mediots and preglimony
Arnold Zwicky
zwicky at STANFORD.EDU
Tue Jul 17 23:58:09 UTC 2012
On Jul 17, 2012, at 4:45 PM, Alice Faber wrote:
> On 7/17/12 11:51 AM, Arnold Zwicky wrote:
>> on my blog:
>> http://arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com/2012/07/17/more-dubious-portmanteaus/
>>
> I tried to post the following as a comment on the blog, and was asked to
> login with a user name that I don't recognize, which is apparently
> associated with my panix email address, so I'll post it here:
i've posted it on my blog.
> The term "mediots" long predates Tim Tebow...
i merely gave one political example and one sports example, not claiming that these were the first (or even particularly early). but your recollections, and the 1993 cite, are useful.
arnold
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