NYT on "vajayjay"

[Wilson Gray]

Different strokes for different folks, I reckon.

-Wilson

On 10/27/07, Benjamin Zimmer <bgzimmer at babel.ling.upenn.edu> wrote:
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> An article on the euphemism "vajayjay", popularized last year by
> "Grey's Anatomy" and then picked up by Oprah et al.:
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> http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/28/fashion/28vajayjay.html?ex=1351224000&en=63ef009ac890309a&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss
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> Geoff Nunberg and John McWhorter are quoted.
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> --Ben Zimmer
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