[Ads-l] words connected to a single provenance

W Brewer brewerwa at GMAIL.COM
Mon Aug 27 19:46:45 UTC 2018


<infamy> (good meaning)
LH:  <<  Is this shift described in print somewhere? >>
WB:  Beats me. Kilmeade's most recent <infamy> (in a good sense) was
(something like) "his story will live in infamy". Brian Killmeade was
referring to Air Force Tech Sgt John A. Chapman, who died while trying to
save a Navy SEAL in Afghanistan; after TRUMP POSTHUMOUSLY HONORS MILITARY
HERO with an MOH. That was August 22.

------------------------------------------------------------
The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org



More information about the Ads-l mailing list