Elephant in the room (1992, 1993); Appetizer (1821)

[J. Eulenberg]

I know for a fact that this term was in use by the mid-1980s; heard it
myself.

Julia Niebuhr Eulenberg <eulenbrg at u.washington.edu>

On Tue, 4 Nov 2003 Bapopik at AOL.COM wrote:

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