OED Appeals

Parry, Bryn. (2012). OED Appeals. Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford.

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Submission of dating evidence for first usages of words and phrases, for the Oxford English Dictionary - including: "Party Animal / Party Hound", "Rock-Paper-Scissors / Stone-Paper-Scissors", "Easy Peasy", "Bellini", "Earl Grey Tea", "In Your Dreams !", "Baked Alaska" =============================================================================================== Evidence for a [1914] usage of "Earl Grey Tea" [sense 2] accepted - an antedating of some 15 years =============================================================================================== Evidence for a [1947] usage of the strict version of the phrase "Rock Paper Scissors" accepted - an antedating of some seven years =============================================================================================== [2013] "Appeals News - Early Grey: The results of the OED Appeal on Earl Grey Tea": http://public.oed.com/early-grey-the-results-of-the-oed-appeal-on-earl-grey-tea/ [2015] OEd entry for "Earl Grey": http://public.oed.com/appeals/earl-grey/

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