"close line"

[Bill Palmer]

my girlfriend from many decades ago used to refer (not entirely seriously)
to one stocking as a "ho" (or maybe "hoe"), as the singular form of "hose"

Bill Palmer

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From: "Arnold Zwicky" <zwicky at STANFORD.EDU>
To: <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2009 10:51 AM
Subject: Re: "close line"


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> On Jan 31, 2009, at 11:22 AM, Larry Horn wrote:
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>> But there's occasion for further eggcorning/reanalysis of e.g. "put
>> on your clos(e)", as attested by children who refer to a single
>> article of apparel as "a clo".  (For some adults, a clo is also a
>> unit for measuring the insulation value of clothing.)
>>
>> Maybe it's not just children (although I first became aware of it
>> that way in the wild).  I see the urban dictionary has this entry for
>> CLO:
>>
>> A single piece of clothing; a shirt, a hat.
>> "What are you getting Amy for Christmas?" "Oh, I don't know;
>> probably a clo."
>
> joining "kudo", "gyro", "bicep", "homosapien", "parenthesee" and
> "indice" and similar items discussed here back in august, the
> historical "pea" and "cherry", and others.
>
> arnold
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