leg, break a; neck, break your; Those Are the Breaks: 1
• AWWY: behind the eightball; breaks of the game; Eight Balls and Four Flushers; four-flusher; game, breaks of the; play things by number: 2
• FX: Gender-neutral pronouns: 1
• UCLE11: The : 1

:brears

• Cambodunum : 1

:breast

• AUE Logo: The Totally Official alt.usage.english Logo: 2
• AWWY: bra; brassiere; breast supporter; Brief but Uplifting Tale, A; burn the bra movement; embrace; Maidenform bra: 1
• Cambodunum : 3
• Fieldfares : 2

:breasted

• UCLE08: Britannia: Her history, : 1

:breath

• Brians: breath/breathe: 1
• FX: Words without vowels: 1
• Lawler: "It" in "It's raining": 1
• Lawler: Headline grammar: 1
• Morris: Bated Breath: 1
• RH WotD: bated breath: 1
• Wilton: Bated Breath: 1
• Yaelf: (WWW) What is the etymology of "bated breath"? ("baited breath"?): 2
• Yaelf: Which is correct: "bated breath" or "baited breath"?: 2
• Cambodunum : 2
• Fieldfares : 1

:Breathalyzer

• FX: Trademarks: 1

:breathe

• Brians: breath/breathe: 1
• Yaelf: Young Scots breathe new life into auld slang rhymes: 1

:breathed

• Fieldfares : 1

:breathes

• Cambodunum : 1

:Breathin

• Cambodunum : 1

:Breathnach

• Cunningham: Individual poster histories - alt.usage.english: 2
• What's new?: 8 May 2002 : 1
• Yaelf: The etymology and pronunciation of "Padraig Breathnach": 1
• AUE Gallery: Padraig Breathnach: 5
• AUE: Dublin Boink, 27 April 2002: 1
• The AUE Photo Gallery: 1

:bred

• Cambodunum : 4
• Preface : 1

:breead

• Cambodunum : 3

:breeches

• Lawler: Aural and Oral, Boy and Buoy: 2
• RH WotD: Dutchman's breeches: 1

:Breed

• Cambodunum : 2

:Breeder

• Cambodunum : 1

:Breeding

• Yaelf: Good Breeding Is for the Dogs; Why Not Memorize Nancy Mitford: 1

:breet

• Cambodunum : 4
• Fieldfares : 1

:breeze

• FX: What words are their own antonym?: 1

:breezes

• Cambodunum : 1

:Brendon

• FX: "Bob's your uncle": 1

:Bretagne

• 3. Great Britain : 1

:Bretons

• AUE Gallery: Padraig Breathnach: 1

:breve

• FX: How to represent pronunciation in ASCII: 7

:brevity

• Intro C: words ending in "-gry" : 1
• Intro D: Where to find the big AUE FAQ : 1
• Intro E: U.S. -v- REST-OF-WORLD ENGLISH : 1

:brew

• FX: "rule of thumb": 1

:Brewer

• UCLE05: What’s : 3

:Brewer's

• FX: Books on phrase origins: 1
• Links: Online reference books : 1

:brewmasters

• FX: "rule of thumb": 1