effort = "to try to obtain by effort; to obtain by effort"

[Ben Zimmer]

On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 5:32 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>
> CNN says they're "efforting word from the imam," and that "We haven't been
> able to effort (some other thing)."

Wonder if it's a CNN-ism. Before going on a CNN panel a few months
ago, the producer told me about "other panelists I’m efforting."

--bgz


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