REMORANDOM

REMORANDOM

Oxford English Dictionary

This grandfather of all dictionaries is a prescient and epic example of what is these days referred to as “crowdsourcing” and “user-generated content”.

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The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is the grandfather of all dictionaries, and one that has consistently based its entries on real evidence of how words have actually been used throughout the history of the English language. Its development presents us with an epic example of what would be referred to …

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