GOLF (Gentlemen Only, Ladies Forbidden)

Dave Wilton dave at WILTON.NET
Sat Feb 26 01:30:36 UTC 2005


> Perhaps Michael Quinion covers that in his "POSH" book.  It's from
> the same tradition of faux acronymy.

I debunk it in "Word Myths." I couldn't find anything on the origin of the
myth, though. It's been around for a long time.

--Dave Wilton
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