Unlikely Glossary Project
glossator
The oldest appropriate form, beating out Glossarian by 507 years, Glossarist by 394 years, and Glosser by 223 years.
We who compile the Unlikely Glossary are Unlikely Glossators; more specifically:
Nick—to blame for the whole
hinky business
Andrew and
Chris and
Kevin—Able co-conspirators
Andrew objects to the term on the grounds that it “looks and sounds stupid,” which is true enough, though it is unclear how this is a bad thing, given our predilections, and equally unclear how his preferred form, “glosseteer”, does not also look and sound stupid.
From Kevin Sun May 9 22:22:59 +0200 2004
From: Kevin
Date: Sun, 09 May 2004 22:22:59 +0200
Subject: Glossators looks stupid
Message-ID: <
20040509222259+0200@kukkurovaca.objectis.net>
Yeah. It reminds me of the Glossateers. Britney, JT and Christina style. —Kevin
From kukkurovaca Sun May 23 12:12:06 +0200 2004
From: kukkurovaca
Date: Sun, 23 May 2004 12:12:06 +0200
Subject:
Message-ID: <
20040523121206+0200@kukkurovaca.objectis.net>
So, wait, you object to both of the existing candidates?
From unknown Sun Jun 13 15:45:20 +0200 2004
From:
Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2004 15:45:20 +0200
Subject:
Message-ID: <
20040613154520+0200@kukkurovaca.objectis.net>
I object to both! Glosseteer sounds too much like a muskateer/mouseketeer/rocketeer, and glossator sounds like someone who dodges plastic bulls or wanders around 13th-century England singing. Then again, maybe I overly associate words that rhyme because I don’t read their insides.