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		<title>The word &#8220;Hobbit&#8221; in The Oxford English Dictionary</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jun 2010 05:43:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have fulfilled a lifelong dream, and acquired my very own (digital) copy of the complete Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd Ed. Of course, the very first word I looked up was "hobbit," which is famously included in this edition. I hereby reproduce the pertinent parts of the entry...]]></description>
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		<title>Oxford Dictionary&#8217;s 2009 Word of the Year: &#8216;Unfriend&#8217;</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The editors of the New Oxford American Dictionary have chosen "unfriend" as its "2009 Word of the Year," beating out other Internet-oriented neologisms such as "hashtag," "netbook," "paywall" and "sexting."

Tolkien aficionados may remember the word from The Silmarillion, where it is used twice (once in the form "unfriendship"). ]]></description>
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