"scuzzcrack"

[Mullins, Bill]

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> From: American Dialect Society
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> Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 7:53 AM
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> Subject: "scuzzcrack"
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> Poster:       Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at YAHOO.COM>
> Subject:      "scuzzcrack"
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> The more slangophilous amongst ye may remember that I
> selected this evident neologism from the TV series "Joan of
> Arcadia" last fall for attention as a test case for the
> spread of slang.  Millions of people were exposed to it,
> presumably for the first time, in one episode of the series.
>
> I now see the first indication, however slight, of the term's
> entrance into "the language.". On February 11, a fan messaged
> the "Joan of Arcadia" website
> http://joanofarcadia.com/forum/showthread.php?p=2589 to observe,
>
> "That is why Roger is a scuzzcrack."
>
> To which someone responded
> (http://joanofarcadia.com/forum/showthread.php?p=2706)
>
> "Yeah, Roger did not want to take no for ananswer. Too bad
> the scuzzcrack was associated with all that cool poetry."
>
> These are the first online occurrences of the word except for
> its appearance in a transcription of the original script.
>
> Despite frequent dire temptation, I have carefully avoided
> using the word myself, so as not to inadvertently encourage
> its spread.  List members are urged to exercise similar restraint.
>
> More updates as they become available.
>
> JL
>
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