Correction of OED

Jesse Sheidlower jester at PANIX.COM
Tue Dec 11 14:59:38 UTC 2007


On Tue, Dec 11, 2007 at 06:46:43AM -0500, Shapiro, Fred wrote:
>
> The etymological note in OED, s.v. _nerd_, dates the Random
> House Historical Dictionary of Slang 1977.  Should this be
> 1997?

Yes.

Jesse Sheidlower
OED

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