http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/001652.html Language sticklers -- people who propose to regulate a language by stipulating which usages are acceptable and which are not -- tend to be hostile to innovations (as well as to informal style and non-standard vernaculars), which they view as... en-us http://www.m14m.net/bloglet-archive-2004299014746.php#2004323024210 http://scarequotes.typepad.com/dfn/2004/11/not_a_word.html In Language Log, Arnold Zwicky addresses one of my big pet peeves: people who claim that something is "not a word." As he says: Don't tell me there's "no such word". Parade your idiosyncratic prejudices, if you wish, and if