Words of One Syllable department

Arnold M. Zwicky zwicky at CSLI.STANFORD.EDU
Thu Aug 21 21:53:31 UTC 2008


On Aug 21, 2008, at 1:23 PM, Larry Horn wrote:

> (as the New Yorker would call it, except that they wouldn't print
> this one)
>
> a Freudian typo from the AP, noticed by the Daily Kos:
> =========
>
>> ... and  Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman, the
>> Democratic vice presidential prick in 2000 who now is an independent.

certainly perseveratory, and possibly also freudian.

arnold

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