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A possible lexicographic example of a bunny is the entry "hink" in the first edition of the Collins COBUILD English Language Dictionary [1]. I thought it was a
by tkgally 6y ago
A possible lexicographic example of a bunny is the entry "hink" in the first edition of the Collins COBUILD English Language Dictionary [1]. I thought it was a mistake when I first learned about it, but some sources state that it was put there deliberately [2] [3].
[1] http://gally.net/leavings/00/0091.html http://gally.net/leavings/00/0091.html
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexicographic_error https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexicographic_error
[3] http://listserv.linguistlist.org/pipermail/ads-l/2001-December/019104.html http://listserv.linguistlist.org/pipermail/ads-l/2001-Decemb...
- mark-r 6y agoI've found that police use the word "hinky" to describe something suspiciously strange. I've never heard the word used by anybody else.
- C1sc0cat 6y agoYou don't watch NCIS ?
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