[Ads-l] SWATTING

[Ben Zimmer]

We had a thread on "swatting" in 2015...

http://listserv.linguistlist.org/pipermail/ads-l/2015-March/136393.html

...in which Nancy Friedman linked to her 2013 post on the term, with
examples back to 2007.

https://nancyfriedman.typepad.com/away_with_words/2013/04/word-of-the-week-swatting.html

On Thu, May 14, 2020 at 3:37 PM James A. Landau <jjjrlandau at gmail.com>
wrote:

> A new term for me, but it sems to have been around for years.
>
>
> https://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/atlantic/police-fire/swatting-bogus-hostage-call-brings-swat-to-quiet-north-jersey-neighborhood/787822/
>
> Atlantic Daily Voice  email edition May 11, 2020
>
> SWATTING: Bogus Hostage Call Brings SWAT To Quiet North Jersey Neighborhood
>
> SWATTING: Bogus Hostage Call Brings SWAT To Quiet North Jersey Neighborhood
>  by Jerry DeMarco
> <https://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/atlantic/staff/4/jerry-demarco/>
>
>
> from inside the article
>
> <quote>
> [Police] determined in less than an hour that they’d been subjected to a
> “swatting” incident <snip> "Swatting" incidents peaked nationwide about
> five years ago but have since subsided somewhat
> <end quote>
>
>

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