[Ads-l] mannyerism

[Jonathan Lighter]

PS: The representation "D----d T---p" has nothing to do with
"splatting," which is something I've just learned about today, so
superannuated am I.

JL

On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 12:18 PM, Jonathan Lighter
<wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Me neither. I also thought of the "aneurysm" connection, but to me it
> seems far-fetched.
>
> JL
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> On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 11:16 AM, Cohen, Gerald Leonard <gcohen at mst.edu> wrote:
>> Did "mannyerism" here somehow result from an alteration of "mannerism" under the influence of "aneurysm"?  (Btw, I had never come across the pronunciation "mannyerism" before.)
>>
>> G. Cohen
>> ________________________________________
>> Jonathan Lighter [wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM], Monday, August 22, 2016 7:31 PM, wrote:
>>
>> A D-----d T---p "surrogate" explains to MSNBC that the shocking state
>> of Hillary Clinton's health can be seen clearly in "her behavior and
>> mannyerisms."
>>
>> JL
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