Contemporary slang bites the big one

[Benjamin Zimmer]

On 5/13/06, Jesse Sheidlower <jester at panix.com> wrote:
>
> On Sat, May 13, 2006 at 05:58:47PM -0400, Benjamin Zimmer wrote:
> >  *That really bit.
>
> This is non-asterisked in my idiolect.

Well, perhaps it deserves a question mark if not an asterisk. I see
HDAS has a relevant cite from 1978 ("Door-to-door really bit on a cold
day").


--Ben Zimmer

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