Commonplace-book. Formerly Book of common places. orig. A book in which ‘commonplaces’ or passages important for reference were collected, usually under general heads; hence, a book in which one records passages or matters to be especially remembered or referred to, with or without arrangement. First usage recorded: 1578. - OED
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Fictional People
If you see someone unable to boil a kettle, open a sash window or understand he has an appalling haircut, it probably means he's fictional.
-Jasper Fforde, One of Our Thursdays is Missing
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