What a wonderful article! Thank you for this. I absolutely love Ghostbusters — and etymology as well — so knowing that Ghostbusters popularized “slime” as a verb as well as a new metaphorical use of “toast” simply delights me.
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Vaylon Kenadell:
May 9th, 2018 at 11:41 am
What a wonderful article! Thank you for this. I absolutely love Ghostbusters — and etymology as well — so knowing that Ghostbusters popularized “slime” as a verb as well as a new metaphorical use of “toast” simply delights me.