nekkid

[Victor Steinbok]

I suppose, I should also explain the reason for the post. A friend was
discussing a piece of fiction in an on-line "writers workshop"
environment and someone else in the group made a derogatory comment
about the work in question, including a remark about "nekkid" being a
made-up "internet" word. I offered a bit of research, checking the OED
first. Since the usage was easily antedated, I thought I should also
post it here. The BE comment was perhaps superfluous. But if you do GB
search and look at the actual sources prior to the recent "explosion" of
"nekkid" (in Out magazine, for example--more than just the issue cited
in the OED!), you will see the context for that comment.

     VS-)

On 3/12/2011 12:54 AM, Wilson Gray wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 12:07 AM, victor steinbok<aardvark66 at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> illustrative of either BEV or army vernacular
> In what sense is _nekkid_ "illustrative" of anything, WRT either BE or
> Army "vernacular," whatever that may mean? Do you intend a reference
> to eye-dialect? Nothing else makes the least sense, unless I'm as
> preternaturally stupid as we colored are reputed to be.
>
> --
> -Wilson

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