excitotoxins

[Jonathan Lighter]

I'm going to start using the word figuratively in regard to certain
unhealthy political appeals, so a secondary sense is in the offing - unless,
as seems likely, others have beaten me to it.

JL

On Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 7:41 PM, David Barnhart <dbarnhart at highlands.com>wrote:

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> In, what is a more understandable data resource (i.e. Nexis), there are 941
> articles for _excitotoxin_ and 2 articles for _excito-toxin_.  There is an
> entry for _excitotoxin_ in MW3--the online edition.  OED is, indeed, a
> wonderful resource, not the only one.
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> DKB
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> Barnhart at highlands.com
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> Jonathan Lighter wrote:
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> http://www.amazon.com/Excitotoxins-Taste-Russell-L-Blaylock/dp/0929173252
> Not in OED. A quarter million RGs; twice as many for "excitoxicity."
> There's a Wiki article too.
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> JL
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