Date: Fri, 3 Oct 1997 07:31:06 -0400 From: Fred Shapiro Subject: Re: Language Nazi I would guess that "feminazi" was the original coinage, and that the "soup Nazi" on Seinfeld popularized the usage. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fred R. Shapiro Coeditor (with Jane Garry) Associate Librarian for Public Services TRIAL AND ERROR: AN OXFORD and Lecturer in Legal Research ANTHOLOGY OF LEGAL STORIES Yale Law School Oxford University Press, 1997 e-mail: fred.shapiro[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]yale.edu ISBN 0-19-509547-2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------