verbing the noun

[Arnold Zwicky]

On Feb 7, 2010, at 1:35 AM, Randy Alexander wrote:
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> Apparently this is now becoming a euphemism for choking the
> purple-helmeted warrior of love, and countless other euphemisms ...

now blogged on briefly, here:

http://arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com/2010/02/07/the-meta-euphemism/

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