New Word?

[Fred Shapiro]

On Wed, 10 Oct 2001, Bob Haas wrote:

> Did anyone else hear the word "permanentized" yesterday on NPR?  I believe
> that it was spoken by Kay Bailey Hutchinson.  It was a new one for me.

The verb "permanentize" goes back at least as far as 1982, when it was
used in the Washington Post, 1 Apr.

Fred Shapiro


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