Date:    Fri, 19 Jun 1998 08:27:42 -0400
<br>From:    Paul McFedries <lists[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MCFEDRIES.COM>
<br>Subject: Re: meat-eater & qualifer
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<br>I've seen "meat eater" used as a synonym for "aggressive." I first saw it in
<br>an InfoWorld story (2/10/92) on a shake-up of Microsoft executives. The
<br>following quote refers to Steve Ballmer who, from what I've heard, is
<br>aggression personified:
<br>
<br>     But some industry watchers say the new executive arrangement
<br>     is, in fact, a horse race, where one person will eventually
<br>     be singled out as president. "Ballmer is a meat eater, and
<br>     this is the next stop to Ballmer's becoming president," said
<br>     a source.
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<br>This also reminds me of a neologism I once used in the early days of The
<br>Word Spy:
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<br>agressocracy, noun
<br>A society in which the most aggressive members rise to the top.
<br>
<br>Paul McFedries
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<br>> -----Original Message-----
<br>> From: American Dialect Society [mailto:ADS-L[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UGA.CC.UGA.EDU]On Behalf Of
<br>> Yongwei Gao
<br>> Sent: Friday, June 19, 1998 1:36 PM
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<br>> 1. Has anybody ever seen the use of "meat-eater" before/ Example:
<br>> But the stories from the 30th Precinct--and those told last year to an
<br>> investigative commission--are about a new breed of  meat-eaters --police
<br>> officers who have become indistinguishable from the criminals they were
<br>> supposed to be catching. (5/19/94 WP A1)
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