Fatals (noun)
Jonathan Lighter
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Mon Jul 3 17:25:08 UTC 2006
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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