QUILTBAG (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill CIV (US)]

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I ran across it here:

http://whatever.scalzi.com/2014/08/06/the-big-idea-alisa-krasnostein/

Newsbank has two articles using the word.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: American Dialect Society [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On
> Behalf Of David Barnhart
> Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2014 11:19 AM
> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject: Re: QUILTBAG
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> Sender:       American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> Poster:       David Barnhart <dbarnhart at HIGHLANDS.COM>
> Subject:      Re: QUILTBAG
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> QUILTBAG, while cute, is hardly more than a "stunt word" so far.
> 
> Nexis = 5 articles.
> Google News = 1 article.
> 
> And there are not 2 Q's as would be required for both _queer_ and
> _questioning_, 2 A's for _allied_ and _asexual_, and 2 G's for _gay_
> and _genderqueer_.
> 
> DKB
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: American Dialect Society [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On
> Behalf Of Bill Mullins
> Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2014 11:13 PM
> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject: QUILTBAG
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> Sender:       American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> Poster:       Bill Mullins <amcombill at HOTMAIL.COM>
> Subject:      QUILTBAG
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> This is a new one on me:
> " It stands for Queer/Questioning=2C Undecided=2C Intersex=2C
> Lesbian=2C Tr= ansgender/Transsexual=2C Bisexual=2C Allied/Asexual=2C
> Gay/Genderqueer. It = is meant to be a more inclusive term than
> GLBT/LGBT and to be more pronounc= eable (and memorable) than some of
> the other variations or extensions on th= e GLBT/LGBT abbreviation."
> http://queerdictionary.tumblr.com/post/3899608042/quiltbag
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