[Ads-l] "Natty" = 'national champion(ship)'

[Neal Whitman]

One more to add for “natty” = “natural”. In the bars near the Ohio State University campus in Columbus (maybe elsewhere too, but I haven’t checked), “Natty Light” is the preferred way of referring to a Natural Light beer. In fact, my son tells me, if someone calls it a Natural Light, his instinct is to wonder if they’re a cop.

Neal

> On Jan 10, 2024, at 10:56 AM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu> wrote:
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> One I saw promo’d was a "naturally rising" pizza.  Others I’m sure are proud of their natural cheese rather than cheese food product.  
> 
> Natt[urall]y.  
> 
> LH
> 
>> On Jan 10, 2024, at 8:36 AM, Amy West <medievalist at W-STS.COM> wrote:
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>>> On 1/10/24 12:04 AM, ADS-L automatic digest system wrote:
>>> There are plenty of upvoted hits on urbandic for “natty” = ’natural’ in
>>> the sense of looks, hairstyles, pizzas, etc., just not for natural
>>> champion(ship).
>> 
>> What the heck would a natural pizza be? Organic?
>> 
>> ---Amy West
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