OED Here I Come

My pal Kathy Shaidle was kind enough to send me this link:

http://wordspy.com/index.php?word=underbus

Apparently the good people at Wordspy thing that I coined “underbussed” as a verb.

2008

It looks like Richard Warman has been underbussed by the Department of Justice as well as the CHRC.

—Jay Currie, “Panic Stations,” Jay Currie, October 28, 2008

That particular iteration of my blog is lost to history unless it is on an old hard drive or the Wayback Machine. But I am completely delighted.

I am also, I am afraid, just about certain that I did not actually coin the verb.

But, when greatness is thrust upon you…