OED Appeals (2017)

Parry, Bryn. (2017). OED Appeals (2017). Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford. (Submitted)

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Submission of dating evidence for first usages of words and phrases, for the "OED Appeals" initiative of the Oxford English Dictionary - encompassing: "Slider [Bristol regionalism]", "woke [well-informed, up-to-date]", ... =============================================================================================== [1870] first usage of "Slider, n." accepted - an antedating of some 127 years =============================================================================================== NB: [via Oxfordwords blog] contextual evidence on Hedd Wynn and the Black Chair of Birkenhead ceremony - for "On the radar: Empty Chair" =============================================================================================== [via Oxfordwords blog] submission of dating evidence, for first usages of "SMERSH, n." - for "From John le Carré to Ian Fleming: the language of espionage" =============================================================================================== [Submitted in 2013; within "Meanderings of Memory" antedatings of its first-usage citations] antedating evidence for "day-drowsiness, n." first appears by June 2017, whilst antedating evidence for "widthless, adj." first appears within the June 2017 update

Item Type:	Other
Subjects:	TECHNOLOGY > Architecture BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT AND FINANCE > Business and Management SOCIAL SCIENCE > Cultural Studies ARTS, MEDIA AND HUMANITIES > History ARTS, MEDIA AND HUMANITIES > Journalism ARTS, MEDIA AND HUMANITIES > Literature and Writing ARTS, MEDIA AND HUMANITIES > Performing Arts SPORT AND TOURISM > Tourism and Leisure
Faculties:	Faculty of Business Sport & Enterprise > Business School
Depositing User:	Bryn Parry
Date Deposited:	14 Sep 2017 09:23
Last Modified:	14 Sep 2017 09:23
URI:	https://ssudl.solent.ac.uk/id/eprint/3665

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