Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pillow dictionary

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The result of the debate was delete. Redwolf24 23:33, 3 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Pillow dictionary

Non-notable neologism. Only 51 displayed hits, and most are just coincidental pairings of the two words. Of the few hits that are this usage, almost all are from a blurb about the book Sleeping with the Dictionary.[1] Niteowlneils 02:51, 28 July 2005 (UTC)

• Delete. The original version was an advertisement, and as Niteowlneils (whose name is really awkward to type) points out, what's left is a neologism at best. Joyous (talk) 02:59, July 28, 2005 (UTC)
• Strong Keep, tho maybe transwiki to wiktionary. most of the times ive come across this it's been in books on pre-communist china, but ive come across it often. terms like this and "mosquito press" have gone by the wayside, but are of historical interest. Nateji77 03:39, 28 July 2005 (UTC)
• Delete unless referenced to be anything more than a neologism and then expanded to be anything more than a dictdef. --fvw* 06:13, July 28, 2005 (UTC)
• Delete from Wikipedia. If this is a valid archaism, then it can be in Wiktionary (although I don't know how they are on the subject of being an historical dictionary; it would be cool if they were, but I don't know that they are). Lexicography rather than encyclopedism. Geogre 15:38, 28 July 2005 (UTC)
  • Expansion: I should be clear that I'm in favor of Transwiki to Wiktionary, if Wiktionary has archaisms. About a year ago, Wiktionary was getting overrun with VfD transwiki-ing things they already had, and they didn't have a deletion mechanism like VfD. Since then, I've been cautious to vote transwiki without serious cause. Geogre 19:31, 28 July 2005 (UTC)
• Transwiki to Wiktionary. I have encourtered this term several times in historical novels. I think it was used in Shogun for example. I have also encountered the varient sleeping dictionary with the same meaning. DES 16:01, 28 July 2005 (UTC)

Are you thinking about Pillow book maybe? Pedant

no, a pillow book is a diary. pillows in say heian japan were made of wood and included a drawer-like hole-with-lid--you kept your diary in your pillow. the term's probably famous because of sei shonagon and the peter greenaway movie. a pillow dictionary is different, more opium war-era and after, i think. Nateji77 02:32, 29 July 2005 (UTC)

• Delete. Non-notable neologism. Sure the concept exists, but so does "that awkward moment when two teenagers want to kiss each other but neither wants to initiate it", and that doesn't have (or need) a word or Wikipedia entry to discribe it.Decapod73 08:50, 29 July 2005 (UTC)

hardly a neologism if it's over 100 years old. i find myself agreeing with Geogre that archaism is better label. Nateji77 04:19, 30 July 2005 (UTC)

• Delete - not notable neologism - Tεxτurε 17:07, 3 August 2005 (UTC)

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