Date:  Fri, 29 Dec 1995 15:31:05 -0600

From:  Katherine Catmull <kate[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]BGA.COM>

Subject: Re: WORD(s) OF THE YEAR NOMINATIONS



At 9:47 AM 12/29/95 -0500, Jeutonne Brewer wrote:



>>astroturf           This is as old as the Astrodome in Houston





 . . . and someone else mentioned that the term was "at least two decades old."



I expect this word is listed here for its newer meaning in politics, which

is something like "artificial (or artificially-engendered) grassroots

support."



Kate Catmull      kate[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]bga.com