more on wrap rage

[Arnold Zwicky]

On Nov 16, 2008, at 9:07 AM, Ben Zimmer wrote:

> On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 11:29 AM, Arnold Zwicky
> <zwicky at stanford.edu> wrote:
>>
>>> finally we get a claim taking it back to 2003:
>>> ( http://www.squidoo.com/Package-Opener-and-Box-Opener-Stand-against-Wrap-Rage
>>> )
>>>
>>>  Apparently first used in print in a 2003 item in London's Daily
>>> Telegraph, ...
>
> That's also the first cite given by Wordspy:
>
> ---
> http://www.wordspy.com/words/wraprage.asp
> Cornhill Direct has identified "wrap rage" as the latest irritant in
> modern life to drive Britain's more unstable citizens crazy...

another Wordspy page i can't access: "Server does not exist or access
denied."  i can get to the main page, but not (apparently) to any of
the archived pages.  either with Safari or SeaMonkey Navigator.
anyone else having this problem?

arnold

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