Rejected petition Put 'Hitchslap' into the Oxford English Dictionary in honour of Christopher Hitchens

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Petition to put the coined term 'Hitchslap' into the
Oxford English Dictionary in honour of the author, writer and contrarian Christopher Hitchens, who died on 15/12/2011 aged 62 from throat cancer.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

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Date submitted 13 January 2012
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