Latest sighting of "hairy eyeball"

[Jonathan Lighter]

Yes. But the _idiom_  derives from Dr. Harry I. Ball, a child psychologist of the 1950s, well known for his opposition to spanking.

  JL

Charles Doyle <cdoyle at UGA.EDU> wrote:
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Poster: Charles Doyle
Subject: Re: Latest sighting of "hairy eyeball"
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Does one acquire a hairy eyeball by looking at dirty pictures alone?

---Charlie
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---- Original message ----
>Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 06:59:27 -0700
>From: Jonathan Lighter
>Subject: Latest sighting of "hairy eyeball"
>
>Talking head on Fox News:
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> "Whatever happened to the hairy eyeball, that look of disapproval our parents used to intimidate us with?"
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> "Hairy eyeball" is in HDAS from 1963. Is this beatable?
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>
> JL
>

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