Time is running short! (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Jonathan Lighter]

"Butt chugging" will never die.

JL

On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 2:57 PM, Mullins, Bill AMRDEC <
Bill.Mullins at us.army.mil> wrote:

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> "Butt chugging", alas, had no legs.  Strike it from the list, I suppose.
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> "Fiscal Cliff" seems to be a late contender, though.
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> > With just less than a month to go, it would be a good time to turn our
> > =
> > attentions to that ADS institution: WOTY.  If you=E2=80=99re not going
> > =
> > to Boston, this might be a wonderful time to put in your 2 =E2=82=B5
> or
> > =
> > if you prefer =E2=82=AC.
> >
> > =20
> >
> > I=E2=80=99ve compiled a hastily assembled list of suggestions thus
> far:
> >
> > =20
> >
> > 1/13 (*on a Friday!): .... vulture capitalist (in reference to Mitt =
> > Romney)             {Joel Berson}
> >
> > 1/28: ............................crypto- as in:=20
> >
> > cryptomuslim and=20
> >
> > cryptosocialist and=20
> >
> > cryptoconservative and
> >
> > cryptoliberal .........................................           =
> > {Victor Steinbok}
> >
> > 2/3: ..............................Rick Perry moment
> > =
> >                      =20
> >
> >                                     pulling a Komen =
> > ................................................           {Larry
> Horn}
> >
> > 6/6: ..............................foie-mageddon =
> > ..................................................           {Larry =
> > Horn}
> >
> > 6/24: ............................parse
> >
> > medias
> >
> > twitterverse
> >
> > shadowban
> >
> > automatize
> >
> > cut one=E2=80=99s name =
> > ....................................................         {David =
> > Barnhart}
> >
> > 7/6 ...............................hyperlocal
> > =
> >                                         {Ben Zimmer}
> >
> > 8/22 .............................reverse retouching
> > =
> >                                    {Hollis Barnhart}
> >
> > 9/26 .............................butt chugging
> > =
> >                                       {Bill Mullins}
> >
> >                                     kerfuffle
> > =
> >                                             {Ann Burlingham}
> >
> > 10/25 ...........................spaghetti model
> > =
> >                                     {David Barnhart}
> >
> > =20
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