Lexicographic error

Such problems, because they undercut the intention of providing authoritative guidance to readers and writers, attract special attention.

The preparation of dictionaries requires immense time, expertise and concentration, and there are never sufficient human and financial resources available to ensure complete accuracy.

"[1] An early English-language example was the definition of pastern as "the knee of a horse" in Dr. Johnson's famed 18th-century Dictionary of the English Language.

"[2] In the 1930s, Webster's New International Dictionary, Second Edition accidentally documented, for four years, a supposed word "dord", whose only basis was a clerical error by the publisher.

Presumably the British narrator had been given a list of words to read and the comma after "George" was either missing or overlooked.