Talk:stuff

Earliest Usenet uses found via Google Groups:

• stuff (noun): net.periphs - May 12 1981, 4:53 pm by sdcsvax

  The fan-fold stuff is nice because it easily bursts into pages, but the print quality is poor compared to the roll paper.

• stuffs (verb): net.jokes - Feb 1 1982, 9:55 pm by watmath

  "Got to go, got to get out of town, they all know, it's all blown open", says Artie hastly as he stuffs more shirts into his case.

• stuffing (verb): net.games - Feb 2 1982, 12:25 am by sdcarl

  When the diver is grabbing some of the treasure it's arm moves back and forth from the treasure chest to the bag it's stuffing it into.

• stuffing (noun): net.cooks - Feb 6 1982, 10:42 am by eagle

  The stuffing is chopped garlic, mozzarella (sp?), and chopped tomatoes.

• stuffed (adj): net.cooks - Mar 4 1982, 2:13 pm by genradbo

  B A K E D S T U F F E D C A R I B O U H E A R T

• stuffing (gerund): net.cooks - Mar 19 1982, 11:09 am by pur-ee

  Stuffing the developer can be a little awkward at first, but you'll get the hang of it with a little practice.

• stuffed (passive verb): net.cooks - Apr 13 1982, 12:41 pm by azure

  Estimate the amount by guessing at twice the volume of the bird to be stuffed.

• stuff it (vulgar): net.misc - Jun 13 1982, 10:00 pm by watmath

  If someone calls you a computer addict, chain yourself to your terminal and tell him to stuff it.

• stuffed (past tense): net.cooks - Jul 2 1982, 8:29 pm by utzoo

  You stuffed the camel with four sheep.

• stuff's (stuff has): net.flame - Dec 6 1982, 4:29 am by mhuxi

  You Treat eaters don't count -- that stuff's got no class.

• stuff's (possessive): net.movies - Nov 4 1983, 8:41 am by Wally Dietrich

  Right Stuff's Glenn == Under Fire's Mercenary ??

• stuffed (past participle): net.religion - Jan 4 1984, 12:25 am by a

  As I say, I don't know myself that the philosophy I've stuffed in a nutshell here is how things really are.

• stuff's (stuff is): net.cooks - Jan 11 1984, 1:11 pm by Tom Chmara

  Sorry no more information on the model; all the stuff's at home.

The first use of the verb in the infinitive will take more work to find... — Hippietrail 14:16, 26 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Plural stuffs

The book I'm reading is 150 years old and in it I have encountered the noun stuff used several times in the plural. We do not cover such a sense yet. — Hippietrail 15:39, 14 October 2005 (UTC)