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- What's the Word? // Scholastic News -- Edition 3;09/20/99, Vol. 56 Issue 3, p4
Presents an activity on vocabulary building with words related to Puerto Rico.
- Heteroskedasticity and you. Greilsamer, Marc // Across the Board;May95, Vol. 32 Issue 5, p63
Reports on an article in the `Journal of Housing Research' which used uncommon words such as heteroskedasticity.
- Virtual language. Popcorn, Faith; Marigold, Lys // Across the Board;Feb97, Vol. 34 Issue 2, p11
Provides some words and phrases for future vocabulary.
- Word of the year. // Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists;Mar1992, Vol. 48 Issue 2, p6
Announces the Society for German Language awarded its 1991 `Word of the Year' title to `Besserwessi,' which the society said was the most characteristic word. Besserwessi, a combination of besser (better) and wessi (a slightly derogatory term for western Germans) is a play on besserwisser, or...
- Un-word of the year. // Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists;Sep1992, Vol. 48 Issue 7, p6
Says the Society for the German Language has chosen `besserwessi' (`West German know-it-all') as the `Word of the Year' for 1991, and `Auslanderfrei' or `foreigner-free' as most `inhumane language usage' of the year.
- Talking through ceilings. Payne, Steve // Buildings;May97, Vol. 91 Issue 5, p38
Discusses the terms frequently used by acousticians and sound control experts. Sound Transmission Class (STC); Ceiling Attenuation Class (CAC); Noise Reduction Coefficient (NRC); Articulation Index (AI); Others.
- Word up. Gregory, Deborah // Essence (Essence);May93, Vol. 24 Issue 1, p42
Presents a vocabulary quiz.
- Word to the wise. Gregory, Deborah // Essence (Essence);Apr94, Vol. 24 Issue 12, p40
Reports on the correct usage of some commonly confused words. Words `affect' and `effect'; Words `aggressive' and `assertive'; Words `impudent' and `imprudent'; Words `imply' and `infer'; Reference book entitled `The Columbia Guide to Standard American English' by Kenneth G. Wilson.
- Are we speaking horse Latin? // Horse & Rider;Oct92, Vol. 31 Issue 10, p6
Editorial. Examines the peculiarities of horse jargon, or equi-slang. The many meanings of the adjective `dry'; Terms for winning and losing in competition; Terms applied to various breeds such as Arabians; Slang referring to breeding; Terms that apply to a horse's quality of movement such as...
- Are you a functionality-enhanced provider? Khol, Ronald // Machine Design;07/24/97, Vol. 69 Issue 14, p6
Editorial. Comments on the context in which various words are used incorrectly in the American vocabulary. Reference to family usage of `fun'; Usage of bombastic words to elevate image of corporations and individuals.
