guesstimate (was Paul Harvey and language)

[victor steinbok]

If you do a basic search, the noun significantly outnumbers the verb,
but it does not mean exclusivity.


3/18/11
http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/18/google-guesstimates-release-dates-for-movies-and-games/
>> Google guesstimates release dates for movies and games

6/24/11
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIrnvqK50Cs
>>   Group of Doctors Guesstimates High Level of Radiation Exposure - Fukushima Meltdowns


And "tap that ass" _has_ now become a throw-away phrase in _cable_
prime-time shows--even non-premium cable. I don't think I've watched a
first-run network prime-time show in about 6 years (OK, I do watch
occasional syndicated reruns or DVD versions), except perhaps for a
handful of episodes of Fringe and Lie To Me two years ago (the latter
having been put out of its misery very quickly and the former lasting
far too long).

VS-)


On 8/3/11, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Oddly, as of this very moment, _guesstimate_ as a verb is, for me,
> *still* non-occurrent. I could become accustomed to it, I reckon, just
> as I've become accustomed to hearing that gross obscenity of my youth,
> "tap that ass," used as a throw-away phrase on prime-time TV.:-)
>
> --
> -Wilson

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