The AHA also publishes a magazine called Zymurgy -- the first word in brewing and, ironically, the last word in the dictionary.
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word has now come to mean an expression of excited approval.
Now in his third term as IPC president, Sir Philip - a former Paralympic wheelchair basketball player - also wants to see the word disability banished from the dictionary.
Not only did it become a viral sensation, with more than two million views on YouTube, but it also changed how the country's leading dictionary defined the word "misogyny".
The Oxford English Dictionary documents how the word "rabid" found similar purchase in English during the 17th century, as a term of illness but also as a wrenching state of agitation: "rabid with anguish" (1621), "rabid Griefe" (1646).
Just double tap any word to get the dictionary definition or translation and with one more tap, learn more about the word through Wikipedia.
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"To be told in my own country I can't use a word in the English dictionary - it's nonsense, " said Mr McColghan.
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The transistor never made much money and the company's stock never returned to those heights, but Ovshinsky did manage to get the word Ovonics(and his name) into the dictionary.
The epic idea of the Oxford English Dictionary--to find every word in the English language--was typical of the Victorian era, a time when dazzling inventions and seemingly impossible projects were pursued.
In 2003 the word "blog" made it into the Oxford English Dictionary.
That button also lets you buy the book (in the case of a sample), skip to a specific page, bookmark, look up a word in the including Collins dictionary, view the book's table of contents, and adjust the font size -- there are eight font sizes in all.
Melnyk, a cabinet maker by day, calls himself the "skishin' magician, " and boasts that the word "skishing" is now found in the Microsoft Encarta dictionary.
The video can be linked with the electronic dictionary so that a user can select a word in the subtitle during the replay of a video and quickly check its meaning.
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And some critics accused her of using the wrong word in her attack on Mr Abbott, pointing to the dictionary definition of ''misogyny'' as a pathological hatred of females.
It is not just that she is erudite (which she is), or that an outlandish word will send her to the dictionary (which it will).
If you look it up in the dictionary, one definition for the word has it as a synonym for an underhand plot or conspiracy.
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, barista is a word of Italian origin that refers to a "person who makes and serves coffee in a coffee bar".
There have been a couple of previous attempts to define and propagate Fauxhemia(n), notably by Urban Dictionary, which specifically attached the word to a place where trendiness hides the high rents and trust funds.
The bell may have tolled for the term when it was added to the Merriam Webster dictionary in 2006, or maybe two years later when Mitt Romney uttered the word on the campaign trail.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard's fiery speech on misogyny has prompted Australia's leading dictionary to update its definition of the word.
Ian Brookes, consultant editor at Collins English Dictionary, agrees the figurative and metaphorical use of the word crept into the English language as an intensifier.
When one comes across an unfamiliar word, it is customary to consult a dictionary for illumination of the meaning of the unfamiliar term.
The Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary has no record of such a word.
If you type in its old URL, Word.com, it will now take you to the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary.
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