Bible-bashing

[Laurence Horn]

>In a message dated 11/20/06 11:54:45 AM, zwicky at CSLI.STANFORD.EDU writes:
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>>  the 'Bible-thumping' uses seem to be british (or australian).
>>  american uses seem to be of 'bashing the Bible'.  the u.k. cites
>>  include some in both senses.
>>
>>  arnold
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>I wonder if "bible-bashing" in the (instrumental) sense of 'bible-attacking'
>could derive from the recipient (I hesitate to use the old term "patient")
>sense found in "queer-bashing" and "fag bashing" ?
>
I wonder when the earlier "-baiting" (with recipients being bears,
Jews, and Reds/Commies, inter alia) turned into "-bashing".  And why.

LH

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