[Ads-l] Antedating of "Sampling" (Hip Hop Music)

[Ben Zimmer]

I did a quick check on that cite, and it's "pinching," not "punching."

On Wed, Apr 23, 2025 at 2:18 PM Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at yale.edu> wrote:

> sampling, n. (OED, "incorporation of an excerpt from one musical recording
> to another," 1988)
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> 1987 The Age Entertainment Guide (Melbourne) 20 Nov. 4/2 (Newspapers.com)
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> At the moment sampling — punching bits of other songs and sticking them in
> your own — is huge.
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