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ABUSAGE

Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language | 1998 | Copyright

ABUSAGE. An archaic term for misuse and defilement, revived in 1942 by Eric Partridge in the title Usage and Abusage: A Guide to Good English (1942). It is currently used only in his sense of improper, unidiomatic, and ungrammatical language. Compare CONFUSAGE.

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	THE ANGRY GRAMMARIAN Newspaper article from: Philadelphia Weekly Barg, Jeffrey February 7, 2007 700+ words ...exclamation points! Thursday's a twofer, starting with "Abusage and Usage: a Panel on Language With Mark Liberman, Erin McKean...North Star. It's copyediting in three-part harmony. "Abusage and Usage": Thurs., Feb. 8, 7pm. Free. Free Library...
	Raging against rudeness; Lynne Truss is far angrier about our lack of manners... Newspaper article from: The Evening Standard (London, England) November 2, 2005 700+ words ...of my age were attending the Isle of Wight Festival and having abortions, I bought a copy of Eric Partridge's Usage and Abusage and covered it in sticky-backed plastic so that it would last a lifetime (it has)." But Talk to the Hand is driven by...
	Its and pieces.(Features) Newspaper article from: The Journal (Newcastle, England) December 2, 2003 700+ words ...the years. Several of them were written by New Zealand lexicographer Eric Partridge (1894-1979), author of Usage and Abusage: A Modern Guide to Good English, who spent nearly 50 years at the same desk in the Reading Room of the British Museum researching...
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