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The article traces its evolution from earlier “X strong” advertising and slogan patterns, comparing influences such as “Livestrong” and “Army Strong,” and showing how place-based variants like “Vermont Strong” and “Jersey Strong” emerged. 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Help us pick the winners - click  \nhere to vote now.  \nTEXT SIZE  \nMANAGE ACCOUNT  \nLOG OUT  \n| NEWS | Ide |  | aETRO | Go |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n|  |  |  |  |  |\n| ARTS | |  | BUSINESS  |  |\n| “SPBORToS ston Strong | ,” the p |  | hOPIrNIOaN se rallied | |\n| POLITICS | |  | LIFESTYLE  |  |\n| GtAyZINE | |  | TODAY'S PAPER  |  |\n\nHow’d we find a unifying phrase so fast? It’s been evolving for years.  \nE-MAIL FACEBOOK TWITTER GOOGLE LINKEDIN  \n3  \nBy Ben Zimmer  \nGLOBE CORRESPONDENT MAY 12, 2013  \n‘BOSTON STRONG.” The two-word motto has been everywhere in Boston since the Marathon bombings a month ago, a handy shorthand for defiance, solidarity, and caring. In its ubiquity,“Boston Strong” presents a united front in the face of threat.  \nAs a verbal meme,“Boston Strong” spread so quickly that it felt like a blooming organic force. Almost instantly, it adorned countless T-shirts, hats, and ribbons. MBTA buses began flashing it on their LED signs, and a state legislator proposed putting it on a special license plate to raise funds for victims. When a benefit concert headlined by Aerosmith was announced for later this month,“Boston Strong” was the obvious name.  \nCall it the city’s post-disaster brand. But while it may have seemed to come  \nout of nowhere, it actually drawson years of development by other “strong”  \nGLOBE STAFF PHOTOILLUSTRATION  \nbrands. The rapid success of  \n“Boston Strong” shows just how much we have learned from the advertising world in the creation of catchphrases that “stick,” even when they are inspired by utterly unexpected events.  \nWhere did the “X strong” trope come from? An early source is now shrouded in ignominy: “Livestrong,” the name of Lance Armstrong’s foundation intended to raise money for cancer survivors. While Armstrong and his charity endeavors have been discredited since his doping revelations, the yellow “Livestrong” wristbands were a huge philanthropic success story when they debuted a decade ago.  \nThe “strong” element of“Livestrong” played off Armstrong’s last name, obviously, turning what is typically an adjective into a so-called flat adverb — that is, an adverb without the “-ly” ending.“Young people with cancer should be empowered to fight hard, dream big, and live strong,” Armstrong said in 2004.  \nTwo years later, a very different “strong” slogan hit the scene. The  \nArmy, working with the New York ad agency McCann Erickson, rolled out its new recruiting slogan:“Army  \nStrong.”(This replaced “An Army of One,” which in 2001 had replaced “Be All You Can Be.”)  \nThe unusual noun-adjective combination led to some head-scratching among linguists. At the group blog Language Log (where I am a regular contributor), Roger Shuy, a forensic linguist who taught for 30 years at Georgetown University, wondered if“Army Strong” was supposed to be parsed as a noun followed by a modifying adjective, like “flowers galore” or “money aplenty.”  \nGeoffrey Pullum of the University of Edinburgh countered that the slogan should be understood as an adjective modified by an attributive noun — in other words,“Army strong” is a type of“strong.” The baritone voice-overheard in the commercials supported this reading:“There’s strong, and then there’s Army strong.”  \nSince then, other subtypes of“strong” have emerged in popular culture. In 2007, the country singer Britni Hoover released her debut album,“Country Strong.” The title track would, a few years later, lend its name to a movie starring Gwyneth Paltrow, and Paltrow recorded her own version of the tune.“ButI won’t stay down long,’cause I’m country strong,” the song goes, expressing a defiant note common to the “X Strong” theme.  \nThat defiance soon became tied to catastrophic events, as “strong” started getting modified by names of places in distress. After Hurricane Irene ravaged Vermont in August 2011, Lyz Tomsuden and Eric Mallette of Rutland, Vt., started a charity campa","cbCaidtVve4vX1sk","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaidtVve4vX1sk","pdf",667404,"English","# Boston Strong spreads\n## From defiance to a city brand\n# The roots of the “X strong” trope\n## Livestrong and turning an adjective into an adverb\n## Army Strong as an attributive-noun structure\n# Place-based and cultural variations\n## Vermont Strong and Jersey Strong\n## Subversion and competing slogans","[{\"question\":\"What does “Boston Strong” represent in the article?\",\"answer\":\"It represents defiance, solidarity, and caring, and functions as a shorthand for presenting a united front in the face of threat.\"},{\"question\":\"Where does the article say the “X strong” slogan pattern originated?\",\"answer\":\"It points to earlier examples in the advertising world, highlighting “Livestrong” and “Army Strong” as key precursors.\"},{\"question\":\"How did “Boston Strong” develop so quickly after the Marathon bombings?\",\"answer\":\"The article attributes its rapid success to an established lineage of memorable catchphrases and to early supporters who created “Boston Strong” T-shirts within hours of the bombing.\"}]","Boston Strong, the phrase that rallied a city - The Boston Globe | PDF",1790651490]