Too late for WOTY

[Laurence Horn]

At 6:31 AM -0800 1/20/04, Ed Keer wrote:
>I recently learned of a word that got me thinking of a
>new WOTY category: Most likely to annoy
>prescriptivists.
>
>Here's the word:
>
>Back Facial: A facial treatment for your back.
>
>Of course it really doesn't qualify for WOTY since it
>hasn't gained much prominence. Maybe QE can give it
>some play. I look forward to the howls from the mavens
>once it becomes popular!
>
It is pretty dumb.  I'm sure we can do better than "a back facial"
for this.  Why not "a bacial"?  Or at least "a dorsal"?  "An about
facial"?

larry