"major wow factor"; "Anandra"

Thu Dec 1 17:06:02 UTC 2011

Expedia has been running a commercial for a few weeks in which fashion
maven Tim Gunn exclaims "Major wow factor!"

Hundreds of thousands of Google hits, though mainly as a noun phrase.
GB has the NP back to 1999.

The same ad features a woman named "Anandra."  Her real name? Who
knows? But if it is, she looks to be about 30.

JL

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