End of ADS-L Digest - 28 May 1998 to 29 May 1998
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<br>There are 10 messages totalling 476 lines in this issue.
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<br>Topics of the day:
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<br>  1. -hop & car-hopping (2)
<br>  2. Scumbag (continued); F-WORD additions
<br>  3. Rock 'n' Roll (2)
<br>  4. your query
<br>  5. Scumbag (continued) (2)
<br>  6. Computers and the arts & humanities
<br>  7. "It's all good" (Goodwill Games?)
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<br>Date:    Fri, 22 May 1998 11:22:19 -0700
<br>From:    Yongwei Gao <951208[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]FUDAN.EDU.CN>
<br>Subject: Re: -hop & car-hopping
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<br>Dear all,
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<br>I am doing topic-hopping, the frequent switching of topics. The nonce
<br>word is patterned after bed-hop, channel-hop, club-hop, car-hop and many
<br>others. Of the definitions for car-hopping, I am most puzzled: as
<br>bed-hop means  to engage in promiscuous sexual relationships ,
<br>car-hopping should be something like  the frequent change of automobiles
<br>during a trip . However, I have so far collected three alternatives:
<br>1. Car hopping   Soliciting or accepting an invitation for a joy ride,
<br>usually from a stranger. This practice, a growing pastime among teenage
<br>girls in some areas, can lead to drug and alcohol abuse, casual sex,
<br>rape and even murder. Car hopping can also mean stealing a car for a joy
<br>ride, stealing small items from cars or hitching a ride on a rear
<br>bumper. Oh, for yesteryear, when carhops were waitresses at drive-in
<br>restaurants who hazarded nothing more serious than wolf whistles and
<br>tired feet. (96/12/26 U.S. News and World Report Buzzword)    Note: this
<br> 96 list was provided by Mr. Michael Agne with Webster s New World
<br>College Dictionary.
<br>2. travelling from place to place in an automobile.   The players,
<br>however, don t seem to mind the car-hopping from one gym or outdoor
<br>court to another.   (Barnhart Dictionary Companion Summer 97)
<br>3. visiting several cars in succession, as in a traffic jam, in order to
<br>socialize.  The youths would jam Balboa Boulevard with cars and then
<br>turn the resulting gridlock into a mass party, car-hopping in groups to
<br>socialize, officers added.  (Barnhart Dictionary Companion Summer 97)
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<br>Are other alternatives available?
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<br>Wish you all a nice weekend!
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<br>Yongwei Gao
<br>Fudan University
<br>Shanghai, China
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