Monk-ish

[David Bowie]

From:    Benjamin Zimmer <bgzimmer at BABEL.LING.UPENN.EDU>

> Oy. More fallout from "truthiness". What hath ADS wrought?

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> http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/artsentertainment/2002736179_kay13.html
> To kick off Season Four of USA Network's "Monk," a press release for
> tonight's 10 o'clock episode announces a campaign to advance the term
> "Monk-ish."
> The release defines "Monk-ish" as having traits like the show's
> obsessive-compulsive hero, played by Tony Shalhoub: list-making,
> extreme neatness, germophobia, etc.
> Show publicists may hope for the same attention that "The Colbert
> Report" got when linguists declared "truthiness" 2005's word of the
> year, or when so many coinages -- "Festivus," "re-gifting," "Master of
> your domain" -- reinforced the centrality of "Seinfeld."
> -----

> See: http://www.usanetwork.com/series/monk/monkish/

I like that *we*'re the ones who got people to pay attention to The
Colbert Report, rather than the other way around.

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David Bowie                                         http://pmpkn.net/lx
     Jeanne's Two Laws of Chocolate: If there is no chocolate in the
     house, there is too little; some must be purchased. If there is
     chocolate in the house, there is too much; it must be consumed.

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