went walkabout

[Benjamin Zimmer]

On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 3:48 PM, Laurence Horn<laurence.horn at yale.edu> wrote:
>
> I wonder if "go walkabout" (or "hike the Appalachian Trail") will now
> become established as a euphemism:

The latter was suggested by a Talking Points Memo reader yesterday,
before the full story emerged:

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2009/06/coining_a_phrase.php


--Ben Zimmer

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