For this homo is the Greek for same, not Latin for man, and the word is all Greek.
The waiter at a favorite local restaurant used the same word to describe the little bottles of Brunello and Bordeaux I brought along to drink at dinner, though he was convinced they were both sweet.
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Yet in the same way that the word Waterloo has come to mean crushing and final defeat, so has Stalingrad become a symbol of incredible savagery and endurance, as the armies of the two greatest totalitarian regimes of the 20th Century fought to the death.
Over the same period, the number of telephone operators plunged by 64 percent, word processors and typists by 63 percent, travel agents by 46 percent and bookkeepers by 26 percent, according to Labor Department statistics.
After criticizing George of Bush the 2nd for starting wars with two enemy kingdoms, he used the same advisors and continued to waste the scare resources of the kingdom in faraway lands where victory was a word with no meaning.
In an interview with a website in Los Angeles, Richard Sherman once said it was a word constructed in the same way he and his brother used to make up words in their childhood.
You know how people who come from completely different cultures and backgrounds, people who might not even speak a single word of the same language, they might still be drawn together when their hearts are lifted by the notes of a song, or a vision on a canvas, or the graceful arc of a dance.
The same word appeared 304 times across the screen, in black and then white writing.
Sixth, let us show by our willingness to bring Turkey, a proud Muslim nation into the EU on the same and equal terms as all others, that Europe is committed not just in word but in deed to a Europe of diverse races, cultures and religions all bound together by common rules and a sense of human solidarity and mutual respect.
Atomic bombs were perfected and first tested in New Mexico, so the word nuclear probably didn't generate the same hysteria here it did elsewhere.
Technological changes such as the rise of collaboration tools make it easier to multi-task: you can have a chat window, a word-processing document, a Web browser, and other applications all open at the same time on your computer, and switch easily between them.
The injunction they call for would have Apple take down all "Tiger" references from its web site, advertisements, all promotional materials, boxes, manuals, and software, as well as issue a press release that basically says "we're very sorry we ever even thought of using the word 'Tiger' to describe our operating system, " and that the press do the same.
Then there is the word sequester -- a technical mouthful that doesn't quite convey the same drama and sizzle as "fiscal cliff, " Zelizer said.
The same is true in other cities, of course, which is why digging for insider tips and word-of-mouth directions before a trip always pays off.
Each controversy came with different reasons, different accusations, and different levels of fall-out, but they all ended with the same result: A public apology via printed word, viral video or TV ad.
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