Limits of Language Daily Post
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
The Linguist’s Calendar: June 19
Charles C. Boycott
June 19
1897: Irish estate manager Charles Cunningham Boycott is subject to protests from his tenants, and the incident establishes Boycott’s family name as a new noun in the English language.
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