Date:  Mon, 10 Jul 1995 18:19:00 -0500

From:  Daniel S Goodman <dsg[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MAROON.TC.UMN.EDU>

Subject: Bodice-Ripper, etc. (fwd)



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Date: Thu, 06 Jul 1995 21:59:41 -0400 (EDT)

From: Fred Shapiro <shapiro[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]minerva.cis.yale.edu>

To: stumpers-list[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]CRF.CUIS.EDU

Subject: Bodice-Ripper, etc.



Can anyone supply any examples of the usage of the term "bodice-ripper"

(an explicit romantic novel) earlier than December 1980? Also, any

examples of the usage of the term "happy-clappy" (of evangelical

Christians) earlier than 1990? Also, any pre-1970 examples of the phrase

"listen up!"? Finally, any pre-1957 examples of the phrase "go the extra

mile"?



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