[Ads-l] heebie-jabbie

[Margaret E. Winters]

Exactly!


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MARGARET E WINTERS
On Leave
Office of the Provost
Wayne State University
Detroit, MI  48202

mewinters at wayne.edu



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From: American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU> on behalf of Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM>
Sent: Friday, July 1, 2016 7:52 PM
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Subject: Re: heebie-jabbie

On Fri, Jul 1, 2016 at 10:38 AM, Margaret E. Winters <mewinters at wayne.edu>
wrote:

> It manages to be derogatory in several ways at once.  I assume he meant
> women TSA employees who wear the hijab - or maybe generalized to all
> Muslims?
>
>
Thinking about that is enough to give you the heebie-jeebies!


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