Fatals (noun)

[Jonathan Lighter]

The earliest "social" on Usenet appears to be Dec. 1, 1997:

  http://groups.google.co.uk/group/alt.gothic/msg/7b9532167ebff9fd?hl=en&

  I began noticing it much more recently than that.

  JL

Chris Waigl <chris at LASCRIBE.NET> wrote:
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Charles Doyle wrote:

> Speaking of things elliptical: When did one's Social
> Security number start being referred to simply as
> his "social"? (It's hard to search that!)

Try like this: http://tinyurl.com/gnf9a

Chris Waigl

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