subliterate

[Joel S. Berson]

At 10/29/2010 11:13 AM, Paul Frank wrote:
>Incidentally, I don't see "subliterate" in my paper edition of the
>OED2 and, being one of the great unwashed, I can't afford an online
>subscription.

For your cleansing, it's in the OED, with earliest quotation from
1958.  It also has subliterature (1961), presumably what one reads
while commuting on the subway.

Joel

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