Talk:The Professor of Antiquarian Esquivalience/@comment-73.221.62.59-20170129230905

Interesting sidenote: "esquivalience" is not only not a real word, it was a fake word purposefully published in the New Oxford American English Dictionary in 2001 (and in every edition since then), apparently to protect the copyright on their CD-ROM edition (by inputting something they'd made up, thereby making it an "original" work?? i guess).

In the entry, it was defined as "the willful avoidance of one's official responsibilities".

Which. Is so perfect for an English tenured professor?? Like esp in the Victorian era they were infamous for avoiding official responsibilities. And this word is made up, which is kinda suitable for a spy.

Btw, it's considered "fake" b/c even though all words, ultimately, are made up by somebody, nobody uses this word (search English language NGRAMs - no one uses it), and I've never seen anyone use it except when talking about it's interesting history, except for it's use in this game.

~The More You Know!~