Yet, Mr Bellos says, the concept of a word itself is almost impossible to define.
The meaning of a word can be derived from its etymology or it can be assigned arbitrarily and artificially.
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"Trademarks as opposed to use of a word in prose or everyday language are two very different things, " it said.
An etymologist can trace the origin and development of a word, but who can identify the moment when absolutely took off?
The need to share our intimate experiences with those around us, to connect with another by clutching onto the coattails of a word.
My guess is that Google will reveal an overhaul significant enough to merit the manufacturing of a word-of-mouth campaign that gets the public more hopped than a bouncing ball.
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That Austrians explain good and bad times through the prism of inflation suggests austerity in outlook, but promiscuity in action whereby modern theorists redefine the meaning of a word.
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The goal was to give not only the definitions of a word but also, in effect, that word's biography, chronicling its various uses from its origin to the present.
Roush said at least one of the questions was about the definition of a word, and she cautioned jurors that they were not allowed to look up the definition themselves.
The point being contested (in a debate that has gone on in various forms for centuries) is whether accuracy of meaning is more important or less important than the exactness of a word.
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Mr. SHADID: You know, it's not too strong of a word, I think, to use like dumbfounded when you ask U.N. officials what happened and what the situation is on the ground with the cluster bombs right now.
Then, in a clever bit of judgeship designed to avoid deciding the case on a broader constitutional basis than necessary, the court said since Prop. 8 only involved the use of a word and the state could have no compelling reason to deny one class of people the use of that word the voter initiative was invalid from the start.
Google has its Google docs tools, so if you wanted to create a spreadsheet or any type of text document you would simply go to a web page that has all the functionalities of a word processor, but because it's taking place on the Internet, you can access it from anywhere, and you can get other people accessing it as well.
NUads enable natural interactivity using the simplicity of a spoken word or the wave of a hand.
"It was a mixture of elation and, for lack of a better word, terror, " said Hollister, a professor of biomedical and mechanical engineering who has been studying tissue regeneration for more than 15 years.
In the process, diesel is becoming less of a dirty word a relic of Detroit's hastily converted petrol engines that were pressed into service as passenger diesels in the aftermath of the 1973 oil shock.
I'm a strong advocate of creating a lengthy outline of a novel before writing a single word of the prose.
Mr Gallagher has accused Sinn Fein of carrying out a "hatchet job" and a "political assassination" on the basis of the word of a convicted fuel smuggler.
"I'm not sure I understand why new-media companies need to pay to get big companies to pay attention to them, " says Dave L. Balter, founder of BzzAgent, a word-of-mouth marketer that Puris approached about joining up.
This year, as has been true for many years now, all across this nation, in cities and towns thousands of miles away from here, families are saying a word of thanks to a Senator they never knew or met because a Pell Grant helped open the door to college.
Those vehicles don't get the some type of respect, for lack of a better word, as they hybrids.
Step into one and you will immediately comprehend the import of such a word.
From day one she seems, for lack of a better word, squirrely.
Heppelmann provided an analogy of a Microsoft Word document and a printer.
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That is, back to the 19th Century gentlemanly art of a quiet word here, a confidential nudge there, far from the public gaze.
It was immediately and appreciably richer, more flavorful, denser tasting for lack of a better word, really concentrated, but also noticeably more tender.
Arabic is such a language that the simple addition of a mere letter to a word can completely change the entire meaning of it.
The Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary has no record of such a word.
The gaming industry is, for lack of a better word, huge.
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