The "-age" suffix

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

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>Poster:       Jim Parish <jparish at SIUE.EDU>
>Subject:      The "-age" suffix
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> Does anyone have data on
>how early the suffix appeared in l33t? 

Don't know about leet-speak, but it was common in my circles to refer to marijuana as "doobage" ca. 1983.

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