Richard Snary and other words

[Bruce Sato]

Here is a new words thing I did (I didn't want to hijack Unicorn's thread):

https://public.oed.com/blog/the-revision-of-witch/

It is about the entry for WITCH n., which you should be able to read in full (maybe not forever, but certainly for the time being), but I also didn't want to hijack David's witch thread. The note at sense 1a is the longest note I've managed to get away with so far.

[dng]

I wish I was a witch

[dng]

Can't believe I've been saying wicca wrong all my life

[dng]

No wonder I got sacked from witch school

[dng]

Also hooray for witches, bruces

[Bruce Sato]

I think everyone's been saying it wrong. I'm mildly interested to see whether anyone complains about the presentation of Wicca as a modern phenomenon distinct from earlier witchcraft, but hopefully they won't.

There's a fair amount of stuff in this update that I worked on, including 'Asian', 'Eurasian' (I had no idea that T. H. Huxley coined 'Eurasia' to describe the landmass, and I don't think anyone else did either), plus 'voodoo', 'hoodoo' and 'zombie', on which more anon hopefully.

[richschnauzer]

Lovely stuff

[endar]

My man-witch!

[blombluss]

This be a most fascinatin' article, Bruce! Hurrah!

But the final Witchcraft act, making it illegal to accuse someone of being a witch, was a grave mistake, in my view!

[blombluss]

'zombie', on which more anon hopefully.

Didn't Marvel own the copyright on the word 'zombie', at some point? Until they lost a court case or summat.

[Bruce Sato]

Here is the annual Bruce article for 2022, this time on CABINET.

I also meant to write about CHANCELLOR, which was a lot of fun to work on, but I ran out of spacetime.

[dng]

hooray. lovely

[blombluss]

Good man! I look forward to reading that article, later. *thumbs up*

[richschnauzer]

Here is the annual Bruce article for 2022, this time on CABINET.

I also meant to write about CHANCELLOR, which was a lot of fun to work on, but I ran out of spacetime.

Nice nice, good work Bruce

[blombluss]

Good man! I look forward to reading that article, later. *thumbs up*

Just read it: twas both enjoyable and informative - enjoymative!

[endar]

Hooray for Bruce.

I wonder how many senses "nonce" has

[Bruce Sato]

Now it is time for this: the contribution of comic strips to the lexicon

Really, where else are you going to go to get a quote for 'blockhead'?

Also features bonus mention of the terrifying Buster Brown, who was discussed in great detail back in the day as I recall

[dng]

excellent, interesting

[dng]

terrifying doesn't even begin to describe it

[blombluss]

That's a lovely article, Brooce! Thanks for sharing on 'ere! *thumbs up*

[Bruce Sato]

One more for the road: the history of GROOM

I might take a bit of a break after this one, just because three articles in three updates is a bit much, and the deadline has the unfortunate habit of lining up exactly with other deadlines.

[blombluss]

Digsome and informatif stuff as always, Bruce!

[dng]

yep. Lovely

[richschnauzer]

[blombluss]

So that's where The Two Ronnies got their material from.