The latest edition of the dictionary was well overdue.
This was the case owing to the fact that the word ‘indecision’ had not been properly defined. It was generally agreed that the current definition of ‘not having made up one’s mind’ left a lot to be desired. After a great deal of deliberation, two alternate definitions were created. Despite the fact that there was general agreement that both were better than the original, there was no agreement on which of the two they should use.
At this point indecision gave way to ambivalence.
When they realised that was, in fact, what had happened, someone suggested that they look up ambivalence…