[Ads-l] "snow farm", not in OED; 1970--? Bostonism?

[Geoffrey Nathan]

There are, of course, 'server farms' and 'cube farms' already, so it may well be on its way to productivity.


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Is this a productive euphemism process?  Can we reconceptualize =
automobile junkyards =E2=80=9Ccar farms=E2=80=9D?  And town dumps =
=E2=80=9Cgarbage farms=E2=80=9D?  And sewers =E2=80=9Cunderwater waste =
farms=E2=80=9D?  Who says farming is in trouble? =20

LH

> On Feb 16, 2017, at 11:23 AM, Joel Berson <berson at ATT.NET> wrote:
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> A quick peek into the Boston Globe shows an instance on Jan. 21,1970, =
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> And there are many instances from the notorious season of 2014--2015.
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> Google Books seems tedious, since (as far as I know) it doesn't =
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> The "Lexicon" column in today's Boston Globe defines it as "Where =
blizzards go to die."  Is it a Bostonism?
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