But the word hacker is also used to describe a person who tries to steal information from computer systems.

VOA: special.2009.04.19

Bits of paper called "confetti" are often used at parties, so Hailey chose a festive word for her festive music.

VOA: special.2009.12.18

Word expert Mitford Mathews says that as early as eighteen fifty-four, an American publication used the words peanut agitators.

VOA: special.2010.10.03

The word comes from the word "Arab" and is a design term used to describe flowing lines and geometric patterns.

VOA: special.2009.03.11

"Terroir" is the word used to describe how a vineyard's soil and climate give a wine special qualities.

VOA: special.2010.10.13

In seventeen ninety-seven, the Independent Chronicle newspaper used the word to describe a politician the paper supported.

VOA: special.2010.08.08

In fact,some people say the word is used more often than any other word in the world.

VOA: special.2010.02.28

The word kick sometimes is used to describe a complaint or some kind of dissatisfaction.

VOA: special.2011.06.05

Word expert James Rogers found a similar saying used more than four hundred years ago.

VOA: special.2009.03.29

That is why the word heart is used in so many expressions about emotional situations.

VOA: special.2010.07.18

He was asked to think of a word that could be used in an emergency.

VOA: special.2010.04.18

One story is that the word was used to mean poor farmers or uneducated people.

VOA: special.2009.08.09

After the American Civil War in the eighteen sixties, a writer in a publication called Beadles Monthly used the word doughboy to describe Civil War soldiers.

VOA: special.2010.03.07

Hot is a word that is often used to talk about anger.

VOA: special.2009.12.06

He said the word began being used in the eighteen thirties.

VOA: special.2010.02.28

That is a word used for any kind of wild animal.

VOA: special.2009.11.28

He explained his position many times in speeches,debates and letters, including this one written in eighteen fifty-eight: I have made it equally plain that I think the negro is included in the word "men" used in the Declaration of Independence.

VOA: special.2009.02.09

Furlong used the word "bizarre" to describe the weather on Cypress Mountain for this time of year, and added that safety comes first.

VOA: standard.2010.02.16