[Ads-l] secondary nature

[Jonathan Lighter]

Around here people often use "second hand."

"You gotta do it till it's second hand."

But these aren't prominent MD's backed by a vast team of editors.

JL

On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 9:00 AM, Joel Berson <berson at att.net> wrote:
> Presumably an error for "second nature"?  Bonus:  the following quotation, which seems to express the same idea of repetition:
>
> 1662   J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors 89   That habit being as it were converted into a second nature.
>
> Joel
>
>
>       From: Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM>
>  To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>  Sent: Monday, June 13, 2016 6:54 AM
>  Subject: [ADS-L] secondary nature
>
> A prominent MD explains on CNN that a desired habit must be repeated
> regularly until it "becomes secondary nature."  An animation
> simultaneously displayed the words "secondary nature."
>
> BONUS:
> An MSNBC commentator observes that victims at Pulse had been having
> fun and "celebrating their lifes."
>
> JL
>
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