Words from Popular Literature Not in OED

[Fred Shapiro]

On Sat, 4 Nov 2006, Jeff Prucher wrote:

> I'm curious about your choice of "melange" as an example.  I'm aware of
> use outside of the source material for "granfaloon" (there's an entry
> for it in Grant's political slang dict, btw) and "kryptonite", but I've
> never encountered melange without direct reference to Dune, and probably
> not any more often than say, "stillsuit" or "sandworm"; "the Spice" I've
> heard perhaps more often.

I'm not a "Dune" expert, and may have chosen a poor example, but Google
searches seem to show "melange" being used far more often than "stillsuit"
or "sandworm."

Fred


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