`  == Reversion of my recent edit ==  I assume this careless reversion  was directed at my edit but it also had the effect of reverting unrelated contributions by me and another editor. I find the edit summary unhelpful. The editor has apparently not bothered to read the citations, which only show that the earliest citation in the OED comes from 1785, not that this is the ``first recorded use``. I have a copy and the OED makes no such claim. Although the OED is a good approximate guide to when a new word appeared, a thorough trawl will very often uncover something older. My other edits which were reverted are self-explanatory and include the addition of a {{fact}} tag. For now, I shall re-revert all but the removal of the references because it is clear the other editor had not bothered to check what else he was changing in his revert. I shall also add  to the ``sources`` I am supposed to have removed.   •  `