etaoin shrdlun.

/ˈɛtəɔɪn ˈʃəːdluː/

Forms: 1900s– etaoin shrdl, 1900s– etaoin shrdlu.

Origin: Formed within English, as an acronym.

Etymology: < the letters in the first two vertical banks of keys on the left of the keyboard of a Linotype machine (in which letters were arranged by descending letter frequency, so as to speed up the mechanical operation of the machine), E T A O I N S H R D L U. Compare shrdlu n.

The letters set by running a finger down the first two vertical banks of keys on the left of the keyboard of a Linotype machine, used as a temporary marking slug but sometimes printed by mistake; any badly blundered sequence of type. Also elliptical etaoin n. Cf. shrdlu n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > inaccuracy, inexactness > incorrectness of language > [noun] > error in written mode > wrongly printed sequence

etaoin shrdlu1931

shrdlu1943

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > printmaking > surface and planographic printing > other surface-printing > [noun] > equipment > linotype marking slug

etaoin shrdlu1931

1931 J. Thurber Owl in Attic iii. vii. 135 The author sends in a manuscript without exclamation marks. The linotyper puts them in, the author takes them out in proof, the linotyper puts them back in, together with a couple of etaoins.

1967 Listener 15 June 793/2 What I love about newspapers is their etaoin shrdl.

1983 Daily Tel. 13 Sept. 12/4 ‘Lot of pleasure but also a lot of pleasure but also a lot of anxiety and heart-searching.’ etaoinshrdlu cmfwyp shrdlu cd showed that cinema and per- Mrs Nissel said that the study forming arts ticket prices had more or less remained in line with the Retail Price Index up to 1975/76.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1989; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	etaoin shrdlu
释义	etaoin shrdlun. /ˈɛtəɔɪn ˈʃəːdluː/ Forms: 1900s– etaoin shrdl, 1900s– etaoin shrdlu. Origin: Formed within English, as an acronym. Etymology: < the letters in the first two vertical banks of keys on the left of the keyboard of a Linotype machine (in which letters were arranged by descending letter frequency, so as to speed up the mechanical operation of the machine), E T A O I N S H R D L U. Compare shrdlu n. The letters set by running a finger down the first two vertical banks of keys on the left of the keyboard of a Linotype machine, used as a temporary marking slug but sometimes printed by mistake; any badly blundered sequence of type. Also elliptical etaoin n. Cf. shrdlu n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > inaccuracy, inexactness > incorrectness of language > [noun] > error in written mode > wrongly printed sequence etaoin shrdlu1931 shrdlu1943 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > printmaking > surface and planographic printing > other surface-printing > [noun] > equipment > linotype marking slug etaoin shrdlu1931 1931 J. Thurber Owl in Attic iii. vii. 135 The author sends in a manuscript without exclamation marks. The linotyper puts them in, the author takes them out in proof, the linotyper puts them back in, together with a couple of etaoins. 1967 Listener 15 June 793/2 What I love about newspapers is their etaoin shrdl. 1983 Daily Tel. 13 Sept. 12/4 ‘Lot of pleasure but also a lot of pleasure but also a lot of anxiety and heart-searching.’ etaoinshrdlu cmfwyp shrdlu cd showed that cinema and per- Mrs Nissel said that the study forming arts ticket prices had more or less remained in line with the Retail Price Index up to 1975/76. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1989; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1931
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