(fairly) new (but unlisted) "benefits"

[Ben Zimmer]

On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 11:26 AM, Ben Zimmer wrote:
[...]
> That seems plausible to me, based on the late-'90s citations in the
> Usenet archive on Google Groups (http://ddIyP).

Sorry, I over-shortened the shortened URL, which should be: http://goo.gl/ddIyP

> Exx from '95-'96
> mostly allude to the song, or at least share the underlying concept.
> Here, for instance, is a Morissettian "friend with benefits" in a
> personal ad from 11/28/96:
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/dfw.personals/msg/c3dea870a2afe1de
>
> Starting in '98, we see it used more in the "fuck buddy" sense, e.g.:
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/alt.romance/msg/aac2adcff389825c
>
> --bgz
>

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