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by vvtrippple
Merriam-Webster's Word of '07: 'W00t' By STEPHANIE REITZ Associated
Press Writer Expect cheers among hardcore online game enthusiasts
when they learn Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year.
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Again, Maybe I Won't by Judy Blume To Kill A Mockingbird by
Harper Lee Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare Webster's Ninth New
Collegiate Dictionary by the Merriam-Webster Editorial Staff
Witches, Pumpkins, and Grinning Ghosts: The Story of the Halloween
Symbols by Edna Barth ------------ EDITED TO
by SatanLuciferi
SnyderThen
Again, Maybe I Won't by Judy BlumeTo Kill A Mockingbird by Harper
LeeTwelfth Night by William ShakespeareWebster's Ninth New
Collegiate Dictionary by the Merriam-Webster Editorial
StaffWitches, Pumpkins, and Grinning Ghosts: The Story of the
Halloween Symbols by Edna BarthEven funnier,
by playdrum
When you compare things like this, it's an attack on the scientific
method itself, here's Merriam-Webster's definition:"principles and
procedures for the systematic pursuit of knowledge involving the
recognition and formulation of a problem, the collection of data
through observation and
Journal Comments (22)
Comment by PlaySerious
Dictionaries are reactive to culture, in a chicken and egg
hysteresis with a 20 year time lag under Merriam-Webster's official
standards (absent some cases for faster inclusion or modification
of listed words).
Comment by pmcrimson
Merriam-Webster's tendency to define things with solely a synonym
is actually a pet peeve of mine.
Comment by user000001
While the words are related in some contexts, consider this
excerpt from Merriam-Webster's entry from reason: "a consideration,
motive, or judgment inducing or confirming a belief, influencing
the will, or leading to an action or course of action : a rational
ground or motive"You use reason to make
Comment by Maverisms
I maintain that, especially given Merriam-Webster's definition, the
meaning leans toward the performer's side.
Comment by Sun-ah
i went to look up the definition of racism in merriam
webster's online dictionary and i lost my comment.
Forum Comments (25)
Comment by Rye3d
atheistical] n : someone who denies the
existence of god
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Atheist
\A"the*ist\, n. ... merriam-webster.
Comment by slowevolution
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary - Cite This
Source - Share ThisMain Entry: pe·do·phil·iaPronunciation:
"pEd-&-'fil-E-&, "ped-Variant: or chiefly British
pae·do·phil·ia /"pEd-/Function: noun: sexual perversion in which
children are the preferred sexual objectMerriam-Webster's
Comment by krippy2k
) Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary1. ... com we have the definition from
merriam-webster.
Comment by Spike1979
"Merriam-Webster's
defintion
Comment by tacit
It most certainly is; it's in the Oxford English
Dictionary, the Merriam Webster dictionary, the Webster's New
Millennium Dictionary.