We're pretty sure Webster beat her to it. And Oxford. And maybe even Random House.
Girl: When I see that, I always think "pandemonium." I mean, what is that? I, like, made up a new word!
-- Earthsci 022 Class, overheard by Trigger
-- Earthsci 022 Class, overheard by Trigger
posted by Overheard at Western at 2:37 AM
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or maybe (actually) Milton?
You know who could use a dictionary? The Gazette. *shakes his fist harder*
It predates Milton's use, I think it's actually from one of the Classical philosophers
I think Milton coined it, using two Greek words: pan, for all, and daemon, for demon.
I like pandas. I'm not sure about moneums, though...
I will second that, it's Milton's word, no doubt about it.
If you look in the Oxford English Dictionary, it's first coined in 1667 from Milton's Paradise Lost book I. line 756 A solemn Councel forthwith to be held At Pandæmonium, the high Capital Of Satan and his Peers. There's no source pre-dating that. Besides, anyone who took English 020 would know Milton "invented" it.
wow...i can now sleep at night without stressing over the origin of "pandemonium"
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