Claim for origin of "Cruisazy"

[RonButters at AOL.COM]

The cite doesn't say that she created the word, only that she is a source of 
definition. In general, though, it is my understanding that lexicographers do 
not get involved in arguments about who created a term unless that is an issue 
in etymology. First citations are of course a preoccupation with many people 
who contribute to ADS-L (though it is an issue that is of little consequence 
for ADS per se).
In a message dated 1/13/06 9:45:05 AM, AAllan at AOL.COM writes:


> The following communication arrived recently. I replied as follows below 
> it.
> Note that I said "may" rather than "will," but if her claim is indeed true, 
> we
> might want to add a short comment to that effect in our official
> announcement. - Allan
> --------------------------------------------
> > From - Deborah Goldstein <deb at misswit.net>
> Subject - The Originator of Cruisazy
> 
> January 8, 2006
> 
> To Whom it May Concern:
> 
> In reference to the article by Heather Clark from the Assoicated Press,
> Linguists gather to vote on 2005 Words of the Year I am most pleased
> that the word Cruisazy is up for the linguist vote, however I find it
> disturbing that credit for the word and definition has not been given,
> as though it had no origin or as if the linguists themselves created
> it.  The NY POST's Page Six along with  NY Magazine, Philadelphia
> Weekly and countless web sites around the globe have recognized this as
> a NEOLOGISM created and defined by MissWit.net  in June of 2005 - as
> the New York Post writes:  SIGHTINGS . . .
> TATUM O'Neal at Mod World on First Street, buying a T-shirt showing Tom
> Cruise's beaming face over the neologism "Cruisazy," which designer
> MissWit defines as, "To be like Tom Cruise. To act in a way that is Tom
> Cruise-like. To know something completely, that others do not."  Google
> Cruisazy, see where it leads, always to MissWit!
> It's totally cruisazy that you should leave this valuable information
> out!  Where is the truthiness in your reporting?
> 
> Thank you.
> Deborah Goldstein aka MissWit.net
> Brooklyn, NY
> 
> 
> Google Cruisazy, noticed the dates before this artcle and where they
> lead....to Japan, Brazil, Germany.....
> -------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Dear Ms. Goldstein:
> 
> Thank you for your recent communication to the Linguistic Society, which was
> forwarded to me as executive of the American Dialect Society, the sponsoring
> organization for the Words of the Year vote.
> 
> We are always interested in the origins of the words we discuss. I will pass
> your information on to our membership, and in due course the origin of
> "Cruisazy" may be included in the official announcement of our Words of the 
> Year, on
> our website www.americandialect.org.
> 
> Best wishes - Allan Metcalf
>