barefoot-run

[Jonathan Lighter]

CNN says the NJ mall gunman "random-fired six shots."

This kind of thing is a syntactical innovation rather than a series of
neologisms. So I'm sure that Arnold has already addressed it.

FWIW, the first such construction I ever noticed was ca1976 when a clerk in
the campus bookstore said she'd have to "special-order" something for me.
It really sounded strange.

JL


On Sun, Nov 3, 2013 at 7:59 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>wrote:

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> So these two science PhDs come on CNN:
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> SANJAY GUPTA: You barefoot-run?
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> DANIEL LIEBERMAN: I love to barefoot-run.
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> See, Lieberman once pointed out that early humans had no shoes. So they had
> to run barefoot!
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> That gave him the TV moniker of "The Barefoot Professor," even though he
> wears shoes to work.
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> He recommends barefoot-running.
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> JL
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