curious usage note

[Jeff Prucher]

The free online edition does have usage notes. (Search for "fuck", for an
example.)

Jeff





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> The  first edition of NOAD does not have JIHADIST or JIHADIST at all. There is
>no  usage note or labeling, but an "informal" (metaphorical) definition reads "
>a  single- minded or obsessive campaign," with the illustrative sentence, "the
>quest for greater sales became a jihad."
>
> Does the free third edition  online have ANY usage notes, or do you have to pay
>extra ( or buy the paper  copy)?
>
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> On Mar 31, 2011, at 12:22 AM, Jeff  Prucher <jprucher at YAHOO.COM> wrote:
>
> >  The latest edition of NOAD has no usage note for "jihadist". So someone(s)
>at
> > NOAD (or, more likely, NODE) decided they didn't need it anymore.  Whether
>this
> > is because they found they couldn't support the statements,  needed the space
>for
> > something else, changed their policies about usage  notes, or something else,
>I
> > wouldn't  guess.
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