[Ads-l] "ammosexual"

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

Great citation for gundamentalist, Nancy!
(The New Yorker citation in the July 31, 1926 issue is on Page 18, Column 2)

Barry Popik has an entry for gundamentalist, gundamentalism with a
first citation in 1994.

http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/gundamentalist_gun_fundamentalist

Garson

On Mon, Dec 7, 2015 at 6:29 PM, Nancy Friedman <nancyf at wordworking.com> wrote:
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> I found citations from 2012 and 2009:
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> http://nancyfriedman.typepad.com/away_with_words/2014/08/word-of-the-week-am
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> And I antedated "gundamentalist" to a 1926 item in the New Yorker:
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> http://nancyfriedman.typepad.com/away_with_words/2012/12/word-of-the-week-gu
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Charles C Doyle [mailto:cdoyle at UGA.EDU]
> Sent: Sunday, December 06, 2015 6:48 AM
> Subject: "ammosexual"
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> Several times lately I've come across the term "ammosexual" for what we used
> to all a "gun nut."
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> I assume it's a satirical coinage, and it seems to be not very old (2014?).
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> --Charlie
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