No Robert James, the word ‘recycling’ cannot be found in most dictionaries published before 1967.
— William W. Lawrence Sr.
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Lisa Simpson: “We have recycling now!”
Mr. Burns: ” ‘Re-cy-cling?’ ”
(cut to Mr. Burns’ mind, where an old dictionary opens to “Ra-Re”, the view scans down the page, past “ragamuffin”, eventually to where “recycling” would be found, but it’s not there)
Mr. Burn: “Oh, little girl! You’ve used a word that obviously doesn’t exist, you irrepressible little ragamuffin!”