co-equal

[Jonathan Lighter]

Arnold, that is correct. "PJ" is the official acro-abbreve.

JL

On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 12:48 AM, Arnold Zwicky <zwicky at stanford.edu> wrote:

> ---------------------- Information from the mail header
> -----------------------
> Sender:       American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> Poster:       Arnold Zwicky <zwicky at STANFORD.EDU>
> Subject:      Re: co-equal
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> On Jun 30, 2010, at 5:24 AM, Jon Lighter wrote:
> >
> > A pundojournalist on NPR yesterday characterized Harry Byrd's position on
> > government...
>
> just to note that "pundojournalist" -- with "pundo-" as an incipient affix
> liberated from "pundocracy" (a well-attested alternative to "punditocracy")
> and the like -- is apparently Jon's very own creation.  at least i haven't
> scared up any examples of it or of "pundojournalism".
>
> useful word. and less awkward than "pundit-journalist", to my mind, anyway.
>
> arnold
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org
>



--
"If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."

------------------------------------------------------------
The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org