Date:  Sat, 23 Dec 1995 11:19:08 -0500

From:  "Dennis R. Preston" <preston[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]PILOT.MSU.EDU>

Subject: Re: Algeo/Barnhart WOTYs



Bethany,

What's this 'skinny' (=information) stuff? I used it in the 1950's. Maybe

it could be OTWOTY (Old-Timers' Word of the Year). (I like that category.)

Dennis





>And what about "skinny" as in "What's the skinny on the WOTY?"

>

>Bethany



Dennis R. Preston

Department of Linguistics and Languages

Michigan State University

preston[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]pilot.msu.edu