[Ads-l] shero

[Jonathan Lighter]

This very evening a satisfied customer on a weight-loss infomercial
exclaimed to the program's creator, "You are my shero!"

JL

On Sun, Jan 24, 2016 at 9:16 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

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> 20,000 raw Google hits for "heroes and sheroes," the most popular
> collocation.  It is mainly a feminist term.
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> I've probably heard it (mainly in themedia) a dozen times since the '80s.
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> See, if you say "heroine," people with think you're talking about addictive
> drugs.  And in a good way! Also, "he" means - well, you know.
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>  JL
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> On Sat, Jan 23, 2016 at 9:56 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > On Sat, Jan 23, 2016 at 4:52 PM, Jonathan Lighter <
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> > > Not, incredibly, in OED.
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> > Given that this word is new to *me*, the fact that it's missing from the
> > OED I don't find incredible at all. ;-)
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