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My first is OED then M-W and that is about all in English dictionaries.
I assume you mean the Compact OED, as that's all you'll get via OneLook.
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My first is OED then M-W and that is about all in English dictionaries.
I assume you mean the Compact OED, as that's all you'll get via OneLook. Sorry I did not the thread was about OneLook. I saw the thread title and thought it was asking for our preferred dictionaries. I have dalehileman on my ignore list so did not see his post.
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That's why this ignore list is a dumb thing. (message to those who ignore-listed my post  )
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>user feedback
isn't that just a popularity vote?? A word means what we choose it to mean. A popularity vote is better than a prescriptive ukase.
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I am old school and I've found that the most useful dictionary for me is the Webster's unabridged 2nd edition.
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again, I don't think that's indexed by OneLook. edit: unless you mean Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition and not the far superior Webster’s New International Dictionary (second edition)
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>user feedback
isn't that just a popularity vote?? A word means what we choose it to mean. A popularity vote is better than a prescriptive ukase. better? not necessarily; not when it's just a set of yahoos exclaiming, 'oh, that's clever'. e.g., here's one that's really poor that gets a 'thumbs up' It is what it is
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Used often in the business world, this incredibly versatile phrase can be literally translated as "f*** it."
The client changed the deadline to today? Well, it is what it is. *** expurgated by me I dislike the phrase, but here is a much more useful def'n (also user developed): link
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I love the Webster's 1913, just to see how things used to be!
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"I saw the thread title and thought it was asking for our preferred dictionaries. I have dalehileman on my ignore list so did not see his post."--lat
"That's why this ignore list is a dumb thing. (message to those who ignore-listed my post )"--Bran
Actually lat's right, alas I tend to the offhand if not contumelious. Trouble is, many bloggers appear to be always angry about nearly anything no matter how innocent the provocation and so one expects to be assailed no matter how unintended the supposed slight
No lat, not you, but being an intensely curious fellow I'd like specifically to learn why, giving me a better chance at my next years' resolution
Annually I do resolve to change my tactics and approach without however much success. But thank you for your support, Bran, it is mightily appreciated in this hotbed of mutual recrimination we call the Internet; though for the life of me I cannot imagine why anyone would place you on their ignore list
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That's why this ignore list is a dumb thing. I disagree before ignoring his posts I had read nothing but bakvaas that seemed designed to stir up antagonism something for which he does seem to have an abundant natural talent. So I don't normally post at all in any thread started by him because reading the posts by other people not ignored seems to confirm my view of his posts like the shades of bygone days thread. This thread is an exception because even without his posts which I am sure are as worthless as usual I have learned a lot about various dictionaries.
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