PMT, panini

[Laurence Horn]

At 6:58 AM -0400 8/16/02, Dennis R. Preston wrote:
>larry. Of all people! No way. Sounds like the contracted negative of 'am.'
>
>dInIs
>

It was supposed to sound (but not quite look) like the participial
adjective of "amp", as in "having that sandwich gets me feeling real
____"

>>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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