On Apr 23, 2014, at 11:10 PM, "Carrol Cox" <cbcox at ilstu.edu> wrote:
> If I recall correctly, the rule of thumb (at one time) was that probably a
> word had been in oral circulation at least 35 years before its first
> appearance in the OED. Can't remember the source of this: I could be making
> it up.
I bet that was true before the Interwebbzz Era. But I don't think 'selfie' has been around since 1978.
I would be indescribably happy to be proved wrong about that.
Michael Smith mjs at smithbowen.net