[Ads-l] "ammosexual"

[Jonathan Lighter]

Was a gundamentalist quite the same thing in 1926?

Maybe it was a mentalist who packed a roscoe.

JL

On Mon, Dec 7, 2015 at 7:48 PM, ADSGarson O'Toole <adsgarsonotoole at gmail.com
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> Great citation for gundamentalist, Nancy!
> (The New Yorker citation in the July 31, 1926 issue is on Page 18, Column
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> Barry Popik has an entry for gundamentalist, gundamentalism with a
> first citation in 1994.
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> http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/gundamentalist_gun_fundamentalist
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> On Mon, Dec 7, 2015 at 6:29 PM, Nancy Friedman <nancyf at wordworking.com>
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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
> > mosexual.html
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> > And I antedated "gundamentalist" to a 1926 item in the New Yorker:
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> > ndamentalist.html
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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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