[Ads-l] Antedating by Barry Popik of "Supermodel"

[Andy Bach]

I wonder if the “super-“ has anythingto do with “Superman”?

On Tue, Mar 2, 2021 at 7:41 PM Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at yale.edu> wrote:

> I see that barry.popik at yale.edu has antedatings of _supermodel_ (OED
> 1967):
>
> 6 October 1942, Chicago Daily Tribune, pg. 21:
> "Super" Models Are Signed for Fashion Show
>
> So you want to be a model!
> by Clyde Matthews (Dressner -- ed.)
> Garden City, NY: Halcyon House
> Revised edition 1948 (original edition 1943)
> Pg. 256:
> She will be a super-model, but the girl in her will be like the girl in
> you -- quite ordinary, but ambitious and eager for personal development.
> (In another edition, this second-to-last page is Page 237. The "model of
> tomorrow" is discussed -- ed.)
>
> Fred Shapiro
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