weapons of mass destruction

[Wilson Gray]

On Sat, Apr 27, 2013 at 12:43 PM, Jonathan Lighter
<wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>wrote:

> But seriously, Fred found an isolated ex. from 1937, with occasional but
> steadily increasing usage from 1945.
>

Not seriously, that must have been a reference to my birth that Fred found.

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