The World hates Barry, part 2731

[Amy West]

Well, maybe we can ask MW that if they ever do a W4 to put a line
drawing of Barry next to the "schlimazel" entry.

---Amy West

>Date:    Thu, 4 Jan 2007 18:11:18 -0500
>From:    Jesse Sheidlower <jester at PANIX.COM>
>Subject: The World hates Barry, part 2731
>
>Alert ADS-L'ers may have just caught me on All Things
>Considered talking about the OED's new Balderdash & Piffle
>series, already mentioned here. One of the terms on the
>to-be-antedated is _Bloody Mary_, which OED has from 1956;
>Barry found a 1939 example in 2001. (It's the policy for
>this series to go with OED2 dates, even when we have
>improvements in the files already.)
>
>I did my part, lying on NPR that as soon as the wordlist had
>been announced, fantastic brilliant etymologist Barry Popik
>had sent in this terrific example, etc.
>
>They cut it.
>
>Sorry, Barry.
>
>Jesse Sheidlower
>OED

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