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Hydra #178349 07/27/2008 11:42 PM

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Originally Posted By: Hydra
I've always wondered if Swift named his savages after an existing exclamation, or if someone took the exclamation from Swift. Undoubtably the former.

FWIW, the B&M OED lists Swift as the earliest citation and credits him with coining it.

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Woo hoo! BaselAnnie 07/26/2008 6:26 PM

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Re: Woo hoo! Hydra 07/27/2008 10:41 AM

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Re: Woo hoo! Hydra 07/27/2008 5:22 PM

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