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Oxford Dictionary Does Science Fiction

Posted by timothy on from the narfle-the-garthag dept.

Embedded Geek writes: "The News Log for Locus has an item about the Oxford English Dictionary's attempt to capture unique words and phrases used in various fields. It has begun with a pilot site for science fiction. Specifically, they are looking for published uses of specific words in Science Fiction, SF Criticism, and SF Fandom. The goal is not to create a glossary of terms but rather find the earliest (antedating), latest (postdating), and intermediate (interdating) uses of these words already in the dictionary in books, magazines, etc. They are soliciting help from the public in this effort. Presumably, if this effort is a success, they will begin working on other fields: other literature, programming, open source... who knows?"

5 of 144 comments (clear)

  1. Did I get this bitch? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    First anti-Jew post

  2. Hey Taco... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    is there an entry for Tacosnotting yet?

  3. Hey cool! by benedict · · Score: 1, Troll

    I set up jessesword.com.

    I wonder if it'll get slashdotted. If so, that will be a personal first. So far it seems ok, but it is 1:13 AM EST after all.

    --
    Ben "You have your mind on computers, it seems."
  4. Re:Haven't Seen Any Of This In A While by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    ::::::
    |x x| you can go blind from
    | b | jacking off too much.
    | ___| believe me. it's all
    \ U/ chronicled in y0lk
    __||__ #94: my story. (well,
    | spin | it's not, but you can
    ||sane|| infer it..)
    |____|

  5. Re:Here's one by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    i finna get sum dubs awn muh hooptie. dat shit is awn blow up!