more seat-of-the-pants etymology for our delectation

[Joel S. Berson]

At 11/17/2008 10:47 AM, Benjamin Zimmer wrote:
>To be fair to Mr. Blount, he does know how to open a dictionary, and
>in fact has served on the American Heritage Dictionary usage panel
>(alongside our own Mr. Horn, if I'm not mistaken?).

And as a frequent panelist on NPR's "Wait! Wait! Don't Tell Me!"

Joel

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