yet another newphemism?

Laurence Horn laurence.horn at YALE.EDU
Fri May 4 02:32:05 UTC 2007


This comes from Karen E. Olson's 2005 crime
novel, _Sacred Cows_, p. 206.  The narrator is a
crime beat reporter based in New Haven, trying to
solve the murder of two Yalies.

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Vinny had a five o'clock shadow that made him
mildly attractive in that Don Johnson/Miami Vice
sort of way. If I hadn't known about the fiancée,
I might have taken advantage of the darkness
since it had been a while since I'd had my eggs
poached.
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I tried searching "(have/had) my eggs poached"
with various combinations, but google just
returned actual (poultry) eggs that were actually
poached.  Is this novel, or just rare?

LH

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