gardenia girl

[James A. Landau]

In a message dated 4/10/01 9:40:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
preston at PILOT.MSU.EDU writes:

<< Matt Bruccoli, an American lit specialist at the University of South
 Carolina, is seeking the sense of 'gardenia girl' in the 1920's.
 Although it may be a oncer of Fitzgerald's ...>>

"oncer"??  You seem to have created a nonce word for "nonce word".

                   - Jim Landau


Also, an aside to Frank Abate: a New Jerseyan once went to Michigan and asked
a store clerk, "Do you have soda in cans?"  The clerk promptly presented him
with a can of baking soda.