[Ads-l] Trivia: heard _nut up_, HDAS "go crazy or go berserk" (UNCLASSIFIED)

Christopher Philippo toff at MAC.COM
Fri Aug 19 22:49:33 UTC 2016


One of my proudest moments writing the "On Language" column for the NY
Times Mag was getting The Gray Lady to print "sack up" and "nut up" (in my
column on "man up"):

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/05/magazine/05FOB-onlanguage-t.html

R. L. Burnside "Too Many Ups" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CH9eqYCQqWg
 
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