[Ads-l] OED Quarterly updates

[Bill Mullins]

A few of the OED Quarterly updates can be antedated.



beast mode

1991/1992 Cracked Super #5 Winter 57
I've also got mutant healing power, a beast mode, and I'm the best at what I do.
https://archive.org/details/super-cracked-5-x-mental-patients/page/n60/mode/2up?q=%22beast+mode%22


ghost buster
1923 Syracuse Journal  30 Apr.  11/4
The Rev. Father Charles De Heredia, champion ghost buster, can produce as many spooks as he wants to by mere sleight of hand, but he cannot bring on any of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's spooks, because Doyle's spooks won't play with him.


meet-cute
1946 Modern Screen v32n3 Feb. 87/1
"Howdoya get the girl and boy together? They gotta meet cute --"
https://archive.org/details/modernscreen3233unse/page/n196/mode/2up?view=theater




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