"Unring" Not in OED

Tue Nov 27 19:07:58 UTC 2007

On Nov 27, 2007, at 10:23 AM, Jesse Sheidlower wrote:

> On Tue, Nov 27, 2007 at 01:20:00PM -0500, Joel S. Berson wrote:
>> At 11/27/2007 11:58 AM, Charles Doyle wrote:
>>> Chiming in from the paremiological wing ...
>>
>> I always appreciate a new WOTD, but what does "paremiological"
>> mean?  It, like "unring", is not in my OED.
>
> Perhaps something like 'of or relating to the work of a
> paremiologist', the last word being one that is in your OED.

along with "paremiology", i see.

ya learn sumpin' all the time.

arnold

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