Salon on "fugly"

[Grant Barrett]

Esteemed? What a shame. Respectability at such a young age...

Jesse's got an earlier cite for it in "F-Word," and I bet we could find
more if we hit paper rather than databases.

Grant Barrett
gbarrett at worldnewyork.org


On Mar 8, 2005, at 16:58, Benjamin Zimmer wrote:
> the esteemed Grant Barrett is quoted as saying that "fugly" dates to
> the
> early to mid-'80s.  Has anything earlier than the 1984 HDAS cite been
> found?