Date:    Fri, 6 Mar 1998 11:30:58 -0500
<br>From:    Karen Lubell  lubell[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]NYTIMES.COM 
<br>Subject: adj. + moment
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<br>Hello all!
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<br>I'm looking into recent constructions of an adjective plus the word
<br>"moment."  I have
<br>heard "zen moment" (which John Algeo lists in the summer 1997 American
<br>Speech), but Mr. Safire has also heard "I'm having a senior moment" (to
<br>indicate a lapse in memory or decline in agility) as well as a "blond
<br>moment" (to mean having a momentary lapse of intelligence).
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<br>Another source remembers that the original moment was a "Kodak moment."
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<br>I am interested in any other constructions, as well as any speculation about
<br>the origin of these kinds of phrases--
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<br>Thanks!
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<br>Karen Lubell
<br>Researcher
<br>William Safire's "On Language"
<br>The New York Times
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