[Ads-l] _co-ed_: obsolete?

Wilson Gray hwgray at GMAIL.COM
Sat Apr 21 01:06:58 UTC 2018


Probably the only thing keeping it alive is the custom of playing Betty
Co-ed and Mr. Touchdown, U.S.A. during the college-football season.

On Fri, Apr 20, 2018 at 5:13 PM, Dennis During <dcduring at gmail.com> wrote:

> "co-ed"
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> Now dated, soon to be (or already?) archaic.
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> It could easily become obsolete by mid century
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> Dennis C. During
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