PERMANENT JOURNEY RECORD / 228
COMPLETE ROUTE ↗STAGE 02globalNO SINGLE PIN
1824 English record and later global spread
International English
boomerang DOSSIER ↗Merriam-Webster reports English use by 1824; ANU documents later international and figurative development.
- COORDINATES STORED
- NO
- HONEST TO PLOT
- NO
- PLACEMENT MODE
- global
- TIME PRECISION
- exact
- NUMERIC TIME BOUND
- YES
- CLAIM CITATIONS
- 2
THIS STAGE ENTERS THE TIMELINE.
The exact year is the lexicographic first-use report; international spread and figurative senses are later and not reduced to that year.
PLACE IN GLOBAL CHRONOLOGY ↗DIRECT STAGE-LEVEL PROVENANCE
AUDIT THE ROUTE CLAIM.
Every source below identifies its exact stance, locator, and evidentiary contribution.
- supports
Boomerang — Word History
Reports 1824 as the English first-known-use year.
First Known UseAUDIT SOURCE ↗ - context
Meanings and origins of Australian words and idioms — boomerang
Documents the word’s movement into International English and later figurative uses.
Boomerang section — international and figurative developmentAUDIT SOURCE ↗