trampage (tramp + rampage)

[Benjamin Zimmer]

The Daily Mirror's definition is indeed ambiguous in its
interpretation, but it's paraphrased from Lisa Sussman's book _Sex in
the City_, where it more clearly fits the "on a __" frame:

2003 Sussman, Lisa _Sex in the City_ 320/1 Trampage. What you go on
when you sleep with more than one man in a week.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1842229303/


On 8/8/07, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu> wrote:
>
> In principle, you could have a phonological minimal pair:  "trampage"
> rhyming with "rampage", constituting a standard blend as illustrated
> below (especially in the frame "on a ___") vs. "trampage" ['tr&mp at J]
> rhyming with "ampage" and referring to the abstract quality exhibited
> (literally or figuratively) by the relevant sort of behavior, and
> inspired by all those -age innovations from the Buffyverse and
> similar sources as Michael Adams discusses in his _Slayer Slang_.  In
> fact, isn't the definition at the Daily Mirror cite below an instance
> of the "-age" kind?
>
> At 10:14 AM -0400 8/8/07, Benjamin Zimmer wrote:
> >2003 _Urbandictionary.com_ 17 Apr. Trampage: slutty phase. "u slept
> >with HOW many men this week? yeah, girl i'm on a trampage."
> >http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=trampage&defid=99391
> >
> >2003 _Daily Mirror_ 18 Nov. 30 (Factiva/Nexis) Trampage. Sleeping with
> >more than one man in a week.
> >
> >2005 _Gawker.com_ 28 Apr. For the woman on a trampage.
> >http://gawker.com/news/media/forever-21-for-the-woman-on-a-trampage-101430.php
> >
> >2006 _Us Magazine_ 15 Mar. (online) And then there was total hottie
> >Kelly Taylor, who went on a trampage and somehow made it out with her
> >reputation in tact (giving false hope to hoes everywhere).
> >http://www.usmagazine.com/us_exclusive_jennie_garth_expecting
> >
> >2006 _NY Daily News_ 26 Nov. 2 (Factiva/Nexis) Hilton has been Spears'
> >partner in crime since the mom of two started on her postmarriage
> >trampage around Las Vegas and Los Angeles after only two weeks of
> >being single.
> >
> >2006 _NY Daily News_ 29 Dec. 26 (Factiva/Nexis) Spears went out on a
> >trampage with fellow bimbettes Hilton and Lindsay Lohan, partying in
> >Las Vegas and Los Angeles and getting snapped without her undies on.
> >
> >2007 _Us Magazine_ 8 Aug. (online) Britney Spears is on a tramp-age!
> >http://www.usmagazine.com/exclusive_my_shocking_6_hours_with_topless_britney
> >
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