A new word "oxt"

[Amy West]

On 7/18/14, 12:00 AM, ADS-L automatic digest system wrote:
> Date:    Thu, 17 Jul 2014 11:20:31 -0700
> From:    caitlin o<caitqlin at HOTMAIL.COM>
> Subject: Re: A new word "oxt"
>
> DanG said: "Funny, I always thought "this Thursday" v "next Thursday" accomplished the same thing."
> It doesn't in my experience because one can say "next Friday" to refer to the closest coming Friday or to the oxt Friday.  I know people who frequently inter-change "this" and "next" in this context because they're never sure which their audience prefers.  It's annoyed me for a very long time. I have taken to specifying the date, or always using the phrase "not this coming Friday, but the Friday after that".
> Personally, I am very excited about oxt.
I realized recently that my GPS confuses me because it uses "next 
right/left" where I would say "this right/left".

---Amy West

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