Out of it a new lexicon was born: the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, published in 1969.
According to Dictionary.com, the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, included the term with essentially the same definition in 2000.
Mr Brown, who is married with two children, said that he always loved the original TV series and first became interested in the language after discovering there was a Klingon dictionary.
All that remains of her language is a short passage and a dictionary of a thousand and twelve words listed in hierarchical order, from the most important (Aigonz, God) to the least (Cauiz, cricket).
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Even now, Sheffield University's Centre for English Cultural Tradition and Language, home of the three editors of this dictionary, is recording a newly dying trade, mining.
"Literally is one of those language bugbears, so we print a special note in the dictionary to advise on the problem, " says Brookes.
The epic idea of the Oxford English Dictionary--to find every word in the English language--was typical of the Victorian era, a time when dazzling inventions and seemingly impossible projects were pursued.
Ian Brookes, consultant editor at Collins English Dictionary, agrees the figurative and metaphorical use of the word crept into the English language as an intensifier.
Source words were then replaced by target words selected from a dictionary, and their order rearranged so as to comply with the rules of the target language.
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