On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 15:08:43 GMT, "Gregory Morrow"
> wrote:

>
>Derek Lyons wrote:
>
>> sf > wrote:
>>
>> >On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 01:32:01 GMT, (Derek
>> >Lyons) wrote:
>> >
>> >> Then you've been hiding in a cellar. It's been a major retail concept
>> >> for twenty-thirty years and covered in the media for most of that
>> >> time.
>> >
>> >Major? Perhaps if you're in the business, but certainly not
>> >for ordinary shoppers.
>>
>> Virtually everyone I discuss the issue with is well aware of it...
>> Until the folks I've met in this thread.
>>
>> >That term was never on my radar screen with a meaning anywhere close
>> >to retail until this thread.
>>
>> The *term* is new, but you'll note we are not discussing the term in
>> this subthread, but the *concept*.
>
>
>I'm well aware of the *concept*, but have never heard the *term* -- and I
>consider myself reasonably well - read (and that includes perusing daily the
>_Wall Street Journal_, the _Financial Times_, and the bizness pages of other
>major papers)...

it sounded like 'folk etymology' to me...

your pal,
blake