Date:    Mon, 8 Jun 1998 19:33:11 -0400
<br>From:    "Bethany K. Dumas" <dumasb[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UTK.EDU>
<br>Subject: drinking & (was "drugging")
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<br>On Fri, 5 Jun 1998, Greg Pulliam wrote:
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<br>> The channel WGN noon news had a feature on today in which a psychologist
<br>> talked about teenagers using alcohol and drugs, and she used the phrase
<br>> "drinking and drugging" to describe their behavior.  I notice MW10 has this
<br>> intransitive use of "drugging" listed, but I'd never heard it before today.
<br>> Is this use common anywhere?
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<br>I've heard it for several years, probably as early as 1990, maybe even
<br>1988.
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<br>Bethany
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