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And yet, Wikipedia has an entry for “Mountweazel.”
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And yet, Wikipedia has an entry for “Mountweazel.”
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Indeed, the word ‘Mountweazel’ is now used as a synonym for ‘phantom’ or ‘false entry’ in reference works – fictitious articles created as an aid in the detection of copyright infringement, as the encyclopaedia editors did in this example from the seventies.
Archive 2009-03-01 Chris Finnegan 2009
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Turning from fountain design to photography in 1963, Mountweazel produced her celebrated portraits of the South Sierra Miwok in 1964.
Archive 2009-03-01 Chris Finnegan 2009
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Indeed, the word ‘Mountweazel’ is now used as a synonym for ‘phantom’ or ‘false entry’ in reference works – fictitious articles created as an aid in the detection of copyright infringement, as the encyclopaedia editors did in this example from the seventies.
The Life and Times of Lillian Virginia Mountweazel @ Monstert Truck Gallery from March 19th 2009 Chris Finnegan 2009
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Turning from fountain design to photography in 1963, Mountweazel produced her celebrated portraits of the South Sierra Miwok in 1964.
The Life and Times of Lillian Virginia Mountweazel @ Monstert Truck Gallery from March 19th 2009 Chris Finnegan 2009
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Mountweazel, the encyclopedia indicates, was born in Bangs, Ohio, in 1942, only to die at 31 in an explosion while on assignment for Combustibles magazine.
languagehat.com: ESQUIVALIENCE, OR RELEASING GIANT TURTLES. 2005
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If Mountweazel is not a household name, even in fountain-designing or mailbox-photography circles, that is because she never existed.
languagehat.com: ESQUIVALIENCE, OR RELEASING GIANT TURTLES. 2005
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William H. Harris and Judith S. Levey, eds, “Mountweazel, Lillian Virginia”, The New Columbia Encyclopedia, New York: Columbia University Press, 1975, 1850.
Archive 2009-03-01 Chris Finnegan 2009
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William H. Harris and Judith S. Levey, eds, “Mountweazel, Lillian Virginia”, The New Columbia Encyclopedia, New York: Columbia University Press, 1975, 1850.
The Life and Times of Lillian Virginia Mountweazel @ Monstert Truck Gallery from March 19th 2009 Chris Finnegan 2009
oroboros commented on the word Mountweazel
A fictitious entry for the purpose of detecting plagiarism.
August 20, 2011