Talk:went missing
Latest comment: 8 years ago by SemperBlotto in topic Origin
Origin
[edit]The term "went missing" was originally used to describe lost aircraft, and was first recorded in a book published in Australia in 1944, according to the Oxford English Dictionary. 173.89.236.187 15:32, 29 August 2015 (UTC)
- Google Ngram Viewer shows the first recorded usage to be about 1935, then more usage in the War years, a sudden jump in the 1950s, then sporadic usage subsequently. SemperBlotto (talk) 15:36, 29 August 2015 (UTC)