preggers

[Steve Kl.]

It's not common with -g names: Meggers, Greggers, Craiggers, Douggers.
I heard Craiggers w/r/t the Larry Craig incident. (A quick search turns up
stuff like :
http://hotair.com/archives/2007/08/28/open-thread-larry-craig-presser-at-430-pm-et/
 )



On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 11:13 AM, Benjamin Zimmer <
bgzimmer at babel.ling.upenn.edu> wrote:

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> On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 11:00 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
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> > Will start manufacturing and using more of these, e.g.:
> >
> > *nutters
> > *goofers
> > *wackers
> > *twisters
> > *sickers
> > *Rushers (involving Limbaugh)
> > *geekers
> > *sloppers
> > *Lindsers (like Lohan)
> >
> > Suddenly I'm bored, but you see the possibilities.
>
> As far as personal nicknames go, the only U.S. example I can recall hearing
> is
> "Craiggers" for TV host Craig Kilborn (formerly of SportsCenter, The Daily
> Show, and The Late Late Show). But I think he only used that for ironic
> self-reference.
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>
> --Ben Zimmer
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