Date: Tue, 13 Feb 1996 09:11:53 CST
From: Luanne von Schneidemesser lvonschn[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]FACSTAFF.WISC.EDU
Subject: Re: new word
In Message Mon, 12 Feb 1996 09:14:43 -0500,
"Gregory J. Pulliam" HUMPULLIAM[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MINNA.ACC.IIT.EDU writes:
Has "netizen" been posted to the new word list yet? It appeared in Sunday's
Chicago Tribune, with the derivation netizen=(inter)NET + (cit)IZEN. I
forget the section it was in, but it was prominently boxed, so it'd be
pretty easy to find--had I not already recycled the paper. Sorry.
Greg Pulliam
Illinois Institute of Technology
Chicago
So we are netizens of "cyburbia," as Andrew Shapiro of the Nation calls it.
Luanne
Luanne von Schneidemesser, (608) 263-2748
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