On Sat, Jan 31, 2004 at 11:43:01PM -0500, Sam Clements wrote: > M-W has 1965. OED 1967. > > So, did Dorothy Kilgallen invent/popularize the "off-off" term? > > Using newspaperarchive--- > > 3 March 1959 [deleted] Someone will likely point out that ProQuest has 1957 evidence for the "off-off" form, from the N.Y. Times. Jesse Sheidlower OED