An excerpt of a large spreadsheet of cutthroat compounds created from 2000-2005, starting with Fuck-it Bucket and ending with Team Snagem.

A quote by David Sedaris from Me Talk Pretty One Day about the concept of a Fuck-it Bucket full of candy to eat when everything goes wrong.

The logo of the mirror company See All Industries with the motto "seeing is believing!" and the logo of an eye surrounded by triangles pointing outward.

The cover of the book A Clash of Kings by George R R Martin, which contains the term sellsails.

#Endof2024Countdown Next, 2000-2005: FUCK-IT BUCKET (2000) from David Sedaris' book Me Talk Pretty One Day, seems antedatable. SEE-ALL INDUSTRIES (2000) is a Chicago mirror company. SELLSAILS (1998, oops) are sailors for hire in the Song of Ice and Fire books. (from SELLSWORD [1977, really?]) 7/?

Lube-It USA 10 miute oil change and carwash logo and building image from Eugene Oregon

Lube-It Express and Wash-it Express sign from Utah with a sign that says "Thank you Moab for 25 years"

The sign and building for the Lube It Fill business in New Jersey "10 minute oil change - discount tires"

#Endof2024Countdown #CutthroatCompounds continued... LUBE-IT USA is an oil change service shop in Eugene, Oregon. Now I've found LUBE-IT variants in Utah and New Jersey. Actually, the Utah one is older (1993) and New Jersey one says "for over 20 years." Antedating businesses is tough. 6/?

The 5 Axem Rangers wield axe weapons and stand in front of their big mech head with axes as ears.

An original style Bop It - black handle, a purple bop-it button, a yellow twist-it end, and a blue pull-it end.

A poster drawing of Ash Ketchum running towards the viewer with a Pokéball extended, surrounded by the 30+ Pokémon he caught on his way to becoming a Pokémon Master.

#Endof2024Countdown AXEM RANGERS (1996) are a Power Rangers-type enemy in the video game Super Mario RPG. BOP-IT (1996) was an influential battery-powered Simon Says game. ASH KETCHUM (1996) is the protagonist of the Pokémon anime. His surname is a pun off the show's motto "Gotta catch 'em all!" 5/?

Logo for Survive-all company: a white box with a diagonal top half filled in black with a white moon, and a diagonal bottom half in white with a black cave entrance.

The wear-tiger enemy from DragonQuest video games - a red-faced man wearing a tiger that is perhaps also alive.

#Endof2024Countdown: SURVIVE-ALL (1991) is an adjective used to describe survival gear and also a Belgian adventure company. A WEARTIGER (1992) is an enemy in the video game Dragon Quest IV that is a red-faced man wearing a (living?) tiger suit. 3/?

Sally Save-Water, a white woman in a blue and white polka dot dress and gloves, stands next to a sign that says "Don't be a drip, save every drip."

A screenshot of the video game Secret of Monkey Island with a portrait of Mancomb Seepgood

An example of a standfirst for a British publication called Magnificent Much Wenlock. It reads "Simon Whaley keeps up with the pace in this historic town in the Shropshire countryside."

#Endof2024Countdown: SALLY SAVE-WATER (1990) was the California drought mascot, MANCOMB SEEPGOOD (1990) is a pirate in the adventure game Secret of Monkey Island, and a STANDFIRST (1990) is a term in journalism for the large text summary that exists under a headline.

An excerpt of a large spreadsheet of cutthroat compounds. This shows 11 examples from 1990 to 1999 - Sally Save-Water (mascot for California drought) to Lube It! USA (a business in Oregon).

#EndOf2024Countdown: This month I'm gonna look back at the modern #CutthroatCompounds - the ones that have in 1990 or sooner. I've found 141 candidates. Some are hard to confirm if they are really [V+N(direct object], and some may be older, which I will some day antedate. 1/?