Date:  Wed, 28 Jan 1998 09:44:20 -0600
From:  David Berry <daberry[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]NEMONET.COM>
Subject: Re: "zephyr" (= nothing)

stop sending me this damn crap. I want out! Hear me, I want out! no more
mail.

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> From: Gerald Cohen <gcohen[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UMR.EDU>
> To: ADS-L[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UGA.CC.UGA.EDU
> Subject: "zephyr" (= nothing)
> Date: Tuesday, January 27, 1998 7:58 PM
>
>   I've come across "zephyr" with the meanng "nothing":
>
>    _ St. Louis Post-Dispatch_, May l7, l997, p.34/1-3; title: "The Sky
> Is Not Falling":
>    "A 150-pound hunk of aluminum...comes hurtling out of space and
> crashes on downtown's major
>  artery. And what happens?
>      Nothing. Nada. Zip. Zephyr. No human pancakes. No busted
> windshields. [etc.]...."
>
>   I have no idea how the semantic development "zephyr" to "nothing"
> occurred. Can anyone help?
>
> --Gerald Cohen
>
>
>
> gcohen[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]umr.edu