Wuss; Clothes horse
    Greg Austin 
    PorchGreg at AOL.COM
       
    Tue Feb  1 16:01:41 UTC 2000
    
    
  
In a message dated 2/1/00 1:52:44 AM Eastern Standard Time, Bapopik at AOL.COM
writes:
<< "Wuss"/"Wussy" is not in Peter Tamony's word list.  That's not to say
 Robert Chapman's "1960s" dating is incorrect, but it probably means that a
 dating around 1975-1980 is more likely. >>
This is rediculous blindness to reality.  Almost anyone growing up in the
60's remembers hearing and using the term, regardless of when someone first
documented its use in print, it was in very common usage in the mid '60's, at
least by people my age.
Greg Austin
    
    
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