[Vision2020] Shoe-Tossing Rallies in Canada

[Paul Rumelhart]

Are we using the same google?  I get 47,800 hits.  One of which is to 
the Urban Dictionary, which has three definitions for it: 
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=USian

The first two definitions match what Chas is describing, the third deems 
it a derogatory term.  Thus, it can apparently be derogatory or not, 
depending upon it's usage.

Paul

Donovan Arnold wrote:
> Chas,
>
> I only got 18,000 hits on Google, and many of them were not for what you used it for. The few that were using it were Bloggers using it in a negative way, which means to me it is an offensive as a derogatory term. 
>
> 18,000, is also pretty weak. I can get many more hits for a misspelled word, that doesn't mean it is the correct spelling. 
>
> If it isn't listed as Definition anywhere, it isn't a word yet. 
>
> USians: “University of Southern Indiana Association of Nursing Students”
>
>
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Donovan
>
>
> --- On Sun, 12/21/08, Chasuk <chasuk at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>   
>> From: Chasuk <chasuk at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Shoe-Tossing Rallies in Canada
>> To: donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com
>> Cc: "vision 2020" <Vision2020 at moscow.com>, "Ralph Nielsen" <nielsen at uidaho.edu>, "Gene Trainor" <gtrain3 at msn.com>, "Jack Lines" <jackml at attglobal.net>
>> Date: Sunday, December 21, 2008, 3:04 PM
>> On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 14:10, Donovan Arnold
>> <donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> Well, Chas, if you re going to make up words you
>>>       
>> better make an entry into Wikipedia for "Usians"
>> with at least one other legit reference to it because
>> otherwise nobody knows what you are talking about. Why the
>> extra "i" instead of an "A"?
>>
>> Sorry, I didn't make the word up, nor its spelling.
>>
>> Google gives about 47,000 results.
>>
>> A person would have to be pretty thick not to be able to
>> easily figure
>> out its meaning.
>>
>> There is no extra "i."  The "i" is part
>> of the common prefix "ian," as
>> in WashingtonIAN, etc. (capitalization mine).
>>     
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