"quitter"

[Margaret Lee]

Similar to _loser_, as in 'The Biggest Loser' (weight loss).

--Margaret Lee

--- On Fri, 8/13/10, Charles C Doyle <cdoyle at UGA.EDU> wrote:


From: Charles C Doyle <cdoyle at UGA.EDU>
Subject: "quitter"
To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Date: Friday, August 13, 2010, 5:18 PM


I've been studying about the proverb "Only quitters quit."  In the process, I have realized that a specialized (non-pejorative) denotation of the noun "quitter" now occurs:  'one who has stopped--or is undertaking to stop--smoking (or, perhaps, using other harmful or addictive "substances")'.

--Charlie

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