[Ads-l] people who shower after work

[Ben Zimmer]

In last night's debate, Tim Ryan lauded "the people that take a shower
after work," i.e., working-class voters. I wrote up a history of this
demographic descriptor for the Atlantic:

https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2019/07/cnn-presidential-debate-after-work-showers/595177/

I give examples of the "people who shower before/after work" distinction
going back to 1988, but I wouldn't be surprised if an ADS-Ler can beat that.

--bgz

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