love pumpkin; secret-spend

[Arnold Zwicky]

On Feb 14, 2009, at 7:06 AM, Jon Lighter wrote:

> ... CNN a few minutes ago:
>
> "How many pople do you know who actually secret-spend and hide that
> package
> in the closet?"  ["Secret spending" had already been mentioned.]

nice back-formation.  a short google search pulled up another example:

17 per cent of women secret spend on clothes ...
www.fairinvestment.co.uk/.../credit_cards-news-Secret-spending-shocker-Men-spend-55-more-than-women-on-the-side-245
...

arnold

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