2005.02.11

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Looks like the furry types are petitioning to get the word "yiff" in the OED. Retards. Words are added to dictionaries when their use is prevalent. You have to consult the dictionary maker to see when words are put in. You can't petition them. They base their decisions on a certain corpus of reading - such as newspapers, magazines and so on. See? Plus lexicographers don't discriminate - they are equal opportunity linguists.

If you want to get a word in to the dictionary (which is a bullshit idea anyway - dictionaries are descriptive examples of language, not normative - the lack of a word in a dictionary does not mean that the word is not a proper word, it just means that it hasn't been put in the dictionary), you have to simply get it in a number of different printed souces. I'd reccomend newspapers and magazines. Writing a petition to OUP will not change anything. Dipshits.

 

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Tom Morris
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