Re: and/or?

["Mark L. Levinson" <nosnivel -at- netvision -dot- net -dot- il>]

Al writes:
 > I have an older (30 years old) copy of
 > Merriam-Webster and it isn’t listed.

For what it's worth, I have it listed in an
older one than that:  the Fifth Collegiate Edition,
1943, including a section of "new words" (like
"jam session" and "mechanize") up to 1941.
"And/or" wasn't a new word, though.  It's right
there on page 40 of the body of the book, between
"andiron" and "andro-".

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