Prostitots in Newsweek

[Benjamin Zimmer]

The blend "prosti(-)tot" is getting a new round of exposure, thanks to
this Newsweek article:

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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16961761/site/newsweek/
Newsweek, Feb. 12, 2007 issue
Girls Gone Bad
Paris, Britney, Lindsay & Nicole: They seem to be everywhere and they
may not be wearing underwear. Tweens adore them and teens envy them.
But are we raising a generation of 'prosti-tots'?
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Are we raising a generation of what one L.A. mom calls "prosti-tots,"
young girls who dress like tarts, live for Dolce & Gabbana purses and
can neither spell nor define such words as "adequate"?
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First discussed here by Dale Coye and Connie Eble in Sep. '03:
http://listserv.linguistlist.org/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0309A&L=ADS-L&P=R2075

On Urbandictionary since Feb. '03:
http://www.urbanup.com/35875

But on Usenet since at least Oct. '98:
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.music.ska/msg/f1de067779bd950b
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.music.ska/msg/0438fc6e288f1c84


--Ben Zimmer

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