One of the Oxford English Dictionary's most prolific contributors was William Chester Minor, who submitted thousands of quotations while confined in an asylum after committing murder.

tearful or tending to cause tears; mournful.

an undistinguished imitator or follower.

an interval between reigns or governments; more broadly, a pause or gap in continuity.

a strong feeling of repugnance, distaste, or dislike

something or someone that is not in its correct historical or chronological time, especially something…

blindly or overly optimistic.

to restate or summarise; to go over the main points again.

reasoning that tests truth by holding opposing ideas in tension.

seeing meaningful patterns (often faces) in vague or random data.

a dispute about words; a battle of wording rather than substance.