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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread boomeritis #159430 05/05/2006 3:01 PM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... Will it make the OED? www.bodybuilding.com/fun/diane5.htm >>Boomeritis, as defined by the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, refers to sports related injuries suffered by babyboomers. These injuries include bursitis, tendinitis, arthritis, sprains, strains and stress fractures.<< Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: boomeritis #159431 05/05/2006 6:35 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York It's catchy but I doubt it'll stick. Even though there are a lot of us boomers around, we're neither the first nor the last generation to suffer from sports injuries. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: boomeritis #159432 05/06/2006 4:27 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England No ... what would the surgeons say about sword cuts and hook marks on the participants of the Roman idea of Sunday Afternoon Grandstand? The idiot also known as Capfka ... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: boomeritis #159433 05/07/2006 3:56 PM Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA dalehileman Pooh-Bah dalehileman Pooh-Bah Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA Whit: Yes it will. Eventually every neologism that gets 276 or more hits on Google will make it to OED. However, sometimes it takes them 20 to 30 years to respond and adopt a "new" term and that is one of the reasons I don't subscribe But thank you for bringing this one to our attention Last edited by dalehileman; 05/07/2006 3:58 PM. dalehileman Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: boomeritis #159434 05/07/2006 6:55 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass >Eventually every neologism that gets 276 or more hits on Google will make it to OED. I don't know what you base this statement on, Dale. OED still prefers hard copy citations, and only reluctantly is starting to consider online sources (and usually only online versions of brick & mortar artifices; e.g. The Times online). unless, of course, this is just your prediction of the future. edit: unless, of course, you are basing this on the fact that ole J. Murray threw everything, including the kitchen sink, into the 1st edition. I'm told they no longer follow his policy of adding words which have no evidence of usage. p.s. - there are real words, I've found, which are not documented in OED2. (for instance, Mencken coined a good many words, some of which found their way into the Big Book of Words, and some of which were rejected -- a particular favorite of mine that failed to make the cut is ombibulous, referring to someone who drinks anything. ombibulous currently registers only 137 ghits, so I guess it fails your test too.) edit² - likewise boobocracy, but 300 ghits (and at least 15 actual books, according to Google[Books]). Last edited by tsuwm; 05/07/2006 7:24 PM. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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