[Ads-l] Antedating of "moobs"

Hugo hugovk at GMAIL.COM
Mon Sep 12 19:50:37 UTC 2016


"Moobs", from man-boobs, has been added to the OED in this quarter's
update, and dated 2001.


1998 September 6, 6PANTERA, “Re: SUNDAY NIGHT HEAT: November 29, 1998,
I'll be there...”, in t-netz.wrestling.wwf, Usenet[1], retrieved 12
September 2016, message-ID <6svsrp$dnp at chronicle.concentric.net>:

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Vince has Moobs (man boobs = moobs)
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[1] https://groups.google.com/forum/#!original/t-netz.wrestling.wwf/JUJT2ReiKCc/OecHBd8ehR8J

Hugo

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