[Ads-l] Antedating of "Male Chauvinist" (Adjective)

[Shapiro, Fred]

I just want to clarify that my posting was an antedating of "male chauvinist" as an adjective.

Fred Shapiro

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Previous antedatings, 1939 and 1935

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>From "Shapiro, Fred" <00001ac016895344-dmarc-request at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
To ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Date 30/05/2026 11:33:19
Subject Antedating of "Male Chauvinist" (Adjective)

>male chauvinist, adj. (OED 1969)
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>1944 The Worker 16 Jan. 22/1 (Newspapers.com)
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>I regret the slip. ... It is a male chauvinist joke, as numerous women have written in to say.
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>Fred Shapiro
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