tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post6537971407296588401..comments2024-03-28T02:29:37.413-05:00Comments on Bill Crider's Pop Culture Magazine: The Further Decline of Western CivilizationAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-29621574158381073472007-07-11T18:45:00.000-05:002007-07-11T18:45:00.000-05:00Yes, a man who once doubled a client's fee for usi...Yes, a man who once doubled a client's fee for using <I>contact</I> as a verb would likely be sent into apoplexy by the annual Merriam-Webster updates.<BR/>==============<BR/>Detectives Beyond Borders<BR/>"Because Murder Is More Fun Away From Home"<BR/>http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-46628576495784491532007-07-11T18:44:00.000-05:002007-07-11T18:44:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-68223512831949263572007-07-11T18:31:00.000-05:002007-07-11T18:31:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-44280013426673953452007-07-11T14:32:00.000-05:002007-07-11T14:32:00.000-05:00I can get behind "Bollywood." I have a feeling Ne...I can get behind "Bollywood." I have a feeling Nero Wolfe couldn't.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-16641014680080202912007-07-11T13:51:00.000-05:002007-07-11T13:51:00.000-05:00I edited and wrote a headline for that story at wo...I edited and wrote a headline for that story at work last night! I was surprised it took <I>Bollywood</I> so long to make it into Merriam-Webster's. And <I>ginormous</I> is a silly word, no matter how old its pedigree.<BR/><BR/>Incidentally, the article's statemnt about Merriam-Webster's "buttoned-down image" is nonsense, at least as applied to the people who work there. i spent two days with them about twenty years ago for a series of articles, and they are as funny, sharp, and witty as one would of expect of people who spend their days scouring media of every kind for new words.<BR/><BR/>On the other hand, the insistence in the Tenth Collegiate that <I>backseat</I> as a noun is one word is flat-out wrong.<BR/>==============<BR/> Detectives Beyond Borders<BR/>"Because Murder Is More Fun Away From Home"<BR/> http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.com