From Tara Narcross-Wyckoff, a supermarket scene: Two points of linguistic interest here: the noun rub; and the semantics of N + N compounds X rub. (Several observers have speculated on possibly raunchy interpretations of the product name Cowboy Rub. I’ll get to that.) The noun rub. The verb rub has been nouned many times in a … Continue reading Cowboy Rub