albatross (was Re: submariner)

[Douglas G. Wilson]

>... Is the primary current
>meaning of _albatross_ (sense 2b in the OED entry, senses 2a,b in
>AHD4) the only example of such a primary sense arising through a
>metaphorical association from a particular poem?

Here are a few candidates (courtesy of MW3):

enoch arden
jabberwocky
meddlesome mattie
odyssey
pamphlet
pandemonium
pander
pied piper
polypheme
sinon
syphilis
tam-o'-shanter
xanadu

-- Doug Wilson


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