[Ads-l] A novel backformation: Arm robbed

[Geoffrey Nathan]

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On Nextdoor.com this morning, someone reported My cousin
just got Arm Robbed 30 minutes ago on Gratiot and Houston
Whittier at the Laundry mat,

Geoff


Geoffrey S. Nathan
WSU Information Privacy Officer (Retired)
Emeritus Professor, Linguistics Program
http://blogs.wayne.edu/proftech/

geoffnathan at wayne.edu

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