Trivial note re "poop" = "information"

[Jesse Sheidlower]

On Mon, Nov 13, 2006 at 09:06:29AM -0500, Wilson Gray wrote:
> The OED On-Line has 1973 for its earliest cite for "poop" vs. "poop
> sheet."

It does? The OED Online I'm looking at has quotes from 1947 and
1950 for _poop_ without _poop sheet_. Well, those sources _mention_
_poop sheet_ but use _poop_ independently; the '47 specifies that
_poop_ came first.

In any case we now have 1911 evidence (shout-out to Jon L here)
that will probably appear in our next update of OED Online.

Jesse Sheidlower
OED

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