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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.

I wish I was a witch

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

No wonder I got sacked from witch school

Also hooray for witches, bruces

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.

Lovely stuff

My man-witch!

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!

Bruce Sato wrote: Sun Sep 12, 2021 8:42 pm '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.

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.

hooray. lovely

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

Bruce Sato wrote: Thu Sep 22, 2022 3:38 pm 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 wrote: Thu Sep 22, 2022 7:55 pm Good man! I look forward to reading that article, later. *thumbs up*

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

Hooray for Bruce.

I wonder how many senses "nonce" has

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

excellent, interesting

terrifying doesn't even begin to describe it

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

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.

Digsome and informatif stuff as always, Bruce!

yep. Lovely

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

Oh no it happen again: I have written something about Indo-European, which I got to revise a while back and which is now republished.

hooray. i enjoyed that.

now i feel temporarily well informed

You have my permission to continue injecting these articles into my language veins, Broooce!

Great stuff!

hooray I love words. These are some of my favourite words.

First article in a while, on the history of hitchhike.

Hooray

yes. excellent

Good shit, Bruce

Hooray, thank ye all.