lipstick on a pig

[Wilson Gray]

I don't believe you, Scot. I think that you meant to post:

"... to catch you on their show."

-Wilson

On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 1:44 PM, Scot LaFaive <slafaive at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>to catch you on their
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> Of course I meant "there."
> --"This is the most public yet of my many humilations."
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> Scot
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> On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 12:42 PM, Scot LaFaive <slafaive at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>  I sat through 20 minutes of gibberish to catch you on their, Grant. Of
>> all the worthwhile things to talk about with lexicography, it's a shame most
>> people only care about it with such silly "issues."
>>
>> Scot
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>>   On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 10:59 AM, Grant Barrett <
>> gbarrett at worldnewyork.org> wrote:
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>>> It looks like Google's new newspaper initiative is paying off already.
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>>> Here's a 198o use that, while it doesn't mention lipstick, is entirely
>>> in line with the other variants: "dressing up a pig/hog," "putting
>>> makeup on a pig/ hog", "perfume on a pig/hog," etc.
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>>> http://tinyurl.com/piglipstick
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>>> 1980 Quad-City Herald (Brewster, Wash.) (Jan. 31) "The Country Parson"
>>> p. 3: You can clean up a pig, put a ribbon on it's [sic] tail, spray
>>> it with perfume, but it is still a pig.
>>>
>>> By the way, I'm scheduled to speak about this on Fox News today at
>>> 1:30 PM EDT, so thanks for the tips about this term so far (including
>>> older stuff from Barry Popik in the archives).
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>>> Grant Barrett
>>> gbarrett at worldnewyork.org
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