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Word: fountaining (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Usage:

some silver-fingered fountain steals the world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Grubby Cherub | 3/17/1980 | See Source »

...years ago. Rabbi Seymour Rosen was delighted to go to the gambling casino where Youngman was appearing to correct the oversight, and Tenor Jan Peerce was cantor. "Today," cracked Youngman, after reading his prescribed prayers in phonetic Hebrew, "I am a boy." Years ago, he insisted, "you got a fountain pen when you were bar mitzvahed. Now you get a computer." But the punch lines were watered with tears when the new kid in town tried to be serious before 300 friends. "Today," he concluded tearfully, "I am the proudest Jew in the world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jan. 28, 1980 | 1/28/1980 | See Source »

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