Walter Shapiro

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Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@MartyDavis @lowellmickwhite Thank you. Thank you. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 25, 2021

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I discovered, based on the first dictionary that I consulted, that the word was formed from the verb "ecdysis" which is the scientific term for an insect shedding its skin. Aren't you glad you know that? — PolitiTweet.org

Every newspaper columnist in the 1930s during the Gypsy Rose Lee Era and the last gasps of burlesque used this word… https://t.co/cSxnjxHVBk

Posted Feb. 25, 2021

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Here is the full story. In 1940, the renowned stripper Georgia Sothern begged wordsmiths to come up with a high-toned word for her occupation. In April 1940, Mencken noted that the scientific name for molting produces "ecdysist and ecdysiast." — PolitiTweet.org

@MrWalterShapiro @lowellmickwhite Etymology dictionary: https://t.co/4C0ZV9ACXi

Posted Feb. 25, 2021