cupcake (it)

[Benjamin Zimmer]

On 4/4/06, Grant Barrett <gbarrett at worldnewyork.org> wrote:
>
> Ben, "cupcake" v. was a good find. So good I did an entry for it
> today, including a 1991 antedating to your cites, but including many
> of yours, too (and credit).
>
> http://www.doubletongued.org/index.php/dictionary/cupcake/

Thanks for that, Grant. I've now posted about the term on Language Log:

http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/002987.html


--Ben Zimmer

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