[X] porn

[Benjamin Zimmer]

On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 8:47 PM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu> wrote:
>
> At 5:32 PM -0700 3/28/09, Arnold Zwicky wrote:
>>On Mar 28, 2009, at 4:50 PM, i wrote on "[X] porn".
>>
>>now i've posted a very brief note on my blog --
>>
>>   http://arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com/2009/03/29/snowclonelet-composites/
>>
>>about "snowclonelet composites": X fag, porn, queen, rage, virgin,
>>whore.
>>
> Can the retroclone, "porn porn" (as in "cheese cheese", "glass
> glass") be far behind?  (It's not easy to search for!)

Jason Kottke's way ahead of you:

http://kottke.org/08/09/food-porn-porn-porn
"Food porn, porn porn," Sep 22, 2008


--Ben Zimmer

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