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The OED is a wondrous thing, and a source of great comfort and amusement to me. I recently stumbled across a little article on getting neologisms into the dictionary, and Ben Zimmer's Word of the Week feature.

It's all fascinating stuff, even if it's not as good as mine. Just imagine what I could do if they paid me.

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I like his current WOTW, "verdugoship", meaning "the personality of an executioner".

I'm sure you will be able to use this in one of your future posts. In fact I throw down the gauntlet.

Curse you, Whiffler. You know I'm a sucker for such things.

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