`:The idea that ``brinksmanship`` is a misspelling is absolutely mad, or at least an example of the worst kind of pedantry. ``Some dictionaries?`` The OED lists it as a US variant, and its US counterpart lists it as an alternate thus: ``brinkmanship |ˈbri ng kmənˌ sh ip| (also brinksmanship |ˈbri ng ksmən-|) noun the art or practice of pursuing a dangerous policy to the limits of safety before stopping, typically in politics.`` People, if it's listed as a variant in dictionaries, it is not an erroneous spelling, for heaven's sake. I'm removing that wildly unjustified implication.     `