"funkin'"

Benjamin Zimmer bgzimmer at BABEL.LING.UPENN.EDU
Mon Feb 26 20:09:44 UTC 2007


On 2/24/07, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> A recent euphemism on a current eBay site:
>
>   "UncleJam89 wants you to funkin' read tonight."

Cf. also the "Laugh-In" line, "Look *that* up in your Funk & Wagnalls."


--Ben Zimmer

------------------------------------------------------------
The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org



More information about the Ads-l mailing list