fun with phrases

[Jonathan Lighter]

Here's another one:

"emotional pressure-cooker" (1957) (Google Books: not verified, looks real)

Not common till the '70s, not mentioned in OED (nor is "pressure-cooker of
emotion").

JL

On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 9:03 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>wrote:

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> Having spent the past few years comparing the text of literary works to the
> commentary that's grown up around them, I can report that the simple
> ability
> to read and process what's on the page can be deficient even among the
> educated.
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> JL
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> On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 8:38 PM, victor steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com
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> > Don't tell that to all the Horatio Alger societies--I count three of
> them,
> > at least. They all insist on fairly preposterous "self-made" image.
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> > VS-)
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> > On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 6:47 PM, Jonathan Lighter <
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> > > Believe it or not, Alger's heroes all seem to succeed through the
> > > intervention of rich zillionaires who recognize their worth, rather
> than
> > > through "recreating/redefining/re-inventing" themselves or even solely
> > > through hard work.
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