[Ads-l] Antedating of "Synchronized Swimming"

[Mark Mandel]

Fascinating. A novelty, indeed!  Is there any earlier example-- any *other*
example, for that matter-- example of a single person or thing being
"synchronized", let alone constituting a trio or other group? (Headbang)

MAM

On Sat, Jan 22, 2022, 5:41 PM Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at yale.edu> wrote:

> synchronized swimming (OED 1950)
>
> 1936 Miami Herald 7 Apr. 8-A/1 (Newspapers.com)  A synchronized swimming
> trio novelty event was won by Ann Braznell.
>
> Fred Shapiro
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org
>

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