[Ads-l] fud

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

Ben Zimmer wrote:
> The Wikipedia article cites a 1975 example of the acronym from Google
> Books, but I can't confirm it via snippet view.

Thanks, Ben. I also was unable to verify the citation which Wikipedia
claims is dated "1975-10-01". But I posted a September 15, 1975
citation here:

 https://listserv.linguistlist.org/pipermail/ads-l/2026-February/168644.html

Garson.

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