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Zed: The Oxford English Dictionary, online, offers 1943 as the origin date for "rhubarb" as a fight; it was used by a baseball announcer. They cite 1882 as the earliest reference to "ham" as in "ham actor." And for "seedy" as scruffy, 1739.
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You have access to the OED online, websafe?[clutching-throat]
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<lights from above, trumpet fanfare, choirs of angels...> 
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Dear AnnaStrophic:
Is access to the OED online a big deal? Or are you teasing? (Can't tell -- no video hookup.)
The computers at my local public library have the OED online through their homepage.
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Have you any idea how much online access to the OED costs -- and how many people here would dearly love to have it?
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OED online is VERY* expensive... but many libraries subscribe to the service. if you have online access to a library, check with them; but also be aware that even if they have it you probably have to access it via a proxy server (which they can help you set up).
*Cost: £350+VAT/ US$550 per annum.
but hey, OUP is currently running a 75th anniversary special on the B&M 20 volume-set: only $895 dollar-bucks (this in preparation for clearing the shelves for OED3, no doubt)
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Bingley: I hadn't known the expense of the OED online, but now I do. If you can't get access to it as tsuwm has described, maybe I can look up some things for you.
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YCLIU:
I told people how to get access for free and was chastised for referring to a commercial web site. Anyone who really really wants to know how to get free in home access need only look up the last discussion or PM me.
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To me, "cheesy" comes from cheesy grin, a sappy, overly sentimental smile for the camera.
Perhaps this meaning has been extended?
On the other hand, when I was in college (mid 1980's), we used cheesy as a contraction of cheap and sleazy. Our favorite phrase was: "Let's blow this cheesy joint."
Cheesy may also have assumed the connotation of chintzy.
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"cheesy" comes from cheesy grin
As in "Say, 'Cheese'"?
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