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boffo The only speculation about its etymology cited is Merriam-Webster's 12,000 Words: “from boffola, a `belly-laugh,' which in turn comes from boff, a `belly-laugh,' `gag,' `hit,' perhaps based on `box office.
It is only from an article about CED that we learn it has “171,000 entries,” which suggests that Collins means by references what Merriam-Webster means by entries . But CED and Cobuild certainly do not say so!
Also, the editors have avoided the schwa \?\, preferring to resurrect the antediluvian system used by Merriam-Webster in the Second Edition of their Unabridged (and since abandoned by almost everyone).
In a more recent action, initiated by Merriam in 1981, the Court of Appeals again affirmed the right of other publishers to use Webster in dictionary titles and enjoined the defendants from using any variation or combination of the words world-famous, authentic, original, genuine , or renowned to suggest a connection between their product and the Merriam-Webster line of dictionaries (Merriam v.
For years and years, Merriam-Webster has held out an explicit definition of Pecksniffian , one precisely consistent with the Pecksniff we know, and usage has squared with that definition.