[Ads-l] die-in

[Ben Zimmer]

Hi James! You asked about "die-in" back in 2017 -- here's what I wrote at
the time:

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https://listserv.linguistlist.org/pipermail/ads-l/2017-May/147954.html
"Die-ins" got a lot of attention in late 2014 as part of Black Lives Matter
protests. I wrote about the term at the time for my Wall St. Journal column.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/die-ins-of-police-protests-hark-back-to-great-depression-1418409400
As I write there, the term goes at least as far back to the first Earth Day
in April 1970, when demonstrators in Boston staged a die-in.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYyNL17_AEU
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On Wed, Jun 25, 2025 at 4:42 PM James Landau <
00000c13e57d49b8-dmarc-request at listserv.uga.edu> wrote:

> Has anyone run across the term "die-in" referring to a political protest
> against Medicaid or Medicare cuts in which the participants lie on ground
> as if they were dead due to health-care cuts?
> There have been at least two die-ins in the last couple of months here in
> Atlantic County New Jersey.  Is it purely a local term or have they
> appeared elsewhere?  And does anyone have an early date for the term?
> James Landau
>
>

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