What, you aren't happy telling everyone on the list how to win Ebay auctions, now you want to put it in the dictionary? <grin>
Ciao, Graywolf http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto ---------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 4:19 PM Subject: Dictionary definitions for "snipe" updated > Using their online form, I urged Merriam-Webster, Incorporated at http://www.merriamwebster.com/ to update their definitions for the verb "snipe". It worked! Here is their reply: > > Dear Mr. Stregevsky, > I think I was given your e-mail to answer because I have quite a bit of experience bidding on e-Bay items, although I do prefer the "Buy It Now" option. Thank you for these new senses of "snipe." We will add them to our citation file and, depending on the frequency of their use, consider them for entry in future dictionaries." > > My original letter follows: > > Subject: new senses of "snipe" needed > > Dear M-W editors, > > Please add the following three senses of the verb "snipe": > > (intransitive verb): to place a fist bid in an auction's final seconds as a > tactic for winning ("Sniping" is the surest way to win an EBay auction; bid > too soon, and others may resolve to outbid you.") > > (transitive verb): to outbid another by sniping. ("I thought I was going to > win, but with five seconds to go some jerk snipes me.") > > Both senses will be borne out by most any search engine in which you search > for snipe and EBay or snipe and auction. > > I also believe that your existing sense, "to aim a carping or snide > attack," has evolved into a transitive sense, as I am using it in a > personal essay: "When my five-one sister walks down the street with her > five-eleven husband, taller women glare at her. 'Save him for us,' they > snipe." > > Sincerely, > Paul Stregevsky > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > mail2web - Check your email from the web at > http://mail2web.com/ . > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
