Coinages (part four)(LONG!)

[Bruce Dykes]

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Date: Monday, January 24, 2000 5:37 AM
Subject: Coinages (part four)(LONG!)


>7-16-99, SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE, pg. B5--Stan Durwood, movie theater
>entrepreneur credited with inventing the multiplex theaters that now dot
>every suburban mall, has died. (...) Both screens played the same movie,
"The
>Great Escape," starring Steve McQueen and James Garner.  But the idea was
>born and, AMC said, Mr. Durwood coined "multiplex" at that time, too. Mr.
>Durwood's company built a four-plex in 1966.  In 1969 came a six-plex.
Now,
>they range up to 30 screens, and the biggest ones are known as
megaplexes...


Yes, I realize that Barry is not responsible for the (in)accuracy of these
coinage allegations, but I feel compelled (maybe I need an exorcist) to
point out that 'multiplex' has a telecom usage which likely predates the
cinema business usage. Just wanted to make a note of that...

>6-14-99, GOVERNMENT COMPUTER NEWS--Hock advocated a new kind of
organization,
>one that brings order out of chaos.  He coined the word "chaordic," a
hybrid
>of chaos and order, to describe a new kind of organizational management.


Whatever happened to good old-fashioned ad-hocracy?

>3-22-99, TOPEKA CAPITAL-JOURNAL--Thirty years ago Lt. Col. Jeff Cooper,
WWII
>and Korean-vintage combat Marine, inveterate small arms experimenter and
>superior literary stylist, coined the word "hoplophobe" to describe people
>with an irrational fear of firearms, tools they believe somehow evil in
>themselves--and particularly evil in the hands of fellow private citizens.


I have actually seen this in recent use (on the net), but I think it's
pretty much limited to second amendment discussions...

bkd