[Ads-l] "Swiftie" for the OED

[Shapiro, Fred]

ProQuest search results seem to imply that "Swiftie" appears in a Ph.D. dissertation (Ohio State University, 2011) by Mary Thomas, titled "Distinctly digital: Subjectivity and Recognition in Teenage Girls' Online Self-Presentations"; and in a New York Post article, Aug. 2, 2012.  But in both cases, ProQuest does not give the full text of the document.  Without seeing the full text, we cannot be sure that "Swiftie" is used in these sources to mean a fan of Taylor Swift, it could be used as a nickname for TS herself.

Fred Shapiro


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Subject: "Swiftie" for the OED

It seems inevitable that the term "Swiftie" will eventually make its way into the OED.  The earliest occurrence on LexisNexis is a broadcast transcript, quoting Taylor Swift herself from TV Eyes - ITV1London, 6 Oct. 2012.

Fred Shapiro

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