annual list of words to be proscribed

[Jonathan Lighter]

AFAIK2.

JL

On Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 7:37 PM, Ben Zimmer
<bgzimmer at babel.ling.upenn.edu>wrote:

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> On Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 7:28 PM, wrote:
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> > Damn.  I was just thinking this morning that "bucket list" had jumped
> the shark when I
> >  saw it painted over the "entire bus" that was in front of me.
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> > How far back does that one go?  Who's the expert on the Board?
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> AFAIK, it came into existence with the 2007 movie of the same name.
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> --bgz
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