avoidance

[Ben Zimmer]

On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 4:49 PM, Ben Zimmer wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 4:25 PM, victor steinbok wrote:
>>
>> jass-ack for jack-ass
>
> I've found examples back to 1872 (early examples clustered in Ohio):
>
> http://listserv.linguistlist.org/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0412A&L=ADS-L&P=R207

On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 4:51 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>
> HDAS, 1845-1968.

Whoops, never mind.

--bgz

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