ADS-L nouning & SBOTY's

[Joel S. Berson]

At 2/24/2010 01:13 AM, Arnold Zwicky wrote:
>posted on here:
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>http://arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com/2010/02/23/annals-of-nouning-the-ads-l-volume/
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So, have I created (or merely awakened?) two candidates for
SBOTY?  (No, not what you're thinking -- "Sleeping Beauty of the Year"!)

      predict (n) = "A prediction. Obs. rare{em} 1."  (First and)
last use in 1609.

      true (v) = "1. trans. To prove true, verify. Obs.
rare{em}1."  (First and) last use in 1647.  (I am gratified to
observe that here I am following in the footsteps of another New
Englander playful with words, Nathaniel Ward of Aggawam.)

Joel Berson
of Menotomy

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