24 Apr 2008
Worst Definition Ever: OED on Lynch
I was curious about the history of the word lynch. Going to the most obvious source for such things first, the venerable Oxford English Dictionary, I was highly disappointed by the definition:
trans. To condemn and punish by lynch law. In early use, implying chiefly the infliction of punishment such as whipping, tarring and feathering, or [...]
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