celebutard

[Benjamin Zimmer]

Yeah, yeah, now I'm feeling like a dialectard...


On 6/8/07, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> Golly, Ben! Ya think?!
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>   JL
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> Benjamin Zimmer <bgzimmer at BABEL.LING.UPENN.EDU> wrote:
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> Subject: Re: celebutard
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> On 6/8/07, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
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> > A Fox News spot just characterized Paris Hilton as a "celebutard."
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> > [Perh. blend of _celebrity_ + _debutante_ + _bankcard_, in ref. to her fabulous
> > shopping sprees]
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> > Perh.
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> It's far more unkind. Try _celebrity_ + _debutante_ + _retard_.
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> More here:
> http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/004066.html
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> --Ben Zimmer
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