[Ads-l] More Precise Information on Antedating of "Kilroy"
Shapiro, Fred
fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
Fri Apr 1 21:29:01 UTC 2016
Here's more precise antedating information:
Kilroy (OED 1945 [20 Oct.])
1945 Sheppard Field Texacts (newspaper of Sheppard Field Army base, Texas) 21 Apr. 9/4 (NewspaperArchive) Who is Kilroy? What a one man campaign! He seems destined to go down in history along with Foo and Novschmozkapop as a family by word.
1945 Sheppard Field Texacts (newspaper of Sheppard Field Army base, Texas) 14 July 3/1 (NewspaperArchive) If we knew the true identity of KILROY we would come right out and say so. You have seen his name written in a variety of places -- mostly on walls. He always states, with evident pride, that KILROY did this or that, or that "KILROY was here."
Fred Shapiro
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