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further research furthering the worthless word:
recent inclusion in OED online [DRAFT REVISION Mar. 2007] gives the earliest citation as 1931 H. WITHERS Everybody's Business ix. 161 Certainly he is an absentee..—if he adopted the habit of dropping in at the works and making well-meant suggestions.., is it likely that his presenteeism would be helpful?
a news google generates 38 hits between 1940 and 1950, and 24 in the last month.
edit: fwiw, here's a link to Everybody's Business
-joe (I'm here) friday
Last edited by tsuwm; 09/17/08 11:30 PM. Reason: fwiw
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