For better go

[Ben Zimmer]

On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 6:01 PM, victor steinbok wrote:
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> Charmin has had a series of commercials that used "go" as a noun. I thought
> I heard it nearly two months ago, but could not find a Charmin ad on line. I
> still haven't found an accessible video, but I did see another spot on
> TV--different plot, same ending, "Enjoy the go".

Discussed by Arnold Zwicky and Nancy Friedman last year:

http://arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com/2010/11/10/enjoy-the-go/
http://nancyfriedman.typepad.com/away_with_words/2010/11/good-to-go.html

--bgz

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