Talk:oversit

Please re-check 1873 citation
I would bet good money that it's just a scanno for "over it". Equinox ◑ 15:55, 29 October 2016 (UTC)
 * You are correct. DTLHS (talk) 15:57, 29 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Can you verify the other citation? DTLHS (talk) 15:59, 29 October 2016 (UTC)


 * No. The text is here but it's absolutely packed with scannos. I tried searching for bits and pieces but couldn't find the right sentence. Equinox ◑ 16:04, 29 October 2016 (UTC)

RFV discussion: October 2016–May 2017
Rfv-sense: "governance, authority, possession, control". One citation removed that was actually "over it". I suspect the remaining one is actually "oversight", but I cannot find the quote on Google books or archive.org. The OED has no noun sense for this word. DTLHS (talk) 01:22, 30 October 2016 (UTC)
 * The date on the remaining cite is probably wrong by 3-400 years. Feveryere was apparently an old form of February as well as a surname. Anglo-Norman? DCDuring TALK 02:43, 30 October 2016 (UTC)
 * I can't actually view the citation as it's a no preview book, but it's probably just a very old fashioned name but the rest of the spelling looks modern. Renard Migrant (talk) 14:59, 30 October 2016 (UTC)
 * I mean, all three versions of it on Google Books, they're all no preview. Renard Migrant (talk) 17:03, 31 October 2016 (UTC)
 * I found a version I could see, and the spelling is clearly old on several other words as well. I would say this is just an example of oversight with the non-standardised spelling of the day. Kiwima (talk) 19:45, 30 May 2017 (UTC)

RFV-failed Kiwima (talk) 19:45, 30 May 2017 (UTC)

RFV discussion: April–June 2023
Slang, humorous: "To misunderstand." UNDER + STAND, OVER + SIT, get it? Example given: "Nobody understands me; they all oversit me." (Some of the other senses and citations look very dodgy too, but I'll leave them for now.) Equinox ◑ 15:57, 10 April 2023 (UTC)


 * RFV failed - feel free to RFV any other senses, they do look dodgy Thyself be knowne (talk) 13:56, 9 June 2023 (UTC)