"eggnog" roundup

[Laurence Horn]

At 12:19 AM -0500 12/24/09, Benjamin Zimmer wrote:
>My latest Word Routes column is on the origins of "eggnog," with nods
>to Fred Shapiro, Joel Berson, and Barry Popik:
>
>http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wordroutes/2105/
>
>--Ben Zimmer


Very nice; elegant and informative as always.  For the envoi--

"Enjoy your eggnog, but as always, please etymologize responsibly."

--I might have gone with "please derive safely", but that's just me.

LH

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