If Google Ngrams is to be believed, it was first coined around 1824: https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=wordmonger&year_start=1800&year_end=2000
-------- Original Message -------- From: Steve Rickaby <[email protected]> Date: Tue, May 20, 2014 2:05 pm >Ps. Word Mongers - hmm, nice name. I've been called a Word Carver. I hope it >was a compliment! I thought I'd invented the term 'wordmonger' (in 1995, during a bout of more than usually furious concentration), as in 'one who sells words', but years later I discovered that the word already existed, and meant 'a writer who uses words for show or without particular regard for meaning'. Sigh. Such is life. _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to framers as [email protected]. Send list messages to [email protected]. To unsubscribe send a blank email to [email protected] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [email protected]. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
