Word (Phrase?) of the Year (so far)?; Rambo'd

[Geoffrey Steven Nathan]

I guess I must live under a rock. This phrase is new to me this morning. Is it something I should worry about?

Geoffrey S. Nathan
Faculty Liaison, C&IT
and Professor, Linguistics Program
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> From: "Laurence Horn" <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU>
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> Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2013 11:38:22 AM
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> On Jan 31, 2013, at 11:31 AM, Dan Goncharoff wrote:

> > One cannot turn a page of the sports section of the newspaper
> > without
> > seeing another mention of "Velvet antler spray", yet almost no one
> > not
> > using it would have heard of it on Jan 1.

> Still out-googled by "deer antler spray" and "deer antler velvet
> spray", both of which I've heard more often, but let's see which one
> "wins" down the road.

> LH

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