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February 28, 1939

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1939 the word “dord” was discovered lurking in the ‘New International Dictionary’. The word was a huge embarrassment for the G and C Merriam Company as dord was not actually a word, it was a typo. The entry was meant to read “D or d” as an abbreviation for … Continue reading

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