"Soar" -- the new "surge"?

[Dave Wilton]

There may be a discouragement of "surge" in relation to "santorum." Dan
Savage has made it tricky to write of the candidate without evoking
snickering. I've seen a lot of email and Facebook comments about "surging
Santorum."


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From: American Dialect Society [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of
Joel S. Berson
Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 11:44 AM
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Subject: "Soar" -- the new "surge"?

Reuters refers to Rick Santorum's slight lead over Mitt Romney in the
Pew poll of likely Republican voters as his having "surged".  But
Dalia Sussman of the NYTimes slights that word, using "has begun
soaring" and "bump" (noun) in reference to the NYTimes/CBS News poll
of Republican primary voters that has very similar figures..  Do I
sense The Times style guide discouraging "surge"?

Joel

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