Date:  Mon, 6 Jan 1997 09:14:36 -0500
From:  Wayne Glowka <wglowka[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MAIL.GAC.PEACHNET.EDU>
Subject: Re: Soccer Moms

>  "Soccer moms" is WOTY--it just came out on Reuters/AP. I thought
>"Ebonics" was vastly more significant, but to each his or her own.
>   How did "soccer moms" break out? I believe the phrase was used in a tv
>commercial for a minivan--the Nissan Quest, or another model. WOTY and a
>President from an advertising copywriter!

I'd appreciate any citations that anyone can find. I heard it first on tv
at the Republican convention.

Actually, the winner was "mom" since the nomination also mentioned "minivan
moms" and "waitress moms."




Wayne Glowka
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