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From: ccc@bu-cs.UUCP (Cameron Carson)
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Subject: Re: Brand New
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Date: Tue, 14-May-85 14:51:08 EDT
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Posted: Tue May 14 14:51:08 1985
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[re: origin of "brand spanking new"]

I assumed the 'spanking' part to be derived from a newborn
infant's introduction to the cold cruel world.

-- 
Cameron C. Carson
Distributed Systems Group
Boston University ACC

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