Lexicographer Grant Barrett nominated the term for the American Dialect Society's 2006 Word of the Year.

Lexicographer Edwin Radford in To Coin a Phrase ( 1974 ) attributes the current usage to Richard Trehane, chairman of the English Country Cheese Council.

Riddall notes that it may have a racist connotation, as it was used in this way in 1859 in the United Kingdom: " If you dare work we shall consider you as blacks ..." Lexicographer Geoffrey Hughes, however, notes that " blackleg " and " scab " are both references to disease, as in the blackleg infectious bacterial disease of sheep and cattle caused by Clostridium chauvoei.

* SF citations for grok gathered for the Oxford English Dictionary by Jesse Sheidlower

Linguist Jesse Sheidlower traces the gesture's development in the United States to the 1890s.

* Sheidlower, Jesse.

* The F-Word ( book ), a 1995 book by Jesse Sheidlower about English usage of the word " fuck " and translations in other languages

* The F Word, Jesse Sheidlower ( 1999 ) ISBN 0-375-70634-8.

Among them are John Lawler, a linguist at the University of Michigan ; Jesse Sheidlower, the North American editor of the Oxford English Dictionary ; and Paul Brians, a professor at Washington State University who maintains a Web site on common errors in English.

by Jesse Sheidlower at Slate

* Does not compute ( Jesse Sheidlower, American Dialect Society mailing list, 2001-09-15 ) — cites The Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang

Mr. Jesse J. Shelton, a graduate of Berea, Kentucky, was the first principal of the new building.

In April 1953, the school and the community were saddened by the sudden death of Jesse J. Shelton, principal.

All ten children were encouraged to participate in sports by the principal of Jesse Ketchum School, who felt that such pursuits would keep his students from getting into trouble.

Despite Boss Hogg's unending desire to have Bo and Luke imprisoned for crimes they do not commit, his principal rival always remained their uncle, Jesse Duke.

* 1936 – Summer Olympic Games: Games of the XI Olympiad – Jesse Owens wins his fourth gold medal at the games becoming the first American to win four medals in one Olympiad.

* 1999 – Jesse Stone, American musician and songwriter ( b. 1901 )

* 1962 – Jesse Borrego, American actor

* 1979 – Jesse Carmichael, American musician ( Maroon 5 )

* 1988 – Jesse Plemons, American actor

* 1969 – Jesse James, American motorcycle builder

* 1882 – American Old West: Jesse James is killed by Robert Ford.

* 1957 – Jesse Orosco, American baseball player

* 1869 – American outlaw Jesse James commits his first confirmed bank robbery in Gallatin, Missouri.

* 1932 – Jesse Belvin, American musician ( d. 1960 )

* Jesse Prinz – American philosopher who specializes in emotion, moral psychology, aesthetics and consciousness

* 1979 – Jesse Billauer, American quadriplegic surfer

* 1977 – Jesse Lacey, American singer-songwriter and musician ( Brand New and Taking Back Sunday )

* 2008 – Jesse Helms, American politician ( b. 1921 )

* 1929 – Jesse McReynolds, American singer and musician ( Jim & Jesse )

* 1949 – Jesse Duplantis, American minister and author

* 1980 – Jesse Jane, American porn actress and model

* 1893 – Jesse Haines, American baseball player ( d. 1978 )

* 1951 – Jesse Ventura, American wrestler, actor, and politician, 38th Governor of Minnesota

* 1986 – Micah Jesse, American blogger

* 1873 – At Adair, Iowa, Jesse James and the James-Younger Gang pull off the first successful train robbery in the American Old West.

* 1965 – Jesse Jackson, Jr., American politician

* 1953 – Jesse Burkett, American baseball player ( b. 1868 )

* 2012 – Jesse Whittenton, American football player ( b. 1934 )

The board of Houston Endowment named John T. Jones, nephew of Jesse H. Jones, as editor of the Chronicle.

" IGN editor Jesse Schedeen called Ridley the real villain of the Metroid series, commenting that he would have to be included in a Metroid film if one were made due to him being too important to leave out.

Jesse Francis McComas ( June 9, 1910, Kansas City, Missouri – April 19, 1978, Fremont, California ) was an American science fiction editor.

The editor position was split between two co-editors in 2005, and Coen was joined by guest editors from a variety of New York City-based blogs ; Matt Haber was engaged as co-editor for several months, then Jesse Oxfeld joined for longer.

Shelby's adjutant was John Newman Edwards, who later as editor of the Kansas City Times was to almost single handedly create the anti-hero legend of Jesse James.

Nic Szeremeta ( born June 1943 ) is a poker player of mixed English / Polish descent, noted as a former editor of Poker Monthly magazine, and creator of the popular Late Night Poker television series ( and commentator with Jesse May during its first three series.

When arrest warrants are issued for Frank and Jesse, Major A. Rufus Cobb ( Henry Hull ) editor in nearby Liberty, Missouri and uncle of Zerelda ( Zee ) Cobb ( Nancy Kelly ), Jesse's lover, quickly comes to tell them to leave.

On November 19, 1998, Angelettie was charged with participating in the assault of Blaze Magazine editor Jesse Washington.