Re: Oops
Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2009 10:50 am
The ODE2r gives the time at which it came into common currency, while Susie was probably talking about its first citation, which could be quite a bit earlier. Unfortunately I don't have a copy of the complete OED with which you check, but there are plenty of such people around here...Jeff Clayton wrote: Hmm, give or take 400 years - late C20th according to the ODE2r.