| 释义 |
usageaster, n. orig. U.S.|ˈjuːsɪˌdʒæstə(r), ˈjuːz-|
[f. usage n. + -aster, after poetaster.]
A self-appointed expert on language usage, esp. one with conservative or pedantic views on correctness.
1980T. Clark in Amer. Speech LV. 132 We can help such people overcome their insecurity by making a clear distinction between usageasters and usage experts. Useageaster is my term, formed on analogy with poetaster. 1984Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. LXXI. 39 One of the more difficult problems exacerbated if not created by the usageasters is to overcome the impression that ‘correct’ English is uniform. 1989English Today Apr. 49/1 No wonder that pontificating usageasters, journalists and occasionally lexicographers feel the urge to flood the gorge with a torrent of ‘old words’, ‘new words’, ‘strange words’, ‘intimate words’, together with advice on how to succeed with them. |