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The episode spawned "hiking the Appalachian trail" as a bewitching neologism for adultery, yet that contribution has improved Sanford's standing only among lexicologists, not with South Carolina's voters.

David O. Stewart: Impeachment to the Rescue . . . Again! 2009

Lexicologists become lexicologists because they're interested in words but can't hack the literature courses.

"He was drinking straight from a bottle of Grey Goose..." Ann Althouse 2009

Another cave-in leaving activists appalled, the world on a path to destruction, and lexicologists for Oxford and Webster making "swift-boat" and "flip-flop" new adds.

Linda Milazzo: My Questions for Our Candidates: First of All, Do You Care? 2008

Another cave-in leaving activists appalled, the world on a path to destruction, and lexicologists for Oxford and Webster making swift-boat and flip-flop new adds.

MY QUESTIONS FOR OUR CANDIDATES: FIRST OF ALL, DO YOU CARE? 2007

Now to the crux of the controversy, in which lexicologists can elbow aside diplomatists: Is the noun lounge taken to mean cocktail lounge, denoting “bar”—that is, a place where alcoholic beverages are served, life histories are recounted to bartenders and singles mingle and tingle?

The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004

Now to the crux of the controversy, in which lexicologists can elbow aside diplomatists: Is the noun lounge taken to mean cocktail lounge, denoting “bar”—that is, a place where alcoholic beverages are served, life histories are recounted to bartenders and singles mingle and tingle?

The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004

This signification is now given by those lexicologists who do not restrict themselves to the definition of classical terms or significations, like the author of Kámoos.

A Critical Exposition of the Popular 'Jihád' Showing that all the Wars of Mohammad Were Defensive; and that Aggressive War, or Compulsory Conversion, is not Allowed in The Koran - 1885 Moulavi Ger��gh Ali

It is admitted by all lexicologists, commentators, and jurisconsults that _Jihád_ in classical Arabic means to labour, strive earnestly, and that the change of its meaning or the technical signification occurred only in the post-classical period, _i. e._, long after the publication of the Koran.

A Critical Exposition of the Popular 'Jihád' Showing that all the Wars of Mohammad Were Defensive; and that Aggressive War, or Compulsory Conversion, is not Allowed in The Koran - 1885 Moulavi Ger��gh Ali

It is by some lexicologists supposed to have arisen from the circumstance of a man answering another, who begged of him a wine-jar (hubb), with the words,

Alaeddin and the Enchanted Lamp John Payne 1879

God save us from self-appointed lexicologists: -) Maybe I'm totally misreading his response about advertising one´s own presence at certain Mexican venues, considering his pride in moving from Ajijic to San Cristobal: perhaps better to assume that his post is meant as self-effacing self-parody.

Good Friday in Oaxaca 2007