http://www.barrypopik.com/ Research on terms from the Big Apple, the Lone Star State, and the Sunshine State. en bapopik@aol.com Copyright 2009 2009-11-07T09:55:00-05:00 http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/all_that_is_necessary_for_the_triumph_of_evil_is_that_good_men_do_nothing/ http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/all_that_is_necessary_for_the_triumph_of_evil_is_that_good_men_do_nothing/#When:09:55:00Z Entry in progress—B.P. Wikiquote: Edmund Burke Edmund Burke (1729-01-12 – 1797-07-09) was an Irish political philosopher, Whig politician, and statesman; he is regarded by many as the “father” of modern conservatism. (...) Probable misattribution . All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. .. This is probably the most quoted statement attributed to Burke, and an extraordinary number of variants of it exist, but all without any definite original source. These very extensively used “quotations” may be based on a paraphrase of some of Burke’s ideas, but he is not known to have ever declared them in such a manner in any of his writings. It may have been adapted from these lines of Burke’s in his Thoughts on the Cause of Present Discontents (1770): “When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.” The Yale Book of Quotations Edited by Fred R. Shapiro New Haven, CT: Yale University Press 2006 Pg. 116 Edmund Burke British philosopher amd statesman, 1729-1797 “All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.” Attributed in Wash. Post, 22 Jan. 1950. Frequently attributed to Burke but never traced in his writings. The closest Burke passage appears to be the one cross-referenced. Pg. 517: John Stuart Mill English philosopher and economist, 1806-1873 “Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends than that good men should look on and do nothing.” “On Education” (1867) Volume of Proceedings of the Fourth International Congregational Council Held in Boston, Massachusetts June 29-July 6, 1920 Compiled and arranged by Truman J. Spencer New York, NY: The National Council of Congregational Churches of the United States 1921 Pg. 166: Burke once said: “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men should do nothing.” New York City, Politics 2009-11-07T09:55:00-05:00 http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/spandering_spanish_speaker_pandering/ http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/spandering_spanish_speaker_pandering/#When:06:52:00Z "Spandering” (Spanish + pandering) occurs when a politician panders to a Spanish-speaking constituency. The politician might produce election literature half in English and half in Spanish, advertise on Spanish-language television, be photographed doing Spanish dances, and so forth. “Spandering” is cited in print from 2008. The word has been used by blogger Monika Fabian, who might have coined it. Wikipedia: Pandering Pandering may refer to: . In politics, portrayal of one’s views to fit in line with a certain crowd of voters the candidate is attempting to impress. . In the law, the advertising and sale of obscene or pornographic material. The Supreme Court of the United States defined pandering as “the business of purveying textual or graphic matter openly advertised to appeal to the erotic interest of their customers.” Roth v. United States, 354 U.S. 476 (1957) . Procuring (prostitution) topix Sunday Night Football Pushes Spanish on American Fans (...) kidritalin Jun 14, 2008 It’s a new word for the English language, it’s called “spandering”. Spandering is happening all over the United States. The spanish people love it. Americans tolerate it.American tax payers pay for it. Text books printed for Americas school students are being printed (and purchased) with half of the book in spanish.This costs money.Products with spanish printed within the labels also cost the consumer for the extra printing let alone causing one to use a magnifying glass to read the English. Let’s stop the spandering! Monika Fabian September 24, 2009...8:57 am Dear Mr. Yassky (...) Contrary to popular assumptions, we don’t dance everywhere. And we certainly don’t dance into the voting booths. It’s stereotypical, ignorant (not all Latinos enjoy salsa), offensive, and reeking of Spandering (or, the disingenious fawning of Spanish-speaking voters and consumers). The soft-rock guitar in the rest of your advertisements won’t make us run to your opponent. Promise. WNYC - The Brian Lehrer Show [4] MoNYC from Sunnyside October 14, 2009 - 09:15AM (...) As a Latina, I was unimpressed by Bloomberg’s espanyol. I call that “Spandering” (the disingenious fawning of Spanish-speaking voters and consumers) and I cannot stand it. It’s like “Bloomberg, give me liveable, progressive policies for me and my people and I’ll take it in friggin’ Klingon! No need to ablar mal pahrah meee.” And related, quit the salsa background music in your Spanish-language ads--not all Latinos like Salsa!  New York City, Politics 2009-11-06T06:52:00-05:00 http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/re_re_elect_third_term_election/ http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/re_re_elect_third_term_election/#When:05:48:00Z A politician is sometimes “elected” to a first term in office, “re-elected” to a second term, and “re-re-elected” to a third time. New York City’s two-term mayor Michael Bloomberg overturned the term limit laws in 2008, paving the way for him to be “re-re-elected” to a third term as New York City mayor in 2009. A fourth term in office might be a “re-re-re-election,” and so on. Merriam-Webster’s Online Dictionary Main Entry: re·elect Pronunciation: ˌrē-ə-ˈlekt Function: transitive verb Date: 1601 : to elect for another term in office — re·elec·tion Google Groups: rec.autos.sport.f1 Newsgroups: rec.autos.sport.f1 From: Senator Tom Temper Tantrum Dasshole Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 23:25:01 GMT Local: Fri, Nov 22 2002 5:25 pm Subject: Re: Canadians Call Pres Bush a “ Moron”. Mass has re re re re re re elected DUI Ted Kennedy since the 60’s . Best of the Blogs Voters Be Damned: A “Benevolent” Dictator In The Making by Josh Hammond on 05/30/2009 07:32 (...) He can’t legally run again. So he cons the city council into telling the voters to feck off and they capitulate, and change the city charter against the twice-expressed wishes of the voters, and he is running again. This time he sees a different way to get “re-re-elected”, so he changes his party affliation again, this time to Independent so he can get the endorsement, sanction, of both parties who will have weak candidates because they can’t go up against his personal millions. Now he is the savior of all mankind, at least in his own mind. Mike Bloomberg has no shame. Teachable Moment Friday, September 18, 2009 No Surprises Here (...) Maybe the mail will run better if Bloomberg is re-re-elected. Google Groups: alt.obituaries Newsgroups: alt.obituaries From: BobF Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:07:45 +1300 Local: Mon, Oct 26 2009 3:07 pm Subject: The Sayings of Roy - Volume One Most pols insist on running the sword through themselves every time the opportunity presents itself.  They’re weird that way.  That’s the main type that gets elected and re-elected and re-re-elected ad infinitum, because the people have been so dumbed-down (via the Government-owned-and-run skools) over the past 45 years, they don’t know their head from a hole-in-the-ground and don’t recognize a principled, honorable man (or woman) who sincerely believes in limited Government any longer. New York City, Politics 2009-11-06T05:48:00-05:00 http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/something_rotten_in_the_cotton/ http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/something_rotten_in_the_cotton/#When:20:32:00Z "Something (is) rotten in the cotton” is a Southern expression meaning that something is wrong. U.S. president Lyndon B. Johnson (1908-1973) is credited with saying it. “Something rotten in the cotton” appears in print by at least 1961, when the line was used in the play Purlie Victorious by Ossie Davis. Google Books Purlie Victorious; a comedy in three acts By Ossie Davis New York, NY: Samuel French 1961 Pg. ?: GITLOW. Something is rotten in the cotton 3 March 1977, Augusta (GA) Chronicle, “Posted hours in mills is defended,” pg. 10C, col. 1: COLUMBIA (UPI)—Rep. Kay Patterson, defending a state law requiring the posting of employe work hours in textile mills, accused Labor Commissioner Edgar L. McGowan and the house Labor, Commerce and Industry Committee Wednesday of being promanagement. (...) “Something’s rotten in the cotton” if textile firms support the measure, he said. 23 November 1977, Florence (SC) Morning News, “Mitchell Wants Survey Answered,” pg. 11A, col. 3: Rep. Theo W. Mitchell says he thinks some persons don’t want to answer the questions because there is “something rotten in the cotton and there must be something they want to hide from the public and the General Assembly.” Google Books The status of efforts to identify Persian Gulf War syndrome : hearings before the Subcommittee on Human Resources and Intergovernmental Relations of the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourth Congress, second session, March 11, 28; June 25; and September 19, 1996. By United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform and Oversight. Subcommittee on Human Resources and Intergovernmental Relations. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office 1997 Pg. 356: Mr. TOWNS. Lyndon Johnson would say there is something rotten in the cotton. Blogging Black Miami Wednesday, May 16, 2007 Something is rotten in the cotton JESCA (James E. Scott Community Association) is Miami’s oldest social service organization run by blacks. Most of its board of directors are prominent members in Miami’s black community. So why, pray tell, does Joe Arriola, a white Hispanic, need to bail out the organization? MidlandsConnect.com Missing person’s case becomes murder trial By Crystal Walker Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at 8:33 p.m. (...) Defense attorney I.S. Leevy Johnson says the State has not made its case and then reminds jurors about reasonable doubt. “Something just ain’t right, there’s something rotten in the cotton, now that’s what reasonable doubt is.” Johnson says this is not a murder case, “We contend this is a missing person’s case.” New York (NY) Post BofA’s counsel had no ‘legal’ authority in Merrill deal By MARK DeCAMBRE, RICH WILNER and KAJA WHITEHOUSE Posted: 1:00 AM, November 4, 2009 (...) “This is another fact that leads me to believe there could be something rotten in the cotton,” Ed Towns (D-Brooklyn), chairman of the Congressional Oversight Committee, told The Post. He is investigating the BofA/Merrill merger. Texas (Lone Star State Dictionary) 2009-11-04T20:32:00-05:00 http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/charticle_chart_article/ http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/charticle_chart_article/#When:10:50:00Z A “charticle” is a “chart” that’s also an “article.” The term “charticle” was used in Forbes magazine since at least February 23, 1998. Forbes’ “Charticle” feature was written by Peter Brimelow. The “charticle” had appeared in newspapers for many years before 1998, then called an “infographic” or other names. Wikipedia: Charticle A Charticle is a combination of text, images and graphics that takes the place of a full article. Unlike a traditional news article that usually consists of large blocks of text with occasional images or other graphics used to enhance the article’s visual appeal or to convey some ancillary information, a charticle is composed primarily of an image with text used only sparingly to provide additional information. The ratio of text to images is inverted in a charticle compared to a traditional article, essentially making it the graphic novel equivalent of a traditional news article. Fauxcabulary Charticle Pronunciation: chahrt -ti-kuh l Function: noun Etymology: chart + article : more commonly referred to as an infographic, the word charticle is used mostly in the newspaper industry to describe a the use of visual imagery, design elements, and text as a narrative device thought to allow a reader easy access to the information presented. USA Today is best known for its charticle usage, but Gawker also embraces the term. Another good example would be New York magazine’s Approval Matrix. Squeasel Words: Portmanteaus or Blends charticle (chart + article) — An article in a magazine that is presented in the form of a chart. 12 February 1998, Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch, pg. A21: A “charticle” by Peter Brimelow in the February 23 Forbes says disturbing things about unemployment among African Americans. 30 April 1998, Pittsburgh (PA) Post-Gazette, pg. E3: Peter Brimelow’s always interesting double-page feature, ``Charticle,’’ not only shows how stable the real price of an ounce of gold has been… ,a href="http://www.villagevoice.com/1999-07-06/news/generation-ex/2">Village Voice (New York, NY) Generation Ex Some get a decade; we get a moment Eric Weisbard Tuesday, July 6th 1999 (...) Again, Big Daddy and Austin Powers are very wet dreams of a world where our manifold references are commonplace, not just interior landfill fit only for our signal contribution to journalism: the comparative rather than interpretive “charticle.” Free Republic Blame pain-in-the-neck unions for education bow tie (and suburban parents) Chicago Sun-Times ^ | 05/20/2003 | John O’Sullivan Posted on Wednesday, May 21, 2003 10:24:25 AM by Constitutionalist Conservative Remember the bell curve? Well, here comes its even more terrifying successor—the bow tie. Some years ago a Forbes columnist was compiling a chart for an article on education. The statistical relationship he uncovered in his research was so remarkable that it became an article in itself--or what the columnist called “a charticle.” That is a chart that makes such a strong point that it requires very few words of additional explanation. Charticles duly became a regular feature in Forbes and later on CBS Marketwatch. In this case the charticle consisted of two lines. One line, beginning at the lower left hand corner of the chart and rising diagonally to the upper right hand corner, represented national spending on education. New York (NY) Times Has Gawker Jumped the Snark? By ALLEN SALKIN Published: January 13, 2008 (...) “I don’t care that top 10 lists perform well on the Internet,” Mr. Sicha said by phone last week from New Hampshire, where he was covering the primaries for The New York Observer. “I don’t want to write a top 10 list in my life, ever. I don’t want to construct a charticle.” crackunit.com What is a Charticle? 17/02/2008 (...) I’d never come across the term ‘charticle’ before. And I can’t be the only one as it’s not even included in Wikipedia (yet). I thought that might mean that it didn’t actually exist?!? American Journalism Review (October/November 2008) Charticle Fever Bite-sized combinations of words, images and graphics called charticles are in vogue at a number of American newspapers. And they are not necessarily the enemy of compelling narrative. By Dane Stickney (...) Well, here’s an equation that editors and designers in newsrooms ranging from small dailies in Oregon to major metros in Florida are increasingly turning to: Chart + article = charticle.  New York City, Newspapers 2009-11-04T10:50:00-05:00 http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/columny_calumny_from_a_columnist/ http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/columny_calumny_from_a_columnist/#When:09:57:00Z "Calumny” means a misrepresentation that harms another’s reputation. A “columnist” is a person who writes a column of news or opinion for a publication. “Columny” is a columnist’s calumny. William Safire (1929-2009), the language maven and political pundit who wrote columns for the New York (NY) Times, often referred to a fellow writer as a “colleague in columny.” Safire used “columny” at least as early as 1979, almost always using the term in jest. “Columny” appears in print by at least 1940, but Safire’s constant use of the word popularized it. Merriam Webster’s Online Dictionary Main Entry: cal·um·ny Pronunciation: ˈka-ləm-nē also ˈkal-yəm- Function: noun Inflected Form(s): plural cal·um·nies Etymology: Middle English calumnye, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French calomnie, from Latin calumnia, from calvi to deceive; perhaps akin to Old English hōlian to slander, Greek kēlein to beguile Date: 15th century 1 : a misrepresentation intended to harm another’s reputation 2 : the act of uttering false charges or misrepresentations maliciously calculated to harm another’s reputation Time magazine Books: Columny Monday, Sep. 23, 1940 GOSSIP: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF WALTER WINCHELL—St. Clair McKelway—Viking ($1.75). Google News Archive 24 September 1979, The Age (Melbourne), “Putting the verb back in its place” from William Safire in New York, pg. 11, col. 2: My revered colleague in columny, James J. Kilpatrick, author of the classic “The Foxes Union” and a conservative before that persuassion became de rigeur mortis, was taking me to task recently for abandoning the ramparts on “hopefully.” New York (NY) Times On Language; Goons and Ginks and Company Finks By WILLIAM SAFIRE Published: Sunday, November 1, 1987 (...) My colleague in columny, Russell Baker, nobody’s Schmierfink, was moved before Labor Day to evoke a song best known to labor skates:... New York (NY) Times ON LANGUAGE; Andrid’s Revenge BY WILLIAM SAFIRE Published: Sunday, January 15, 1989 (...) I took issue with my colleague in columny in a piece entitled ‘’Color Me Tainted,’’ arguing that political experience enriches a commentator’s understanding of the ‘’contrivance and manipulation’’ that goes on. Time magazine WILLIAM SAFIRE: Prolific Purveyor Of Punditry By WALTER SHAPIRO Monday, Feb. 12, 1990 Writing a provocative newspaper column is an invitation to be egregiously wrong in public—at least some of the time. Take the man who is America’s best practitioner of the art of columny: succinctly melding fact and opinion in an unforgiving 770-word format. New York (NY) Times ON LANGUAGE; Manhandling the Handlers By William Safire Published: Sunday, November 24, 1991 (...) WILLIAM F. BUCKLEY Jr., my senior colleague in columny, has just finished writing his most intimate and self-revealing book, which will prove that even right-wingers have feelings. 9 March 2001, Albuqueque (NM) Journal, “‘Columny’ And Other Matters” by Jim Belshaw: Certain truths make themselves known in the column business (or “columny,” as Safire would have it). New York (NY) Times Protecting Saddam By WILLIAM SAFIRE Published: Monday, March 18, 2002 (...) My colleague in columny, a respected commentator with a fine writing style, bases his conclusion on recent interviews with ‘’senior European officials.’’ New York (NY) Times November 8, 2004 OP-ED COLUMNIST The Great Mentioner By WILLIAM SAFIRE (...) My old colleague in Times columny, Russ Baker, conjured the oracle: the Great Mentioner. New York (NY) Times Language: Foreign tidbits worth gobbling up By William Safire Published: Monday, April 18, 2005 WASHINGTON — My colleague in columny, Maureen Dowd, charged recently that Vice President Dick Cheney and his aides “shoehorned all their meshugas about Saddam’s aluminum tubes, weapons labs, drones and Al Qaeda links into Powell’s UN speech.” Google Books Safire’s Political Dictionary By William Safire New York, NY: Oxford University Press 2008 Pg. 670: (The noun calumny means “false and malicious charges”; when stooped to by a columnist, it can be called columny.) the glittering eye Your Word For the Day: Columny by Dave Schuler on September 25, 2009 I saw the word “columny”, presumably a portmanteau word composed of “column” and “calumny”, for the first time in this post by Matt Welch in response to Paul Krugman’s indictment of opponents of Waxman-Markey as denialist right-wing ideologues:... New York (NY) Times Op-Ed Columnist Who Are You Calling a Narcissist, Rush? By MAUREEN DOWD Published: November 3, 2009 (...) I went on to columny, as my pal Bill Safire called it, and Rush went on to calumny. New York City, Newspapers 2009-11-04T09:57:00-05:00 http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/cocktailian/ http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/cocktailian/#When:00:51:00Z Entry in progress—B.P. Word Spy cocktailian (kawk.TAYL.ee.un) n. A person who is an expert at making cocktails; a master bartender. —adj. Example Citation: “Professor” Jerry Thomas, that is, hero to all cocktail historians, aspiring bar stars and other assorted “cocktailians” (a term coined, as far as we know, by spirit and cocktail writer Gary Regan.) Thomas, considered by many to be the father of the cocktail, and his heritage was the spark for a recent SlowFood NYC tribute to the purely American form of drinking, held at the classic NYC Oak Room in the Plaza Hotel. —"Hats off to Jerry,” Cheers, April 1, 2003 Earliest Citation: One of Abou-Ganim’s winning cocktails was the Golden Dragon, a drink made with 8-year-old rum, orgeat or almond syrup, creme de coconut and fresh cream. The ingredients were shaken well and then strained into an ice-filled, old-fashioned glass that had been coated with sweet vermouth. The drink earned the esteemed cocktailian a whopping 74 points out of a possible 80, placing him second in the Millennium Cocktail category. —Gary Regan, “U.S. bartenders mix it up with best in world, end dry spell with six prizes,” Nation’s Restaurant News, September 10, 2001 Notes: Mixing cocktails is becoming a highfalutin business. As proof (no, that’s not a pun) you need only consider the large number of drink mixers who are nixing the title bartender (a worthy word that dates from 1836). Instead, many prefer the pretentious appellation bar chef or the awkward label cocktailian. There’s an earlier — now defunct — sense of this word that referred to any person who enjoys cocktails: Though the tour of the mansion is worth an admission price, the charge probably dissuaded fleets of cocktailians from stepping out onto their strobe-lit dance floor. —Diana Aitchison, “On the town,” The Commercial Appeal (Memphis), May 21, 1993 Google Books Interviews with Robert Frost By Robert Frost and Edward Connery Lathem New York, NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston 1966 Pg. 119: On T. S. Eliot’s latest play — “Cocktailian Episcopalia.” Google Books Robert Frost: a biography By Jeffrey Meyers Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin 1996 Pg. 200: He called Eliot’s The Cocktail Party, a successful religious play of 1950, “Cocktailian Episcopalia. Access My Library DrinkBoy.com: Rich in Cocktail knowhow, and everybody knows your online name. (On Beverage). Nation’s Restaurant News| March 04, 2002 | Regan, Gary I think it’s about time to tell the full story about the members of the Cocktailian Club. It’s not a real club - and to tell the truth, I’m the only “member” to think of it under that name. Most of the rest of my fellow cocktailians just think of us as members of DrinkBoy’s Community for the Cultured Cocktail (hhp//communities.com com/drink/). Most of you will recognize at least some of these names: LibationGoddess, Dr. Cocktail, Porgy McNasty, Stinger, Dangermonkey, Bobbeaux and, of course, DrinkBoy himself, all of whom meet regularly at this Internet community. We all take the subject of cocktails seriously, and dozens, if not hundreds, more people with similar interests can be found there, too. Raphael, a Spaniard who dissects each and every drink and tirelessly experiments with ingredient ratios, is another ardent cocktailian, and David Wondrich, the guy in charge of cocktails at esquire.com, appears frequently under his own name. 24 May 2003, The Herald (Glasgow, Scotland), ‘The word on the street is cocktailian” by Beth Pearson, pg. 2: Handily, it can be used as a noun or adjective (although its form means that it is correctly used as an adjective). Therefore, a cocktailian may mix your cosmopolitan, but you may also go for a cocktailian refreshment after work. Cocktailian is the preferred American term; mixologist is the British equivalent. Both terms were invented after the cocktail, last seen in the Tom Cruise film of the same name, was dragged back in fashion by media role-models, the growth of style bars and drinks manufacturers. Life with a Cocktail Thursday, December 4, 2008 Cocktailian? Obviously, I love cocktails. Thursday nights, as you know, are cocktail night here in my household. Interestingly, a friend of mine once wondered if by cocktail night I meant going out with girlfriends for drinks. No, I stay right at home where my favorite bartender, Brian, makes my cosmos exactly the way I like it. (...) I’m picky about my cocktails or so I thought. In the NY Times (the source for all my information, have ya noticed?) I found this article about cocktail geeks or cocktailians as one person prefers. OCLC WorldCat record SPIRITS UPDATE - Craft distillers are creating exciting local and regional products that will appeal to “cocktailians,” gourmet travelers and your customers. Author: Jerald O’Kennard Publisher: [Cleveland, Ohio : Penton/IPC] Edition/Format: Article : English Publication: Restaurant hospitality. 93, no. 2, (2009): 50 LA Weekly (Los Angeles, CA) The New Cocktailians The farmers market–loving, sleeve garter–wearing ladies and gentlemen of the bar taking over L.A.’s restaurants one glass at a time By Jonathan Gold Published on March 04, 2009 at 2:22pm Village Voice - Fork in the Road Did Gary Regan Coin the Term ‘Cocktailian’? And, More Importantly, Does It Work? By Chantal Martineau in Drink Up, FeaturedWednesday, Sep. 30 2009 @ 5:25PM ​For those among us who cringe each time a suspendered, mustachioed barman proclaims himself “mixologist”—a word likely to be uttered repeatedly at this weekend’s Manhattan Cocktail Classic—salvation may lie in a new term, one that conveys a greater sophistication than the task a mere drinks slinger performs, yet doesn’t attempt to heighten the craft of tending bar to scientific proportions. The word “cocktailian” may meet such criteria. The term has been thrown around for several years now, and has even been employed on Fork in the Road. But where does it come from? Spirits writer and bitters producer Gary Regan would like to take credit for it, thank you very much. On his website, Ardent Spirits, he posts a correspondence between himself and several others in the industry about introducing the term that is dated May through November 2001. Unless someone would like to challenge its first usage (Barry Popik, we’re looking at you), it appears Regan may well have invented the word. Now, whether it’s grammatically appropriate is another question. Some feel that the “ian” ending is too adjectival. Any tippling grammarians—or linguistically-inclined imbibers—like to weigh in? 7 comment(s) / Post a Comment JR says: I love Gary, but there are plenty of much earlier references. He probably brought the word back, and I do think it’s a good one, but there’s a reference to the “Young England discovery of the pure Cocktailian race” in a book called “Nuts and Nutcrackers, by C.J. Lever. You could look it up. Posted On: Thursday, Oct. 1 2009 @ 10:41AM smackyou says: Who gives a fuc*? Posted On: Thursday, Oct. 1 2009 @ 12:39PM gary regan says: As noted in WordSpy, there’s also this earlier reference to the term: Though the tour of the mansion is worth an admission price, the charge probably dissuaded fleets of cocktailians from stepping out onto their strobe-lit dance floor. Diana Aitchison, “On the town,” The Commercial Appeal (Memphis), May 21, 1993. And Rob Lozan, an artist, does paintings of a 3-eyed alien character drinking a cocktail. He dubs the guy The Cocktailian, and this, too, predates my 2001 “coining” of the term. There’s nothing new under the face of the sun, as they say, though I do think that it’s possible that my 2001 DrinkBoy posting might have given birth to its present meaning, at least within the bartending community. I posted the 2001 drinkboy thing onto our site after someone aske me to define the term. Here’s what I came up with: Cocktailian: A bartender, or an amateur mixologist, who has a deep knowledge of ingredients commonly used in cocktails, and the ability to bring them together in harmony. Then, after consulting with Robert Hess, a cocktailian if there ever was one, he added a second definition: Cocktailian: A person with a deep appreciation for well-constructed cocktails and mixed drinks. And for the record, I’d rather be a good bartender--someone who really cares about his or her customers in a truly personal sense--than a great cocktailian any day of the week. Cheers, gaz regan Posted On: Thursday, Oct. 1 2009 @ 12:46PM cmartineau says: @JR: Thanks for this! Posted On: Friday, Oct. 2 2009 @ 4:15PM cmartineau says: @smackyou: Um, cocktail nerds. Duh. Posted On: Friday, Oct. 2 2009 @ 4:16PM cmartineau says: @ gary regan: Yes, it’s true. There is nothing new under the sun! But I’m glad you posted the correspondence anyway. There are so many great literary references to cocktails that it only makes sense for cocktail people to seriously discuss words, no? Posted On: Friday, Oct. 2 2009 @ 4:20PM gaz regan says: Yes, it’s fun to discuss this stuff. I should probabky add that when I “coined’ the word (even though it had been “coined” before, I had never consciously seen or heard it), it was meant to be a word to replace “mixologist,” and in that context, it didn’t work at all. Cocktailian found its own meaning by being used by the bartending community, and then picked up by the public at large. Posted On: Saturday, Oct. 3 2009 @ 9:03AM New York City, Food and Drink 2009-11-04T00:51:00-05:00 http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/new_york_compost_new_york_post_nickname/ http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/new_york_compost_new_york_post_nickname/#When:09:47:00Z The New York (NY) Post daily newspaper has leaned conservative under owner Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation. A common unflattering nickname of the newspaper (cited in print since at least 2005) is the New York ComPost (or comPost or Compost). Several other Post-named newspapers—such as the Washington (DC) Post—also have the ComPost nickname. Wikipedia: New York Post The New York Post is the 13th-oldest newspaper published in the United States and is generally acknowledged as the oldest to have been published continuously as a daily, although – as is the case with most other papers – its publication has been periodically interrupted by labor actions. Since 1993, it has been owned by media mogul Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation, which had owned it previously from 1976 to 1988 before being forced to sell it because of government restrictions on the press. It is the sixth-largest newspaper in the U.S. by circulation. Its editorial offices are located at 1211 Avenue of the Americas, in New York City, New York. Free Republic And typical of the New York Compost, which is not even an attempt at sober journalism. 6 posted on Wednesday, February 12, 2003 8:22:45 AM by Greybird Democratic Underground TheCowsCameHome Thu Nov-03-05 07:49 PM Gotta love that New York ComPost - it’s like an open dumpster THe ANti-Idiotarian Rottweiler Poor Misha and his Imperial Hubris (set off by The New York comPost) has jumped the shark and gone off the deep end into Black Helicopter land: George Soros Calls Republican “Nazis”, Film at Eleven. […] February 6th, 2007 at 4:34 PM Vunet.org Rupert Murdoch’s New York ComPost (Mon, 19 Feb 2007 19:28:19 GMT) WTF Is It Now?!? November 14, 2007 Conservaturd propaganda noozecorp: “protect Giuliani” (...) The News Corporation controls a variety of media outlets worldwide, including the New York comPost and the Fox “News” Channel. Queerty No. 1 · seitan-on-a-stick (...) The New York Times is more of an International newspaper than local paper anyway with Free access online and another scheduled rate-hike, with lil Free Giveaway newspaper, AM New York the largest circulation newspaper in Manhattan (where everything counts) and New York (Com)Post and Daily Confused (er, News) actually considering combining presses. This town needs a (media) enema, anyway! Posted: Aug 11, 2008 at 7:42 pm Can’t Stop The Bleeding pbaer132 says: 8/17/2008 at 8:47 pm Typical Mushnick crap. How does that hypocrite still have a job? A Hall of Fame fraud if ever there was one — another reason they call it the New York ComPost. Justice not Just US Thursday, April 2, 2009 The New York comPost is at it again. Expect the lies to get bigger and the attacks on veteran teachers to heat up. They are so predictable. Jeremiah’s Vanishing New York chris flash said… You all keep refering to that crappy “news"paper by the wrong name. It’s actually the New York ComPost!! May 28, 2009 4:09 PM New York City, Newspapers 2009-11-02T09:47:00-05:00 http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/if_youre_not_angry_confused_mad_outraged_youre_not_paying_attention/ http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/if_youre_not_angry_confused_mad_outraged_youre_not_paying_attention/#When:23:27:00Z Entry in progress—B.P. Zazzle.com If You’re Not Outraged You’re Not Paying Attention Bumper Sticker by ObamasLastDay Bumper Sticker for the Disgruntled Google Books The New Official Rules: Maxims for muddling through to the twenty-first century By Paul Dickson Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley Pub. Co. 1989 Pg. 107: Jan’s Law of Sensitivity. If you’re not going nuts, you’re not paying attention. — Janis Jones, Sunland, Calif. Google Books Health, illness, and disability in later life: Practice issues and interventions By Rosalie F. Young and Elizabeth A. Olson Newbury Park: Sage Publications 1991 Pg. 67: As one comedian expressed it, “If you’re not miserable, you’re not paying attention!” Google Books And I Quote: The definitive collection of quotes, sayings, and jokes for the contemporary speechmaker By Ashton Applewhite, Tripp Evans, and Andrew Frothingham New York, NY: St. Martin’s Press 1992 Pg. 206: If you’re not confused, you’re not paying attention. Google Books Walden Ponderings: What’s right, what’s wrong, what matters By Alan Walden Baltimore, MD: Pub. Concepts 1995 Pg. 93: If you’re not worried yet, baseball fans, you’re not paying attention. TheFiringLine Forums John Marshall August 6, 2000, 10:24 PM If you’re not a little upset with the way the world is going, you’re not paying attention. Off-Road Forums & Discussion Groups 05-05-2001, 02:03 AM If you’re not outraged, you’re not paying attention! OCLC WorldCat record If you’re not outraged, you’re not paying attention. Author: GP Lenehan Edition/Format: Article : English Publication: Journal of emergency nursing: JEN : official publication of the Emergency Department Nurses Association, 2003 Oct; 29(5): 399-400 Database: From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. OCLC WorldCat record Take charge of your money now! : essential strategies for winning in any financial climate Author: A J Monte; Rick Swope Publisher: New York : Ballantine Books, ©2009. Edition/Format: Book : English : 1st edView all editions and formats Summary: Trusted nationwide through their show on public television, seminars, and podcasts, The Market Guys bring inside perspective on how the markets work, how to manage risk, and how to survive turbulent times. Now, The Market Guys share their key strategies for helping readers control their finances. Complete with illustrative anecdotes, this book is a vital resource for these difficult economic times, a do-it-yourself classic by two take-charge guys. Contents: Know the market—Speak the language of the market—Choosing your market—Know yourself—Who’s watching your money?—If you’re not angry, you’re not paying attention 2009-11-01T23:27:00-05:00 http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/lipstick_index_lipstick_indicator_lipstick_theory/ http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/lipstick_index_lipstick_indicator_lipstick_theory/#When:10:02:00Z Entry in progress—B.P. Wikipedia: Lipstick index The lipstick index is a term coined by Leonard Lauder, chairman of the board of Estee Lauder, used to describe increased sales of cosmetics during the Early 2000s recession. Lauder made the claim that lipstick sales could be an economic indicator, in that purchases of cosmetics - lipstick in particular - tend to be inversely correlated to economic health. The speculation was that women substitute more expensive like dresses and shoes for lipstick in times of economic distress. Lauder identified the Lipstick index as sales across the Estee Lauder family of brands. Subsequent recessions, including the Late-2000s recession, provided controverting evidence to Lauder’s claims, as sales have actually fallen with reduced economic activity. Conversely, lipstick sales have experienced growth during periods of increased economic activity. As a result, the lipstick index has been discredited as an economic indicator. The increased sales of cosmetics in 2001 has since been attributed to increased interest in celebrity-designed cosmetics brands. Investopedia Leading Lipstick Indicator An indicator based on the theory that a consumer turns to less expensive indulgences, such as lipstick, when she (or he) feels less than confident about the future. Therefore, lipstick sales tend to increase during times of economic uncertainty or a recession. Wikipedia: Leonard Lauder Leonard Lauder (born 1934) was chief executive of Estée Lauder Companies until 1999; now he serves as chairman of the board. Today Estee Lauder operates several brands in the cosmetics industry including Estee Lauder, Clinique, MAC Cosmetics, Aveda, Bobbi Brown and Stila. Lauder gained notoriety in 2001 for creating the Lipstick index, a since discredited economic indicator. Leonard Lauder comes from the Lauder family, a prominent Jewish family in the cosmetics business; he is the son of Joseph and Estée Lauder, and the older brother of Ronald Lauder. New York (NY) Times Oedipal Loop de Loop By MAUREEN DOWD Published: Sunday, December 2, 2001 So will the president focus more on Wall Street’s lipstick index or Teddy Roosevelt’s big-stick index? The lipstick index is a way to judge a recession. When the economy goes down, lipstick sales go up. Women indulge in smaller luxuries and skip bigger ones. The big-stick index is a way conservatives judge the president. Will W. whack Saddam with the stick, or will he fold, the way his dad did? Access My Library Lipstick sales say a mouthful about economy. Miami Herald (Miami, FL)| December 12, 2001 Byline: Paul Brinkley-Rogers Published Wednesday, December 12, 2001 The economy struggles and war rages, but women are buying more lipstick, a fact borne out by increased production, sharply higher retail sales, and acknowledgement by fashion houses that this is no myth. It may sound implausible. But ever since the Great Depression of the 1930s, female lipstick buying patterns have been the reverse of market indexes. The index plunges, lipstick sales soar. A variation of this trend occurs in war, when sales of blood-red lipstick suddenly take off, although no one knows exactly why. Lipstick, from $1.95 to $25, is a quick feel-good fix that allows females to shop without having to buy a new outfit, many experts say. ``When things get tough, women buy lipstick,’’ says Leonard Lauder, chairman of the Estee Lauder Companies. They are buying more lipstick—perhaps 11 percent more than last year, according to a study of major retail outlets—in sync with another indicator of perilous times, the so-called hemline factor. When there is war, the theory goes, hemlines come down in high fashion, to at least calf length, because long skirts make women feel more secure. New York (NY) Times Skin Deep Hard Times, but Your Lips Look Great By KAYLEEN SCHAEFER Published: May 1, 2008 (...) Ms. Stein’s rationale for buying lipstick echoes a theory once proposed by Leonard Lauder, the chairman of Estée Lauder Companies. After the terrorist attacks of 2001 deflated the economy, Mr. Lauder noticed that his company was selling more lipstick than usual. He hypothesized that lipstick purchases are a way to gauge the economy. When it’s shaky, he said, sales increase as women boost their mood with inexpensive lipstick purchases instead of $500 slingbacks. Newsweek A Girl’s Guide to Economics I like lipstick as much as the next gal. But can we quit attributing my purchases to the ‘Lipstick Index,’ please? By Jessica Bennett | Newsweek Web Exclusive Apr 23, 2009 As the truism goes, when times get tough, women buy lipstick to make themselves feel better. In 2001, Estée Lauder chairman Leonard Lauder coined the phrase “Lipstick Index” to describe why lipstick sales rose by 11 percent in the months after 9/11. The idea: when the economy is crap, we can’t afford to buy the latest “it” bag or expensive pair of “Sex and the City"-inspired Manolos. So, to make our poor little shopping-obsessed selves feel better, we spend on things that make us feel pretty: colorful tubes of lipstick, plumping gels or glosses that can cost upward of $50. As Lauder put it, “In stressful times, many consumers are reaching out for those small indulgences that provide momentary pleasure.” That may be true, but apparently those indulgences are no longer centered on lipstick. This recession around, it’s flawless skin—not rosy lips—that has become the female pick-me-up. According to new figures from Kline & Company, a market-research firm, lipstick sales across the board fell 5.8 percent during 2008, while liquid foundation sales have grown 2.5 percent. Which means, as the Financial Times put it in a story last week: “In this recession, foundation is the cosmetic to watch.” New York City, Banking/Finance/Insurance 2009-11-01T10:02:00-05:00