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[Jesse Sheidlower]

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> "Anal" = "precise"/"fussy"/etc. is an abbreviation of "anal retentive"
> originally, I believe.

Actually, the OED evidence has _anal_ from 1930 with _anal retentive_
not attested until 1958. But it's my impression that the recent use
of _anal_ in non-psychological contexts, sometimes even regarded as
"slang", is indeed a clipping of _anal retentive_ rather than a continued
use of the broader earlier _anal_.

Jesse Sheidlower
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