OED (fig.)
Benjamin Zimmer
bgzimmer at BABEL.LING.UPENN.EDU
Wed Nov 8 15:03:40 UTC 2006
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http://www.slate.com/id/2153209/
The State of the NFL
from: Stefan Fatsis
to: Charles P. Pierce
Is Tom Brady a Great Quarterback?
[...]
Last on the depth chart was a guy with the build of a multidimensional
QB -- a bit shorter and broader than Brady -- and a strong arm, a
confident but not immodest mien, and the ability to absorb the OED of
information dumped on the modern pro signal-caller.
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Is "OED" a common enough abbreviation for readers to get the reference
(so to speak)?
--Ben Zimmer
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