Fannie Mae/Fanny May (1938) (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

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Freddie Mac -- OED has 12/18/1971

"Rich Uncle"
By RICHARD F. JANSSEN _Wall Street Journal_; Jan 5, 1971; pg. 1 (quote
from p. 19, col 4)
"But the latest arrival, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., is
without a distinguishing nickname.  "It has been called everything from
Freddie-Mac to Flummach," says FHLBB Chairman Martin, whose own board is
sometimes identified by the irreverent as "Flub." "


Ginnie Mae -- OED has 9/1/1968

'Going Public'
By RICHARD F. JANSSEN _THE WALL STREET JOURNAL_; Mar 5, 1968; pg. 34 col
2.
"The special programs, covering such things as housing in urban renewal
areas and for the elderly, would be transferred to a new "little sister"
institution to be known ans the Government National Mortgage
Association, or "Ginnie Mae." "

"More Privacy for Fannie Mae; Investors Will Acquire a Greater Stake in
a Unique U.S. Agency"
SHIRLEY SCHEIBLA. _Barron's National Business and Financial Weekly_.
Boston, Mass.: Jul 1, 1968. Vol. 48, Iss. 27;  pg. 5, 2 pgs

"A new Government National Mortgage Association, already dubbed Ginnie
Mae, would handle the special assistance functions and liquidation of
RFC portfolio."



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> My latest Word Routes column is on the nicknames "Fannie Mae"
> and "Freddie Mac":
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> http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wordroutes/1529/
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> In the column I provide a 1938 cite for "Fannie Mae" (spelled "Fanny
> May") as a nickname for the FNMA, antedating OED2 by a
> decade. Found it via Google Books, but it looks legit:
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> 1938 _Architectural Forum_ July-Dec. 4/2 Nicknamed 'Fanny
> May' by Washington's bureau wags, the Federal National
> Mortgage Association
> (FNMA) had by mid-August purchased only $43 million of
> FHA-insured mortgages.
> http://books.google.com/books?id=nlBTAAAAMAAJ&q=fanny-may
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