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The citation is from the Roanoke Times and World-News, undoubtedly a redoubtable newspaper but scarcely one I should have selected as typifying AE.— VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XVI No 1
Perhaps it was formed originaly as a macaronic phrase by students, because of its meter; its earliest OED citation is in the 16th century, when the study of Horace would undoubtedly have been part of a scholar's curriculum (including the memorizing of many of the odes).— VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XVIII No 1
In fact, this citation is given in the OED, and I was quite aware of it.— VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol III No 3
Another important citation is from Allen Ginsberg's "Howl," where he has seen "The best minds in my generation destroyed by madness, ... who let themselves be fucked in the ass by saintly motorcyclists, and screamed with joy."— VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XXIII No 4
The second citation is from "East Coker."— VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIV No 3
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