ABUSAGE
Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
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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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Eric Honeybrook Partridge
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Eric Honeybrook Partridge 1894-1979, British lexicographer; b. New Zealand. He studied in Australia and at Oxford, taught briefly in England, and...
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