
When Dictionaries Drop Words
Word Matters
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Gardening - Is Blantsman Self Explanatory?
The word snolly gostert was removed from the dictionary and then returned to the dictionary. There is a campaign calling on oxford university press to put words back in that they had published earlier. In 20 years, there have been more than 10,000 words deleted by marian webster's collegiate dictionary. The online dictionary is a different animal than the print collegiate dictionary.
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