Mouseburger and the OED

Wilson Gray hwgray at GMAIL.COM
Tue Aug 14 22:36:27 UTC 2012


On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 6:15 PM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu> wrote:
> No entry in the OED for the literal "mouseburger", referring to the bargain luncheonette special.

That's understandable. I, too, have not met the relevant usage,
before, either, familiat though I be with luncheonettes and their
bargain specials. :-)

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