"Emeritus" means...

Tue Sep 14 03:56:03 UTC 2004

E+MEANS+EDITOR+EMERITUS--331 Google hits, 25 Google Groups hits

Did Rupert Murdoch really coin this? It sounds like an older joke to
me...Notice the slight changes of "E" from "elbow" to "exit."

I have some hits on Proquest, but my SABR account can't open the articles.
Does anyone else have this problem today?

13 September 2004, NEW YORK SUN, pg. 9, col. 3:
_Mark Steyn_ on why Dan Rather may soon be promoted to editor emeritus
_Laughably Fake_
(...)(Col.5--ed.)
Remember the Adolf Hitler Diaries? They turned up in the 1980s. Only problem
is they weren't by Hitler. But by then various prestige publications had paid
a fortune to serialize them. Among them was The Sunday Times of London, owned
by Mr. Murdoch, who wasn;t happy. He called the editor, Frank Giles, into his
office, and said, "Frank, I;m promoting you to editor emeritus."

"I've always wondered," murmured Mr. Giles, "what 'editor emeritus' means."

"The 'e' means you've been given the elbow and the 'meritus' means that you
bloody well deserve it," said Murdoch.

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Exclusive! Handwriting Expert Says Bush Wrote The Hitler Diaries ...
... I've always wondered,'' murmured Frank, ''what 'editor emeritus' means.''
''The
'e-' means you've been given the elbow and the '-meritus' means you bloody
...
alt.fan.howard-stern - Sep 13, 2004 by Pookie - View Thread (1 article)

News and let's pretend
... I've always wondered, what 'editor emeritus' means," murmured Frank. "The
'e-' means
you've been given the elbow and the '-meritus' means you bloody deserve it
...
alt.fan.howard-stern - Sep 13, 2004 by Pookie - View Thread (1 article)

Re: [pgsql-www] Changes to Contributor List
... Editor Emeritus". The editor asked what it meant and Murdoch is reported
to have
replied "It's Latin, Frank. The 'e' means you're out and the 'meritus' means
...
comp.databases.postgresql.hackers - Nov 5, 2003 by Andrew Dunstan - View
Thread (34 articles)

Re: English PROOFREADING & EDITING service offered
... title of Professor Emeritus on retirement, but it's by no means automatic
... one of his
editors he said 'I'm making you Editor Emeritus. Big 'E' meaning you're out
...
alt.usage.english - Oct 31, 2002 by John Dean - View Thread (93 articles)

Re: Garry Bushell (Re: TV Last Night)
... sideways and gave him the title "Editor Emeritus". When asked what this
meant, the
bouncing Czech replied "'E' means he's out and 'meritus' means he deserved it
...
uk.media.tv.misc - Jul 18, 2001 by Ian F. - View Thread (6 articles)

Re: Lurkers: (scientologists)
... It went along the lines of: "Frank, we've made you Emeritus. The 'E'
means
you're extraneous, the 'meritus' means you've deserved it." tam
alt.religion.scientology - Mar 11, 2000 by Thomas J Best - View Thread (13
articles)

Re: Classical Judaism by Israel Shahak
Nothing at all. Emeritus professors are retired. In the immortal words of
Robert
Maxwell RIP: "`E' means he's out. And `meritus' means he deserves to be." jds

alt.revisionism - May 18, 1999 by Joe Slater - View Thread (4 articles)

Re: SOME UFOs NEED INVESTIGATION - Dr. Von R. Eshleman, Emeritus ...
... Dr. Von R. Eshleman, Emeritus Prof of EE,Stanford University E=out;
meritus =
desrves to be -- Failure doesn't mean you can't; It just means you haven't
alt.alien.research - Sep 21, 1998 by Jerry Bryson - View Thread (29 articles)

Re: SPAMBUNNY NEEDS INVESTIGATION
... R. Eshleman, Emeritus Prof of EE,Stanford University E Latin for "out"
meritus Latin
for "deserves to be" -- Failure doesn't mean you can't; It just means you ...

alt.alien.research - Sep 14, 1998 by Jerry Bryson - View Thread (1 article)

Sunday Times and Hitler Diaries [Off-Topic]
... title of Editor Emeritus. When Giles asked what that meant, Murdoch
supposedly replied
"It's Latin Frank. The "e" means you're out, and the "meritus" means you ...
soc.history.medieval - Apr 20, 1998 by D. Spencer Hines - View Thread (4
articles)

(GOOGLE)
 http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/2000/10/08/stories/13080833.htm
Is this a romantically idealised view? I believe it is not, even though many
people may argue that in an intensely realistic world such emphasis on
belonging is eye-wash. My feelings about it are coloured by the fact that, as this
month begins, I reach the age at which my Fellowship of my college, which I
joined 32 years ago, is transformed into an emeritus Fellowship. I am reminded of
the story of a distinguished newspaper editor who was replaced by the
proprietor - and as a sop to his pride made editor emeritus. He asked the proprietor
what exactly emeritus meant. "The 'e' means you are no longer editor; the
'meritus' means that you do not deserve to be," came the brutal reply.

Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | The buck stops where?
... "What does 'editor emeritus' mean?" he asked. "E means you're out, and
meritus
means you deserve it," was reputedly Murdoch's reply. ...
www.guardian.co.uk/weekend/story/0,3605,667139,00.html - 42k - Cached -
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September-October 99 Reunion Notes 44-49
... and President Emeritus Frank Rhodes. He told us "old college presidents
lose their
faculties, but not their alumni! The 'E' means out and 'meritus' that you ...

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Mail-Jewish Volume 24 Number 86
... McGinley, once the Fordham president, is reported to have explained that
he was
"emeritus" because "e" means you're outta there and "meritus" means you ought
...
www.ottmall.com/mj_ht_arch/v24/mj_v24i86.html - 17k - Cached - Similar pages

George Bush Presidential Library and Museum
... I studied Latin for 4 years. Soon you will be chairman emeritus. ``E'' in
Latin means out -- ``meritus'' damn well deserves to be. ...
bushlibrary.tamu.edu/research/papers/1989/89073100.html - 51k - Cached -
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OSSTF District 13: Quotes about Education
... We have forgotten that the "public" in public schools means not just ...
In other words
I am what is called a professor emeritus - from the Latin e, "out" and ...
www.district13.on.ca/quotes.htm - 35k - Cached - Similar pages

MURDOCH: REVISED AND UPDATED
... should assume the title of Editor Emeritus ... Giles asked Murdoch what
this title
really meant . Its Latin, Frank. E means exit and meritus means you deserve
...
www.self-help-hub.com/MURDOCH_ REVISED_AND_UPDATED_0684830159.html - 15k -
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May 1996 / Mai 1996
... meetings, publications, newsletters, and any other means it deems ...
University of
Saskatchewan, became Professor Emeritus (from the Latin e - out, meritus ...
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... true that the act of not saving all its life means it has ... Emeritus,
you know, is
from the Latin ... E or X meaning more or less outside of, and meritus
meaning merit ...
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(PROQUEST HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS)("emeritus" + "meritus" + "e")
    1.  "LET'S GO" -- To Church -- YOUR Church
The Washington Post (1877-1954). Washington, D.C.: Nov 12, 1927. p. 4 (1
page)

    2.  Plan Rites for W. E. Dodd, A. MacLeish Wednesday
Chicago Daily Tribune (1872-1963). Chicago, Ill.: Apr 7, 1940. p. S3 (1 page)

    3.  25 TO BE HONORED BY MEDICAL CENTER; Receive Service Awards From
Columbia-Presbyterian at 25th Anniversary Fete Oct. 13
New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Oct 5, 1953. p. 24 (1
page)

    4.  DR. MELISH KEEPS HOME IN RECTORY; Appellate Court Reverses Order
Ousting 83-Year-Old Clergyman in Brooklyn
New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Jun 24, 1958. p. 25 (1
page)

    5.  ...on Education
By Ewald B. Nyquist. New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Dec
3, 1977. p. 23 (1 page)

    6.  NEW YORK Day by Day
Susan Heller AndersonDavid W. Dunlap. New York Times (1857-Current file). New
York, N.Y.: Sep 13, 1985. p. B4 (1 page)

    7.  A Press Lord Without a Rosebud; MURDOCH By William Shawcross.
Illustrated. 492 pp. New York: Simon & Schuster. $27.50. A Press Lord
By Andrew Sullivan. New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Jan
17, 1993. p. BR3 (2 pages)