[Ads-l] Headline of the week

[Baker, John]

The link didn't work for me.  It should be:

https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/clay-waters/2017/04/07/ny-times-works-its-ossoff-pushing-georgia-democrat-special-election


The current thinking is indeed that "jeep" is from Eugene the Jeep in Popeye the Sailorman (which at that point may still have been Thimble Theatre).  It's also been suggested that "goon" is from Alice the Goon and "wimp" is from J. Wellington Wimpy in that strip, but those terms predate Popeye, although the characters probably did contribute to the terms' popularity.


John Baker



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https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/clay-waters/2017/04/07/

"NY Times Works Its Ossoff Pushing Georgia Democrat in Special Election"

off-topic:  about quotes from comic strips, is the name "Jeep" for the four-wheel-drive truck from the Popeye strip?

- Jim Landau

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