"Hiking the Appalachian Trail"

[Joel S. Berson]

At 12/3/2009 03:20 PM, Dennis Baron wrote:
>yeah, I've been doing what I can to promote the term (well, not by
>imitating Sanford, you understand), but it seems destined to fizzle
>out. What is it about governors, anyway? No good terms came out of
>socks-on Spitzer either, did they? At least the former gov of New
>Jersey got a ripped-from-the-headlines Law and Order episode, but now
>I can't even remember his name . . . .

Corleone, wasn't it?  Or am I confusing two New Jersey dynasties?

Joel

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>On Dec 3, 2009, at 2:09 PM, Jesse Sheidlower wrote:
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>>On Thu, Dec 03, 2009 at 03:05:08PM -0500, Shapiro, Fred wrote:
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>>>After Governor Sanford's spokesman said he was "hiking the
>>>Appalachian Trail," I thought that that expression might
>>>catch on as a euphemism for sex or specifically extramarital
>>>sex.  Is there evidence that it has caught on in that way?
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>>Not much, but I really wish it had.
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>>Jesse Sheidlower
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