Boxer shorts.

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BOXERS (briefly)

   OED also has 1944 and "Special comb. boxer shorts, orig. _U.S._, long
loose-fitting underpants for men, similar in design to the shorts worn by
boxers in the ring."

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MISC.

NOT YOUR FATHER'S OLDSMOBILE--Ellen Goodman's syndicated column today on the
Bush Cabinet discusses the "D-Word" (diversity).  "This is not Bush's
father's Cabinet," Goodman writes.  Let's stop this cliche right now.  It
comes from the "Not your father's Oldsmobile" ads--and Olds is dead!

CREATIVE NONFICTION WRITING--From NEWSDAY, 7 January 2001, pg. B7, col. 1:
"Jeremy Simon is a graduate student in creative nonfiction writing at
Columbia University."  What is creative nonfiction writing?  Is he trying to
land a job at the New York Times?

UFO ROLLS--From NEWSDAY, 7 January 2001, pg. G9, col. 4: "KOTOBUKI, 86 Deer
Park Ave., Babylon, 631-321-8387.  Home of the 'UFO' rolls, combining salmon,
tuna and yellowtail."

IVY LEAGUER--From Grantland Rice's "The Sportlight," a syndicated column also
in the NEW HAVEN REGISTER, 26 October 1939: "Ivy Leaguers and Big Ten to
Clash on Saturday."

INCLUDE ME OUT!--From NEW HAVEN REGISTER, 25 October 1939, pg. 13, col. 5,
Walter Winchell column: "The numberous oldies in the 'On Your Toes' film
(among them) 'Include me out!'--a line frequently credited to Goldwyn) make
some of us wonder if a more suitable title wouldn't be 'On Your Heels.'"

CARRYING A TORCH--From NEW HAVEN REGISTER, 31 October 1939, pg. 12, col. 2,
Walter Winchell column: "Damon Runyon first put us hep as to how the phrase
'carryin' the torch' got into everybody's typewriter...It was in ballad Tommy
Lyman sang, entitled: 'Gee, But It's Tough When the Gang's All Gone,' and had
the line: 'When your thoughts start to scorch and you're carryin' the
torch'..."