family

[Jonathan Lighter]

The meaning of SP's usage, of course, is "family relationships, esp. love of
or for family."

JL

On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 8:05 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>wrote:

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> OED doesn't seem to cover - even with a citation - predicative exx. like
> Sister Sledge's "We are Family!"
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> Nor does it cover Gov. Palin's non-count usage in Episode One of _SP's
> Alaska_, "Family always comes first, and that's just the way it's gotta
> be!"  Another recent cliche is "It's all about family.'
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> JL
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