affluenza - screwing the pooch

[David A. Daniel]

OK, gonna jump in here on the screwing the pooch deal. I don't actually
think I've ever heard that in American English, and with that meaning
(which, of course, means nothing), but "fucking the dog", in British
English, has long meant "doing/did nothing - vegged". "What did you do this
afternoon?" "Nothing, fucked the dog."
DAD




Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2013 11:20 PM
To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: Re: affluenza

Poster:       Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU>
Subject:      Re: affluenza
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On Dec 17, 2013, at 4:52 PM, victor steinbok wrote:

> As opposed to offluenza that plagued the French Revolution
>
> VS-)

Or "arfluenza", an unfortunate side effect of screwing the pooch.  Reminds
me--*we* talk about screwing the pooch, but what do *dogs* call it?

LH


> On Dec 17, 2013 7:57 AM, "Jonathan Lighter" <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:
>> Poster:       Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM>
>> Subject:      Re: affluenza
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>> I nominate "awfluenza," the disease that now plagues all of American
>> society and culture.
>>
>> JL
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>> On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 2:57 AM, Victor Steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com
>>> wrote:
>>> Poster:       Victor Steinbok <aardvark66 at GMAIL.COM>
>>> Subject:      Re: affluenza
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>>> Nevertheless, given the timing and the immediate shitstorm that the case
>>> created, this may be a good WOTY candidate for one of the categories...
>>> Not likely to win overall...
>>>
>>>     VS-)
>>>
>>> On 12/12/2013 4:56 PM, David Barnhart wrote:
>>>> For what it's worth, _affluenza_ appeared as an entry in
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The Barnhart Dictionary Companion (Vol. 5.3-4, c1989) /
>>>>
>>>> Oxford Dictionary of New Words /
>>>>
>>>> Longman Register of New Words /
>>>>
>>>> Oxford English Dictionary--Additions Series 3 /
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> David
>>>

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