Retiring Guy's Digest: Vocabulary lesson: According to Merriam-Webster dictionary, the first-known use of 'hypergamy'' occurred in 1883

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Headline and subhead: New York Times, 7/29/2025

Jesse McKinley reports:

Last week, Mr. Armstrong, a 32-year-old former exotic dancer who has also used the name Donovan Michaels, filed a lengthy civil suit in Los Angeles, filled with allegations that Mr. Geffen used drugs and was abusive, and calling Mr. Geffen “an exploiter, masquerading as a white knight while hiding behind wealth, philanthropy, and fame.”
And tucked into that litany of accusations — which Mr. Geffen’s lawyer blasted, calling it a “false, pathetic lawsuit” — is the assertion that the couple met on the dating website now known as Seeking.com, which describes itself as “a space for love and luxury to meet,” through a mutual commitment to hypergamy, something it mentions and promotes repeatedly on its website.
Hyperga-what?

Other coinages from 1883 include: