Re: Most annoying word

[doc -at- edwordsmith -dot- com]

On Tuesday 28 February 2006 21:09, you wrote:
> I guess you and the editors at Merriam aren't shooters.  The firearms
> industry and gunsmithing trade has used "accurize" for quite some time
> to describe the process of adjusting or otherwise modifying a firearm
> after manufacturing to tighten its tolerances and improve consistency
> and accuracy beyond original factory specs.  I don't know the origin
> of the term, but I've seen it in books as old as pre-WWII.
>
> See https://www.midwayusa.com/guntecdictionary.exe/termlisting?TermID=906
>
> Gene Kim-Eng


Bless you my son.  :-)
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