[Ads-l] pundits [pundents]

Joel Berson berson at ATT.NET
Sat Dec 12 21:41:33 UTC 2015


Trump likes to wear his pendantcy / punditness up front and visible.

Joel

      From: Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU>
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 Sent: Friday, December 11, 2015 11:57 PM
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Influenced by "pendants"?  

LH

> On Dec 11, 2015, at 10:49 AM, Ben Zimmer <bgzimmer at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> I take it you're talking about this charming woman?
> 
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.washingtonpost.com_news_the-2Dfix_wp_2015_12_11_this-2Done-2Ddonald-2Dtrump-2Dsupporter-2Ddoes-2Dmore-2Dto-2Dexplain-2Dhis-2Dappeal-2Dthan-2Dwe-2Dever-2Dcould_&d=AwIBaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=wFp3X4Mu39hB2bf13gtz0ZpW1TsSxPIWYiZRsMFFaLQ&m=C9YmEGrwoQUTHoigV_XnEeXVrGMJlfL0duThkqjTt6Y&s=jhAiiDPzknLnFBtMag1LnQy9nuKm-Mlmk3HdjfXuudU&e= 
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> On Thu, Dec 10, 2015 at 1:35 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>> 
>> A Trumpite clearly said "pundint" on CNN this morning, but I was going to
>> ignore it as insignificant.
>> 
>> Never heard it before.
>> 
>> On Thu, Dec 10, 2015 at 12:50 PM, Neal Whitman wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> Me too.
>>> 
>>> On Dec 10, 2015, at 12:23 PM, W Brewer wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Keep hearing <pundits> being pronounced [pundents]. Not just Trump &
>>>> followers.
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