Tebowing

[Ann Burlingham]

On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 10:34 AM, Ben Zimmer
<bgzimmer at babel.ling.upenn.edu> wrote:
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> Subject:      Re: Tebowing
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> On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 9:59 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
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>> http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/dpps/sports/introducing-tebowing-fad-inspired-by-qb-tim-tebow-dpgonc-20111028-fc_15689011
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>> Big news on CNN.
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>> It means to get down on one knee to pray (or pretend to pray) in the
>> manner of Tim Tebow.
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>> Thousands of hits in the last few days.
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> The word even has proponents angling to get it some WOTY consideration.
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> http://news.lalate.com/2011/10/27/tebowing-definition-battles-for-word-of-the-year-2011-recognition/


it had a nice internet resonance, as in "teh gay". "tebowing" sounds
(and mostly appears to be) a little sarcastic.

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