Words from Popular Literature Not in OED

[Wilson Gray]

I don't understand WTF the point is, here. Is it that the meaning of
"melange" as it's used in the _Dune_ series hasn't yet appeared in a
dictionary and some people think that it should? IMO, the question
appears to be nugatory.

-Wilson

On 11/7/06, Fred Shapiro <fred.shapiro at yale.edu> wrote:
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> On Sat, 4 Nov 2006, Jeff Prucher wrote:
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> > 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.
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> 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."
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> Fred
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