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The Gin Is Up
Jun. 18th, 2008 10:37 amA while back I noticed what seemed to me to be a surge in the use of the term "gin up". It seemed so suddenly and mysteriously prevalent that I started collecting examples:
( Ten of them, in fact... )
I honestly don't remember this term being used so frequently in the past. What has caused this surge? The first time I remember running across it, in fact, was when Obama got into a little spat with Australian PM John Howard in February 2007. As CNN reported: 'The Democratic presidential hopeful said if the Australian prime minister was "ginned up to fight the good fight in Iraq," he needs to send another 20,000 Australians to the war. "Otherwise, it's just a bunch of empty rhetoric," Obama said.' Is that where it started, or has it been seeping in slowly while I wasn't paying attention? For that matter, has it been in wide use forever while I was oblivious?
( Ten of them, in fact... )I honestly don't remember this term being used so frequently in the past. What has caused this surge? The first time I remember running across it, in fact, was when Obama got into a little spat with Australian PM John Howard in February 2007. As CNN reported: 'The Democratic presidential hopeful said if the Australian prime minister was "ginned up to fight the good fight in Iraq," he needs to send another 20,000 Australians to the war. "Otherwise, it's just a bunch of empty rhetoric," Obama said.' Is that where it started, or has it been seeping in slowly while I wasn't paying attention? For that matter, has it been in wide use forever while I was oblivious?
