my bad

Jesse Sheidlower jester at PANIX.COM
Fri Apr 30 18:32:07 UTC 2010


On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 01:13:32PM -0400, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> Jesse,
>
> WorldCat dates Wielgus & Wolff's _In-Your-Face Basketball Book_ to 1980.

Huh. OED cites their 1986 _Back-in-your-face Guide to Pick-up
Basketball_. I'll send a minion to check the earlier book.

Will try to remember to report back here.

Jesse Sheidlower
OED

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