"Tidy"-Whiteys
At Language Log a Arnold Zwicky explores the mutation of a favorite slang term.
Uh oh. I'm probably violating the use/mention distinction. I don't care about the word, really.
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March 19, 2005
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I always thought it was "tightie whities"...
Posted by: Elayne Riggs | March 19, 2005 at 08:23 PM
In my idiolect it's definitely "tighty." That sounds way dirtier than it should, somehow.
Posted by: Lindsay Beyerstein | March 19, 2005 at 09:45 PM
Morford used Tidy because he was referring to Republicans who as we all know are anal.
Posted by: Marshall Rogers | March 20, 2005 at 01:12 AM
How are violating the use/mention distinction, Lindsay?
Posted by: Alon Levy | March 22, 2005 at 06:11 AM