passive "kowtowed" for "cowed"

[Arnold Zwicky]

On Oct 21, 2010, at 7:05 AM, Herb Stahlke wrote:

> This morning on Andrew Sullivan's Daily Dish, I read the following:
>
> Scott Morgan smacks the LA Times for being kowtowed by Holder's threat:
> http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/
>
> That's the first time I recall hearing or reading "kowtow" use as a
> passive.   Googling "kowtowed" produced three more examples out of the
> first hundred hits.  It looks like "kowtowed" is moving in on "cowed."

ah, a step beyond my posting here:

AZ, 10/15/07: Cow-towing to Celsius:
 http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/005026.html

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