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Barry Popik
Barry Popik (born August 6th, 1961) is an American etymologist . Popik is a consulting editor of the Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America [citation needed ] and was described in The Wall Street Journal as "the restless genius of American etymology".[1]
Early life and education
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Popik was born and raised in Rockland County, New York , in 1961, to Silvia Stahl and Sidney Popik.[citation needed ] He was educated at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute , in Troy, New York , graduating with a B.S. in economics in 1982 and a B.S. in management[clarification needed ] in 1982.[citation needed ] He received a J.D. from Touro Law School in Huntington, New York , in 1985.[citation needed ]
Career
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Popik is a freelance contributor-consultant to the Oxford English Dictionary , Dictionary of American Regional English , Historical Dictionary of American Slang and The Yale Book of Quotations .[citation needed ]
Popik contributed his independent research to the 2011 edition[2] of Professor Gerald Cohen's original 1991 monograph[3] on the etymology of "Big Apple " — that it was first popularized in the 1920s by sports writer John J. Fitz Gerald — which led to the New York City street corner where Fitz Gerald lived being renamed "Big Apple Corner" in 1997.[4]
Political career
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Popik was the Republican Party and Liberal Party of New York candidate for election as Manhattan Borough president in 2005.[citation needed ] He received more than 40,000 votes and finished second to Scott Stringer, who received more than 200,000 votes.[citation needed ] Popik was a law judge with the Parking Violations Bureau of the city's Department of Finance.[citation needed ]
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Popik met his wife Angie Garcia, a political strategist, while running for Manhattan Borough president in 2005. They married shortly afterward and moved to Austin, Texas , in September 2006, and had two children.[citation needed ] After seven years in Austin, the family moved back to New York.[citation needed ]
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Notes
^ Cohen, Gerald Leonard (1991). Origin of New York city's nickname "The Big Apple" . Frankfurt am Main: P. Lang. ISBN 3-631-43787-0 . OCLC 23766305 .
^ "Mayor Giuliani signs legislation creating "Big Apple Corner" in Manhattan" (Press release). New York: Mayor's Press Office. 1997-02-12. Retrieved 2014-03-07 .
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R e t r i e v e d f r o m " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Barry_Popik&oldid=1226610455 "
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