User talk:Debaron

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Dord - please tell us where you got the 1934 date from?

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia! We welcome and appreciate your contributions, such as those in Dord, but we regretfully cannot accept original research. Please be prepared to cite a reliable source for all of your information. Thanks for your efforts, and happy editing! Kimchi.sg 19:10, 20 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I see from Urban Legends that the word indeed first appeared in 1934, and have changed back to your version. Happy editing! Kimchi.sg 19:13, 20 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

the source is Webster's New International Dictionary, second ed., (Springfield, MA: G&C Merriam, 1934). It's commonly referred to as Webster's Second, and called by lexicographers W2. I have a copy of the first, or 1934, printing sitting on my desk. Various reprintings occurred between 1934 and the publication of Webster's Third in 1961. Dord was removed for the 1940 printing of W2).