MILF (was Re: change from the bottom up)

[Laurence Horn]

At 12:37 PM -0400 5/1/07, Benjamin Zimmer wrote:
>...
>I managed to track down a former member of the band and he emailed
>back with some background. He gave me permission to quote his email,
>though he chooses to remain anonymous.
>
>-----[begin email]-----
>
>My recollection is that we adopted the name for the band in January
>1991. We heard the acronym/word from a friend who was a lifeguard in
>the Buffalo area, specifially Fort Niagara State Park (one of my
>ex-bandmates, also a lifeguard, yesterday confirmed that it was "a
>lifeguard term"). I would not say it was common at that time -- in
>fact, it being the first time we'd ever heard it is probably what led
>us to choose it as a band name.

Funny, the first time I heard "MILF", what came unbidden into my mind
but Buffalo lifeguards.  ;-)
Thanks for the research!

LH

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