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Garner’s Usage Tip of the Day: Jingoist v. Jingo
Is it "jingo" or "jingoist"?SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Garner’s Usage Tip of the Day: Jingoist v. Jingo", url:...
5 hours ago OUPblog | Topics: A-Featured, Dictionaries, Reference, garner
 
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Climax – Podictionary Word of the Day
The podictionary word of the week is "climax".SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Climax – Podictionary Word of the Day", url:...
 
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Just bought for 14-hr flight from NYC to Beijing: "Reading the OED: One Man, One Year, 21,730 Pages" (I love dictionaries!)
 
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Boffo at the B.O.: Slanguage Coined by Variety
Ever stopped to consider how many slang terms entered the lexicon via Variety, the daily show-biz newspaper founded in 1905?The answer: more than 200. Check them out in this online slanguage glossary.The intro explains how the coinages came to...
 
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The Merriams and the Madman
Ammon Shea looks at Merriam's madman.SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "The Merriams and the Madman", url:...
21 days ago OUPblog | Topics: A-Featured, Dictionaries, ammon shea, books
 
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W – Podictionary Word of the Day
The podictionary word of the week is "w".SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "W – Podictionary Word of the Day", url:...
 
SFD
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WordNetCE-SP 2.01
The goal of the WordNetCE-SP project is to make a high quality, free dictionary/thesaurus for the Smartphone platform.
 
Andrew G
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Lingro Flashcard Function
Just a brief note: the Lingro flashcard function is excellent. A substantial tool for reading in a foreign language online. ...
 
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Magnet – Podictionary Word of the Day
The podictionary word of the week is "magnet".SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Magnet – Podictionary Word of the Day", url:...
 
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Ammon’s Favorite Words, This Week
Ammon's favorite words are...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Ammon’s Favorite Words, This Week", url:...
 
Diana Valerini
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Mondegreen is Geeky ?
Okay, if you have nothing else to do, I suggest you check out these items regarding MondegreenGeeks get a word in with...
 
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Quit squawking, fleshwad! Futurama’s human-insult-a-palooza
Peters explores the vocabulary used on the show Futurama.SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Quit squawking, fleshwad! Futurama’s...
 
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An Excerpt From Reading The OED
An excerpt from Ammon Shea's Reading The OED.SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "An Excerpt From Reading The OED", url:...
 
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Stealing thunder… OK? The origins of everyday words and phrases
In celebration of the latest edition of The Concise Oxford English Dictionary, we reveal the origins of some everyday words and...
 
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Truffle – Podictionary Word of the Day
The podictionary word of the week is "truffle".SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Truffle – Podictionary Word of the Day",...
 
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Beef – Podictionary Word of the Day
A podcast which looks at the word "beef".SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Beef – Podictionary Word of the Day", url:...
 
oupblog
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To Bailout, or Not
Ammon Shea ponders the word "bailout".SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "To Bailout, or Not", url:...
 
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Croissant – Podictionary Word of the Day
The podictionary word of the week is "croissant."SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Croissant – Podictionary Word of the Day",...
 
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Hardcore Dictionaries
Ammon Shea wonders what makes a dictionary "hardcore".SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Hardcore Dictionaries", url:...
 
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Free OED will Travel to Pasadena
At Book Expo America 2008 in LA, OUP held a raffle to win a free OED. Many enthusiastic attendees assured us they had sturdy a...
51 days ago OUPblog | Topics: A-Featured, Dictionaries, Literature, BEA
 
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A Celebration of Making Old “Make” New
Ammon Shea looks at the word "make."SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "A Celebration of Making Old “Make” New", url:...
 
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Cyberspace – Podictionary Word of the Day
Our podictionary podcast of the week.SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Cyberspace – Podictionary Word of the Day", url:...
 
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Kettle – Podictionary Word of the Day
A look at the word "kettle".SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Kettle – Podictionary Word of the Day", url:...
 
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An Affair With Petrichor
Noa Wheeler responds to Ammon Shea's column on Petrichor.SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "An Affair With Petrichor", url:...
 
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Waiting for Petrichor
Ammon Shea, an expert dictionary reader, reflects on rain.SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Waiting for Petrichor", url:...
 
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Buckle up your mirdle! Euphemisms from heck
Mark Peters looks at euphemisms. SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Buckle up your mirdle! Euphemisms from heck", url:...
 
Kang Oedin
Kang Oedin posted a blog entry
Networking Dictionary Part 53
hicap serviceA high-capacity communications circuit service such as a private line T-1 or T-3.home-run cableA cable run that...
 
Kang Oedin
Kang Oedin posted a blog entry
Networking Dictionary Part 52
hard-clad silica fiberAn optical fiber with a hard plastic cladding surrounding a step index silica core.hardware addressThe...
 
Joreth
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The English-to-American Dictionary
lots of creative insults
 
Kang Oedin
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Networking Dictionary Part 51
gigahertz (GHz)A billion hertz or cycles per second.GIPOFGraded index plastic optical fiber.
 
Kang Oedin
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Networking Dictionary Part 50
FTTSFiber to the school. full duplex transmissionData transmission over a circuit capable of transmitting in both directions...
 
Kang Oedin
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Networking Dictionary Part 45
fiberA single, separate optical transmission element characterized by core and cladding. The fiber is the material that guides...
 
Kang Oedin
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Networking Dictionary Part 46
fiber-optic communication systemInvolves the transfer of modulated or unmodulated optical energy (light) through optical-fiber...
 
Kang Oedin
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Networking Dictionary Part 44
fast EthernetEthernet standard supporting 100Mbps operation. Also known as 100Base-TX or 100Base-FX (depending on media).FC...
 
Andre
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KODi - dictionary for mobile phones
KODi is an application for mobile phones supporting Java. It is a browser of large dictionary data, such as the great GNU/FDL...
 
Kang Oedin
Kang Oedin posted a blog entry
Networking Dictionary Part 42
EPMSee ethylene-propylene copolymer rubber.equal level far-end crosstalk (ELFEXT)ELFEXT is the name for the crosstalk...
 
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Online dictionary service in English, Spanish, German and other languages by Collins Lexibase
'free online dictionay service which provides you access to a variety of electronic dictionaries based on authoritative content such as Collins dictionaries, for English definitions, translations in French, Italian, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Chinese'
 
Kang Oedin
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Networking Dictionary Part 41
emitterA source of optical power.encodingA method of combining timing and data information into a synchronized stream of...
 
Kang Oedin
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Networking Dictionary Part 40
EIASee Electronic Industries Alliance.electromagnetic compatibility (EMC)The ability of a system to minimize radiated...