recent francophobic slur

[Benjamin Zimmer]

>> The earliest ex. appears to be from Jan. 14, 2000, but the phrase was
>> introduced on a _Simpsons_ episode - and, IIRC, was used only once -
>> slightly earlier.
>>
>
>This Simpson's site http://www.snpp.com/episodes/2F32.html
>indicates it was in an episode aired on 30 April, 1995.

Jonah Goldberg of the National Review was responsible for popularizing the
expression in early 2003.
For an opposing view on the matter, see this Molly Ivins column
("Cheese-eating surrender monkeys, eh?"):

http://www.dfw.com/mld/startelegram/news/columnists/molly_ivins/5222243.htm


--Ben Zimmer