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OED Appeals: Antedatings of “DIY”
The OED has made a public appeal for help in tracing the history of some English words, including:
DIY
abbreviation earlier than 1955
DIY is of course an abbreviation of do it yourself, ...
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OED Appeals: Origin of “bimble”
The OED has made a public appeal for help in tracing the history of some English words, including:
bimble
verb earlier than 1983
The word bimble, meaning ‘to move at a leisurely pace’, ...
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OED Appeals: Antedatings of “headhunter”
The OED has made a public appeal for help in tracing the history of some English words, including:
headhunter
noun earlier than 1960
The tribal practice of decapitating enemies and ...
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OED Appeals: Antedatings of “blue-arsed fly”
The OED has made a public appeal for help in tracing the history of some English words, including:
blue-arsed fly
noun earlier than 1970
The first evidence for the metaphorical ...
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OED Appeals: Antedatings of “party animal”
The OED has made a public appeal for help in tracing the history of some English words, including:
party animal
noun earlier than 1982
When the OED added its entry for party animal, ...
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OED Appeals: Antedatings of football “header”
The OED has made a public appeal for help in tracing the history of some English words, including:
header
noun earlier than 1891
OED researchers have traced the history of header in the ...
