Antedating of "MILF"

[Jonathan Lighter]

Condescension?

JL

On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 9:30 AM, Jesse Sheidlower <jester at panix.com> wrote:

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> On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 09:28:19AM -0500, Laurence Horn wrote:
> > On Feb 25, 2013, at 12:14 AM, ADSGarson O'Toole wrote:
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> > > Perhaps I should clarify the goal of my previous message. The book
> > > "Gender Articulated: Language and the Socially Constructed Self" was
> > > published in 1995. Hence, the instance of MILF (with a definition)
> > > that has been located was published in 1995. Of course, persuasive
> > > internal evidence indicates that the term was actually collected in
> > > spring 1992.
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> > I have that paper from the 1992 volume, and MILF does appear in a
> paragraph listing the collected terms on p. 564 and then in Sutton's
> discussion on p. 565 ("The acronym MILF ('mother I'd like to fuck') is
> particularly interesting, since it singles out older women and expresses
> men's condescension toward them").
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> > I can send either or both of you a .pdf of the article copied from that
> book.
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> I'd be grateful for that, esp. if you could include the title/copyright
> page of the book as well....
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> Jesse Sheidlower
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