on 2013-10-06 22:50 David Mann wrote
On Oct 7, 2013, at 2:07 AM, Aahz Maruch <[email protected]> wrote:
Been a word for something like two decades, at least in geek communities.
I've known it in that context for a while too, but I haven't found it in any of
our dictionaries. Our Shorter Oxford English Dictionary does have
administratrix which conjures up some interesting mental imagery.
I did enjoy looking in our 1963 Websters Unabridged as it has that lovely
old-book scent :)
i don't recall when i first saw it, but i expect it was on USENET in the 1980s;
many dictionary entries put its origin in the 1930s, probably because the three
earliest hits on Google Books are in that decade
this reference implies that Harlen F. Stone came up with the term in 1923:
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlan_F._Stone#cite_ref-11>
(scroll back slightly from this anchor)
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