Talk:overwrite

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Possible missing sense[edit]

To write too much, as in citation below. A bit of a nonce word, I imagine. Equinox 18:03, 3 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

  • 1988, Kenneth Burke, ‎Paul Jay, ‎Malcolm Cowley, The Selected Correspondence of Kenneth Burke and Malcolm Cowley, 1915-1981
    He died of overwriting, a good death, like one from overfucking, but I'd rather die of extreme old age, a hell of a long time from now.