honey do

[Baker, John]

A little earlier:  "Contests ranged from the men's and women's 25-meter free-style swim to the "Honey-Do Hustle" track event, in which couples shuffled down a line double-quick with a slippery balloon sandwiched between them."  Washington Post, July 8, 1984.
 
John Baker

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	From: Fred Shapiro [mailto:fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU] 
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	Subject: Re: honey do
	
	

	On Sat, 27 Jul 2002, Jesse Sheidlower wrote:
	
	> This is in HDAS, defined as "a household chore. _Joc._", with
	> a first citation from 1990, almost certainly too late, as Fred
	> or Barry or someone will surely let me know shortly.
	
	Here's an antedating:
	
	1986 _Wash. Post_ 23 Dec. [no pagination given] (Dow Jones)  Ross said he
	was eager to return to work. "I'm kind of looking forward to it," he said.
	"I've had some free time. I did a lot of 'honey-dos' . . . You know, 'Honey,
	do this' and 'Honey, do that.' "
	
	
	Fred Shapiro
	
	
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