PMT, panini

[Dennis R. Preston]

larry. Of all people! No way. Sounds like the contracted negative of 'am.'

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>At 11:18 PM +0100 8/15/02, Lynne Murphy wrote:
>>  >
>>>  At 1:14 PM -0400 8/15/02, Bapopik at AOL.COM wrote:
>>>  >PMT
>>>  >   The Naples 45 restaurant in Grand Central Terminal offers a
>>>PMT, of parma,
>>>  >mozzarella, tomato and arugula.  I haven't seen PMT anywhere else; it's
>>>  >certainly not a BLT yet.
>>
>>Unlikely to catch on in England, where PMT means "pre-menstrual tension" (=US
>>PMS).
>>
>Maybe they could call it "PMT relief" there.  Anyway, judging from my
>panini, the arugula really makes a big difference and deserves its
>place in the initialism.  AMPT, anyone?
>
>L

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