turn-about

[Wilson Gray]

Why not?

-Wison

On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 2:55 PM, Mark Mandel <thnidu at gmail.com> wrote:
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> I'd say "analog" rather than "clip", since "man" is not a clipping of
> "woman" except orthographically and diachronically. In support, I note that
> Marshall hyphenated the word.
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> On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 1:54 AM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> > Some references appear to be to particularly promiscuous gay men.
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>> Looks like a clip of "womanizer," in that case,
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>> -Wilson
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>> On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 12:04 AM, Victor Steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com>
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>> > Maybe it's not new to anyone else, but Josh Marshall thought he had
>> > coined a word.
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>> >  From TalkingPointsMemo:
>> >> I'm not sure which would make for a more colorful and entertaining
>> >> story: Haley exposed as an inveterate ... what I guess you'd call,
>> >> *man-izer* or the idea that a series of different GOP operatives, each
>> >> of whom is currently married, conspiring to publicly allege phony
>> >> affairs with Haley.
>> >
>> > Apparently, Josh Marshall liked his own coinage, because he came back
>> > with a second post:
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>> >> I noted below the newest development in the Nikki Haley/*man-izer*
> saga.
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>> > Of course, this is NOT new coinage--although, who can blame Josh for
>> > never having heard it. UD has an entry (actually, 7 of them) and there
>> > 227K raw ghits. Not exactly chump change.
>> >
>> > Sephora sells a product named Mary-Lou Manizer. [http://bit.ly/cFw3Zv]
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>> > Some references appear to be to particularly promiscuous gay men.
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>> >     VS-)
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