XPost: alt.usage.english, alt.english.usage   
   From: hayesstw@telkomsa.net   
      
   On Fri, 29 Aug 2025 11:11:01 +0100, Richard Heathfield   
    wrote:   
      
   >On 29/08/2025 11:08, Hibou wrote:   
   >> Le 29/08/2025 à 10:18, Steve Hayes a écrit :   
   >>>   
   >>> Does anyone here have access to the online Oxford dictionary,   
   >>> and if   
   >>> so, does it say anything about this usage. [...]   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> I can see nothing relevant. (I think J. P. Gilliver's tame   
   >> lexicographer has already indicated that there isn't anything.)   
   >   
   >   
   >I can't help wondering. What do lexicographers actually eat? And   
   >do you need a licence?   
      
   You can probably find answers to that, and a few other things on this   
   topic, in "The Dictionary of Lost Words" -- see my review here:   
      
      
      
      
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