oncer (was: gardenia girl)

Fri Apr 13 18:57:42 UTC 2001

"Oncer" has been a DARE term since about 1970.  It may have been Fred
Cassidy's creation.

At 02:25 PM 4/13/2001 -0400, you wrote:
>dInIs writes:
>
>>>>>>
>Although it may be a oncer of Fitzgerald's, perhaps not. Can anyone
>give him a hand? Please reply to him at the address given below.
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>
>"Oncer"! I like that. Much less pompous-sounding than "hapax legomenon",
>and a lot easier to type. Not autologous, I hope.
>
>-- Mark
>