I don't see them in my copies. Although props for finding three examples for two words, in a mere 150 year timeframe.
I don't see them in my copies. Although props for finding three examples for two words, in a mere 150 year timeframe.
What has the OED came to... You've gotta admit some of them are pretty fucking dubious.
A smug enough professor will still tell you they're not real words though, I'd wadgey're. Also glad to see you've kept the username I coined. It suiots you.The anti-Mephiboshet example goes back to the late 1600s. Perhaps the word fell from Dryden's lips at one point.
But the "anti-" entry notes that no "anti-" examples are found in the works of Shakespeare.
Apparently, modelling Greek, "anti-" can be used to indicate practically any sort of opposition or contradiction. One must admire such versatility. Prior to about 1600, the only common usages of "anti-" in English were "anti-Christian, "Antichrist", and "antipope". The free for all appears to have started sometime after the ascension of James I. There was, however, a book from the 1500s on the floriculture of vines which mentions some plants as containing "anti-balm".
I believe I have nearly all the pertinent information that a fair conclusion necessitates. I'll continue to consult with Johho about it after my class ends in about two hours, and we should be able to deliberate on the proper course of action.
Who is the guilty one?
Every detail will be revealed once both games have concluded.
Oh oh oh. I sure hope so!Will any executions be in the offing?
Oh oh oh. I sure hope so!
I will get front-row tickets.
A trial? Here? Really?:blink:Surely a trial must be held first!
A trial? Here? Really?:blink:
And that only if impatience doesn't take over and random people are hanged just in case they might be guilty sometime down the line.Yeah, normally we skip the trial and proceed straight to the lynching.
Yeah, normally we skip the trial and proceed straight to the lynching.