"upstart", v. 'upset'

Laurence Horn laurence.horn at YALE.EDU
Wed Apr 4 01:50:19 UTC 2012

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"Will the Irish upstart the Bears?"

Interesting (if at all) because it's a blend of an actual transitive verb, "upset", with the nominal "upstart".  There are no relevant verbal entries for "upstart" in the OED, and I assume this is a nonce formation.

LH

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