preggers

[Steve Kl.]

Gar. And by "not common," I of course mean, "not uncommon."
What a great way to cannonball back into the pool here...

On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 11:28 AM, Steve Kl. <stevekl at gmail.com> wrote:

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> 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 :
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> On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 11:13 AM, Benjamin Zimmer <
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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.
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> > 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
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> > 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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