co-equal

[Jonathan Lighter]

I most certainly am.

JL

On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 9:04 AM, Arnold Zwicky <zwicky at stanford.edu> wrote:

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> On Jul 1, 2010, at 5:32 AM, Jon Lighter wrote:
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> > Arnold, that is correct.
>
> what are you labeling as correct?  that "pundojournalist" is your own
> invention?
>
> > "PJ" is the official acro-abbreve.
>
> ?? "official"?
>
> "PJ" is an established initialism for "photojournalist".  are you (or the
> JL Academy of Correct English) now stipulating that it is also to be used as
> an initialism for the new term "pundojournalist"?
>
> > On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 12:48 AM, Arnold Zwicky <zwicky at stanford.edu>
> wrote:
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> >> On Jun 30, 2010, at 5:24 AM, Jon Lighter wrote:
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> >>> 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.
>
>  arnold
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