Only those who constantly consult their dictionaries can be rewarded such a serendipity. – CHANG GUOHUA | part of a page from the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary (2007)
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I WANT TO BE A DICTIONARY .
I will definitely consult you before a serendipity in that nature happens.
And the dictionaries’ editor was… Jonathon Green, daydreaming at work. I guess.
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It must be then Green’s creation or imagination.
[…] Guohua, who you might know better from his comments here as AOA, found a curious entry in the dictionary earlier this year. Many dictionaries offer usage examples in addition to the standard definitions […]
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