MADtv on the lexicography of slang

[George Thompson]

I listened to the first 25 seconds of so of the skit, heard nothing would have brought out a burst of laughter from me.  Fox's laugh-machine must be easily amused.

GAT

George A. Thompson
Author of A Documentary History of "The African Theatre", Northwestern Univ. Pr., 1998, but nothing much lately.

----- Original Message -----
From: Benjamin Zimmer <bgzimmer at BABEL.LING.UPENN.EDU>
Date: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 10:34 am
Subject: MADtv on the lexicography of slang
To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU

> Language Log post on a recent MADtv sketch:
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> http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=1383
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> --Ben Zimmer
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