Wordhunt was a national appeal run by the Oxford English Dictionary, looking for earlier evidence of the use of 50 words and phrases in the English language...
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Institute of Food Technologists. Retrieved 24 January 2021. "Wordhunt appeal list – Balderdash Wordhunt – Oxford English Dictionary". Oed.com. Archived from the...
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Origin". englandsnortheast.co.uk. 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2017. "BBC Wordhunt: Your Language Needs You!". OED.com. Oxford University Press. 10 June 2005...
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phrases. Presented by Victoria Coren, it was a companion to the dictionary's Wordhunt project. The OED panel consisted of John Simpson, the Chief Editor of the...
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Chattering Class, The New York Times. April 2, 2006. Retrieved 2008-06-28. BBC wordhunt entry The Guardian: How the chattering classes turned to talk The Chattering...
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and email submissions of quotations by readers and the general public. Wordhunt was a 2005 appeal to the general public for help in providing citations...
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regular appeals to the public for investigation are being made. The appeal Wordhunt was part of the TV show Balderdash and Piffle on BBC. James Gleick:...
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