[Ads-l] "to ping"

[Joel Berson]

Speak roughly to your little boy,And beat him when he tweetzes: 
He only does it to annoy, 
Because he knows it teases.

Joel


      From: Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM>
 To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU 
 Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2017 7:43 AM
 Subject: Re: [ADS-L] "to ping" (and OED Online)
   
A former Trump advisor says the president likes to "ping people" to get
their viewpoints.

JL

On Thu, Oct 20, 2016 at 7:35 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> MSNBC re Hillary & D----d:
>
> "She dinged him and pinged him...."
>
> 'To goad or provoke; needle.'
>
> JL
>
>



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