On and off the Net…

Are you "xenolexic"* ?

This word, and others, can be found in the list of "Unused but Useful: Oxford English Dictionary's Reject List."

Sandra Yeyati shared an interesting article that includes this note:

Oxford University holds 50 large filing cabinets crammed with 1000s of 6 x 4 inch cards detailing every declined entry for the Dictionary.

Of course, now the words are kept on computers.

*xenolexic: someone who suffers intense confusion when faced with a new word

And today we learn: the Oxford English Dictionary will not be PRINTED again!!! On-line OK…