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> If you want the current meaning, the OED is a poor choice. That's simply not true. The OED has the current meanings, in more depth than anyone else. > That
by forapurpose 9y ago
> If you want the current meaning, the OED is a poor choice.
That's simply not true. The OED has the current meanings, in more depth than anyone else.
> That question is relevant to almost no one.
Also not true. Most books and other texts were written before 2018.
- dragonwriter 9y ago> That's simply not true. The OED has the current meanings, in more depth than anyone else. The printed OED does not, though there have been separate print supplements to the print edition that get it closer. The online edition, OTOH, does.
- forapurpose 9y agoIt depends on how fast the meaning of that particular word has changed. Tangentially, is there a better use case for moving to a database than 20+ volumes of books? To put it another way, if someone had a database and said, 'hey, let's print this thing out - it will be around 20 large books - and sell it!' ...