TV words

Arnold M. Zwicky zwicky at CSLI.STANFORD.EDU
Thu Dec 14 02:03:34 UTC 2006


On Dec 13, 2006, at 5:49 PM, Jim. Landau wrote:

> ... Note to whoever started the discussion about "-zilla":
> "Godzilla" was originally a movie, not a TV show...

and now (NYT op-ed page today), there's Maureen Dowd's column "Will
Hillzilla Crush Obambi", about Hillary Clinton vs. Barack Obama.

arnold

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