TV Words

[Jonathan Lighter]

He's already in HDAS.

  JL

Scot LaFaive <spiderrmonkey at HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:
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What about "Dy-no-mite!" Not a new word, but a new pronunciation. I just
want to see JJ Walker get into a linguistic text.

Scot LaFaive


>From: Mark Peters
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>To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>Subject: TV Words
>Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2006 08:17:11 -0800
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>Poster: Mark Peters
>Subject: TV Words
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>I'm working on a big project about words (not catchphrases) that started on
>TV shows. I'm interested in both successful and unsuccessful words, and I
>already have a boatload of terms from the usual suspects (Seinfeld,
>Simpsons, Buffy, Daily Show, Colbert). I need words from a wider range of
>old and new shows.
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> Suggestions? I appreciate any leads.
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> Mark Peters
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