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Overkill (n., from Ger, "uber" and Flem. "kel" or "kil")
The Oxford American is a roughly 2 and one half inch thick, 800 some odd page version that combines a respectible vocabulary, American spellings, and just enough British stick up the ass linguistic puritanism to be humorous without being overbearing. For example, "Careful writers do not use contact as a verb. Instead of contacting someone, they will call or visit him."
It lacks, however, the wonderful etymologies that make the OED indispensible when on a bender in a college dorm room. Wow, those were the days....
(edited because that is what good writers do)
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Last edited by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy; 04-04-2003 at 11:39 AM..
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