JEEP again (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

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Presumably, one of:

Lighter, J. E.. "The skinny." Atlantic Monthly (1993) 286.4 (2000): 140.
Readers' Guide Index. Web. 20 Sep. 2010.
Lighter, J. E.. "Party lines." Atlantic Monthly (1993) 285.6 (2000):
120. Readers' Guide Index. Web. 20 Sep. 2010.
Lighter, J. E.. "Wising up." Atlantic Monthly (1993) 285.3 (2000): 120.
Readers' Guide Index. Web. 20 Sep. 2010.
Lighter, J. E.. "Bugaboo." Atlantic Monthly (1993) 284.4 (1999): 116.
Readers' Guide Index. Web. 20 Sep. 2010.
Lighter, J. E.. "Cats out of the bag." Atlantic Monthly (1993) 283.6
(1999): 140. Readers' Guide Index. Web. 20 Sep. 2010.
Lighter, J. E.. "Oomph and others." Atlantic Monthly (1993) 283.2
(1999): 108. Readers' Guide Index. Web. 20 Sep. 2010.
Lighter, J. E.. "Say what?." Atlantic Monthly (1993) 282.4 (1998): 120.
Readers' Guide Index. Web. 20 Sep. 2010.
Lighter, J. E.. "Eyes on the ball." Atlantic Monthly (1993) 281.6
(1998): 116. Readers' Guide Index. Web. 20 Sep. 2010.
Lighter, J. E.. "Getting real." Atlantic Monthly (1993) 281.2 (1998):
108. Readers' Guide Index. Web. 20 Sep. 2010.
Lighter, J. E.. "Taking notice of POTUS." Atlantic Monthly (1993) 280
(1997): 120. Readers' Guide Index. Web. 20 Sep. 2010.
Lighter, J. E.. "Money talks." Atlantic Monthly (1993) 279 (1997): 124.
Readers' Guide Index. Web. 20 Sep. 2010.
Lighter, J. E.. "Here come the frosh." Atlantic Monthly (1993) 279
(1997): 112. Readers' Guide Index. Web. 20 Sep. 2010.
Lighter, J. E.. "Blowing smoke." Atlantic Monthly (1993) 278 (1996):
124. Readers' Guide Index. Web. 20 Sep. 2010.
Lighter, J. E.. "A lot of nonsense." Atlantic Monthly (1993) 277 (1996):
128. Readers' Guide Index. Web. 20 Sep. 2010.
Lighter, J. E.. "Among the muckamucks." Atlantic Monthly (1993) 277
(1996): 116. Readers' Guide Index. Web. 20 Sep. 2010.
Lighter, J. E.. "Halloween dream team." Atlantic Monthly (1993) 276
(1995): 132. Readers' Guide Index. Web. 20 Sep. 2010.
Lighter, J. E.. "The slang of summer." Atlantic Monthly (1993) 276
(1995): 100. Readers' Guide Index. Web. 20 Sep. 2010.
Lighter, J. E.. "Boy Scouts and boondoggles." Atlantic Monthly (1993)
275 (1995): 132. Readers' Guide Index. Web. 20 Sep. 2010.
Lighter, J. E.. "Way past cool." Atlantic Monthly (1993) 274 (1994):
148. Readers' Guide Index. Web. 20 Sep. 2010.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: American Dialect Society [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On
Behalf Of
> Gerald Cohen
> Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2010 10:33 AM
> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject: Re: JEEP again
> -
>
>    Would Jonathan please let us know the bibliographic information for
his
> "jeep" article.  I expect to assign it as a reading in my Etymology
class.
>
> Gerald Cohen
>
>
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> Message from Jonathan Lighter, Wed., Sept. 15, 2010:
>
> I spent several months (OK, on and off) researching the etymology of
"jeep"
> for the _Atlantic Monthly_ in the 1990s, and I never encountered this
> retroacronym.  Surely Rick wasn't suggesting that it's the real
etymon.
>
> Cute.
>
> JL
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