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I had rather thought that either digerati or digirati might have made it into this year's list of hot, cool new words.



I think it may have failed the criteria ( criterion ) of newness. Amazon has a book called Digerati, which was published in 1996.

Having now found out about the free OED, I can tell you that the first reference the OED has is: 1992 N.Y. Times 29 Jan. D7/1 His opinions, though often controversial, are taken seriously among the computer digerati.

Last edited by Bingley; 01/11/2006 4:26 AM.