"moist" on Language Log

[Arnold Zwicky]

the oeuvre on "moist" as a cringe word (central items starred):

*ML, 8/10/07: Ask Language Log: The moist panties phenomenon
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/004835.html

ML, 8/20/07: “Don’t say ‘tin’ to Rebecca, you  know how it upsets her”:
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/004836.html

*ML, 10/6/07: The long moist tail
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/004993.html

ML, 9/10/07: Morning mailbag
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/004896.html

*AZ, 10/25/07: From cringe to offense
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/005057.html

ML, 8/27/08: Moist aversion: the cartoon version
http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=540

BZ, 5/19/09: Word aversion and attraction in the news
http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=1441

ML, 7/23/10: Six words
http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=2477

ML, 7/1/11: Hated words
http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=3236

i see that i have two large files of correspondence on the subject, still to be turned into postings, sigh.

arnold

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