[Ads-l] "Drop"

[Jonathan Lighter]

Yes. But it's lately been taking off among journalists in non-entertainment
contexts.

The other day I heard of a company "dropping" some new cyber-thingie or
other.

Cf. the sense "give birth to."

JL

On Mon, May 22, 2023 at 10:18 AM Bill Mullins <amcombill at hotmail.com> wrote:

> I probably first ran across this usage in reference to musicians
> "dropping" a new album, track, etc.
>
> 1994 NY Daily News 23 Feb 19/4
> Salt-n-Pepa just dropped a new album, which is all over the charts.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU> On Behalf Of
> Jonathan Lighter
> Sent: Monday, May 22, 2023 7:35 AM
> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject: "Drop"
>
> To release to the public; announce.
>
> I've been seeing and hearing this a whole lot in the past few months .
>
> <goog_1644883552>
> https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/walmart-deals-dyson-samsung-191003952.html
> :
>
> Walmart just dropped 50+ incredible early Memorial Day deals, starting at
> $8.
>
> Old people will think this means Walmart rescinded those deals, but they'd
> be wrong.
>
> JL
>
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