[Ads-l] MAGA Not in OED

[Ben Zimmer]

On Thu, Sep 19, 2024 at 8:55 AM Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at yale.edu> wrote:

> The acronym MAGA is not yet in OED.  This (unfortunately) has become a
> major term in U.S. political discourse.  In a few minutes of research, the
> earliest citation I find is the following:
>
> 2015 Politico 31 July (ProQuest)  MAGA stands for the Trump campaign
> slogan "Make America Great Again."
>

Here's a link to that article:

https://www.politico.com/story/2015/07/donald-trump-lovers-form-pacs-help-2016-campaign-fec-120860

The social media site formerly known as Twitter has examples from earlier
in July 2015, e.g.:

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https://twitter.com/GreenHead82/status/616700598734360576
"GreenHead," Twitter, July 2, 2015
Make America Great Again ... @realDonaldTrump you can start a new
@Twitter hashtag ... #MAGA ..Make America great again..:) #tcot @GOP
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https://twitter.com/cheesechoker/status/618601586437193728
Angus MacAskill, Twitter, July 7, 2015
In the beginning there was YOLO
and Trump said, "Make America Great Again"
and there was MAGA
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--bgz

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