Published on May,23 2012 - by Bloomberg
...ternet companies since the dot-com boom and bust. Its sites range from eatery guide Urbanspoon to spelling aid Dictionary.com, while applications from Daily Bible Quotes to cartoon-avatar creator Zwinky feed traffic to i...
Published on May,22 2012 - by The Daily Telegraph
A search for more meaningful descriptions of the weather is long overdue. They will be handing out the dictionaries at the Environment Agency soon. It seems they are looking for “more meaningful” terminology to inf ...
Published on May,21 2012 - by Forbes
...d, who teaches at the University of Arkansas School of Law and is the editor of The Wolters Kluwer Bouvier Law Dictionary. When Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg married his longtime girlfriend Priscilla Chan last week, a day...
Published on May,21 2012 - by The Daily Telegraph
The Queen’s English has changed over 60 years, and much for the better, argues the 'Countdown’ word guru. The notion of “Queen’s English” is usually applied to our pronunciation. Taking the term at its most literal, ...
Published on May,21 2012 - by The Daily Telegraph
...ic gold medal for 'chillaxing’,” said an unnamed ally, “he would win it.” For those new to the term, the Urban Dictionary – an online repository of words yet to pass muster for the OED – describes “chillax” as meaning “...
Published on May,19 2012 - by Reuters
CANNES, France (Reuters) - In a bumper year for U.S. productions in Cannes, director John Hillcoat, presenting prohibition-era drama "Lawless" at the film festival on Saturday, said the state of smaller-budget American ...
Published on May,18 2012 - by Forbes
...t: Extensions and themes Open tabs, windows and tab groups Site-specific preferences, search engines, personal dictionary, download history, DOM storage, security certificate settings, security device settings, download ...
Published on May,18 2012 - by The Daily Telegraph
... keynote speaker. Nine years ago, the word “muggle” – a non-wizard – even earned a place in the Oxford English Dictionary. And it’s not difficult to apply literary analysis to Rowling’s novels. Hermione makes a nice femi...
Published on May,18 2012 - by Reuters
...nagers both said executives would be well-served to avoid phrases like "egregious errors." The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines egregious as conspicuously bad or flagrant. Gerry Silk, a plaintiff's attorney with Bernst...
Published on May,17 2012 - by Forbes
...hat when ?fiscal austerity? is imposed on government it?s bullish, but if imposed on markets, it?s bearish. My dictionary defines an ?austere? approach as one that?s ?severe or strict,? and an austere person as one with ...