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over 3 years ago
john
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The best typo in history. I have the dictionary in which it appeared, the Webster's 2nd Edition Unabridged, 1939 printing. Great dictionary.
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over 2 years ago
wundrkind
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ah woot! i just read about that today. the editor said it was a shame: "why shouldn't dord mean density?"
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One misunderstanding and two removed spaces later, and "dord" was a new synonym for "density." story of dord is true, and it isn't the only fictitious entry to be found in reference materials.
"Webster's Dictionary" for five years, we smelled a rat. dord "was introduced to dictionary compilers accidentally, with a consultant's note reading" D or d, cont/density "-- meaning that" density "should be added to the list of words that" D "could represent.
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