progressista (NYT, 1872)

[Benjamin Zimmer]

>From Gawker:

http://gawker.com/5107770/trend+seeking-new-york-times-was-adding-+ista-to-words-130-years-ago

"Progressista" was evidently inspired by "progresista", referring to a
member of Spain's Progressive Party in the mid-19th century.

Not sure where Gawker got the idea that "recessionista" is a NYT coinage.
Safire and others have said it was coined by economist Larry Kudlow in 2007,
though WordSpy has a citation in an earlier sense from 2001:

http://www.wordspy.com/words/recessionista.asp


--Ben Zimmer

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