[Ads-l] Earlier "Swifty"

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

Swifty and Swiftie are ambiguous as Bonnie has noted.
I think the following xtweet uses "Swifty" to mean: a fan of Taylor Swift.

https://x.com/thislovesours/status/7469148462
Handle: kaila @thislovesours
Timestamp: 12:43 AM · Jan 7, 2010
[Begin xtweet]
#Twitition I'm a Swifty and I am PROUD. http://twitition.com/58lni
@GottaLoveTaylor
[End xtweet]

In the following tweet "Swifty" might refer to a fan of Taylor Swift
or Taylor Swift herself.

https://x.com/alyssassyla/status/6637068415
Handle: alyssa @alyssassyla
Timestamp: 2:33 PM · Dec 13, 2009
[Begin xtweet]
Happy Birthday Taylor Alison Swift! @taylorswift13 I love you <3
Wearing a Swifty shirt in her honour :)
[End xtweet]

Garson

On Sat, Feb 24, 2024 at 10:51 AM Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at yale.edu> wrote:
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> Swifty
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> 2010 _Times_ (London) 27 Nov. (LexisNexis)
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> One fan wants to know how she too can become a Swifty.
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> NOTE: LexisNexis also has "the Swifty Club" in _Advertiser / Sunday Mail_ (Adelaide), 13 Feb. 2010.
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> Fred Shapiro
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