Date:  Fri, 22 Dec 1995 10:08:30 -0500

From:  Allan Metcalf <AAllan[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]AOL.COM>

Subject: Re: Algeo/Barnhart WOTYs - sidebar



>David's entry of <sidebar> as "aside" is related to, but slightly

>different from the most common referent I've seen for it in the past two

>years, namely a boxed (often with different-shaded background) commentary

>expanding on a point mentioned in an article in a journal. Usually the

><sidebar> is set to the right or left side of the page, though occasionally

>it may be placed across the bottom. The place I've encountered the term

>most often is PC Magazine.



This meaning of the word has been journalist (newspaper) jargon for decades.

Maybe it's now breaking out into general consciousness, like op-ed and

gaydar.



- Allan Metcalf