"deja moo"

[Garson O'Toole]

Joel S. Berson wrote:
>
> Is it time for "deja moo" in the OED?  218,000 hits, and in Urban Dictionary.
>
> Seems to go back to around 1997 in GBooks -- "The
> feeling that you've heard this bull before." --, but I have not been diligent.

On October 8, 1993 "Deja Moo" was used in a joke, but the intended
interpretation was distinct from Joel's suggestion.
On October 16, 1994 "Deja Moo" was used as part of a signature line in
a Usenet message. The interpretation offered  agrees with Joel's
suggestion.

Newsgroups: bit.listserv.christia
From: "Ginger R. Daniel"
Date: Fri, 8 Oct 1993 10:35:28 EDT
Local: Fri, Oct 8 1993 10:35 am
Subject: Re: COW JOKE

    Original Joke: What do get if you get the feeling you have milked
                   this cow before?

                  : Deja Moo

   I say that this whole thing is "Udder Nonsense".
Just kidding Cyndy !!!!! Love ya all and the nice clean jokes of yours.
later taters.



Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
From: Jon Heit
Date: Sun, 16 Oct 1994 22:19:00 GMT
Subject: ZOC 1.98 BETA OUT

Way to go Markus---any word YET from IBM?
Jon Heit

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 * KWQ/2 1.2f * Deja Moo: the feeling that you've heard this bull$hit


To obtain these dates I only looked in Google Groups. The
date-restriction search function for Google Groups is unreliable.
Hence these results provide only a rough first estimate.

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