Barry Popik

Name: Barry Popik
Location: Kyle, TX
Job: lawyer/writer/etymologist

Recent Comments

On June 21, 2009 6:29 PM in City Council "Lady" Gives "Lunatic" $5K To Teach Etymology, they said:

Missouri professor Gerald Cohen and I solved the origin of "the Big Apple" in the pages of a publication called "Comments on Etymology. (I have a popular NYC etymology website, as some of you may know...

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On December 1, 2008 7:57 PM in Happy Bloody Mary Day!, they said:

The 75th anniversary of the Bloody Mary was celebrated in Times Square in New York City on Monday, December 1st. New York state and local officials (politicians have nothing better to do these days?) ...

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On July 7, 2008 4:13 AM in No Room for Jazz in Harlem?, they said:

So sad. I knew "Big Apple Jazz" (Palotnick's website by that name is still online). By the way, the historic "Big Apple" night club plaque at 135th Street and Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Boulevard wa...

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On May 17, 2008 1:54 AM in David Blaine Wants to Jump Off the Brooklyn Bridge, they said:

Steve Brodie DID make the jump. A dummy was NOT used. That is a popular myth. My friend, the late David Shulman of Brooklyn, studied this for many years and intended to write a book on the subject. He...

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On April 21, 2008 6:50 PM in Former Con Ed Head Charles F. Luce Dies at 90, they said:

I'm a little late with this, but "The Company You Love to Hate" was the March 1966 story in Fortune magazine, not Life magazine....

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