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Old Jan 11, 2008 | 8:05 am
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Originally Posted by edi-traveller
Fair comment - is Deboard a legit word?
Not according to the OED, so no! But I do suspect that, in the early days of aviation, one boarded a ship, not an aeroplane. No doubt many pedants (amongst which number I am happy to include myself) lamented the dreadful slippage of the common usage.
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