antedating of "off-off-Broadway" 1959

Jesse Sheidlower jester at PANIX.COM
Sun Feb 1 04:49:14 UTC 2004


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



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