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		gwern on Jan 27, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A farewell to bioinformatics (2012) That is the point of the OED: to be comprehensive and include real usages.

saraid216 on Jan 27, 2013 [–]

That's the point of any half-decent dictionary.

The OED is a gold standard, though.

bdr on Jan 27, 2013 | [–]

James Murray was the true Scotsman.

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