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Astroturfing in the most famous English dictionary: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/astroturfing https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/astrotur
by kick 7y ago
Astroturfing in the most famous English dictionary:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/astroturfing https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/astroturfing
Brigading in the most famous English dictionary (see definition 2):
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brigading https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brigading
- NeedMoreTea 7y agoOxford English Dictionaries might like a word about your fame assertion... :)
- dmos62 7y agoMerriam-Webster is a popular a publisher of American-English dictionaries: emphasis on American. It also had a significant role in shaping American-English as distinct from British-English. E.g. removal of the letter u in British-English words like colour. Or, the unsuccessful campaign to spell the word acre as aker.
- toyg 7y agoOxford has astroturfing too: https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/325483?rskey=aidQ7O&result=2&isAdvanced=false#eid https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/325483?rskey=aidQ7O&result=2&... Shilling does have a NorthAmerican connotation: https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/178128?rskey=UvAWn2&result=4#eid https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/178128?rskey=UvAWn2&result=4#...
- kick 7y agoThat's false. Webster is the dictionary that had a role in shaping American English in a distinct fashion. The quality of the work deteriorated when the Merriam brothers purchased it, and they changed the title from Webster's by the time they had begun compromising the value of English reform.
- dmos62 7y agoYou're right. I thought it was Webster that acquired Meriams' company.