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6 Dec 2021, 3:16 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
Dictionary.com: “2021 was a year defined by the many ongoing impacts of the pandemic and the polarization of 2020—and the various ways we continue to grapple with them. [read post]
14 Jul 2021, 3:41 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
Fast Company: “Dictionary.com has announced that it has added over 300 new words and terms to its online offerings. [read post]
8 Apr 2021, 4:34 am
” *** “This is not meant to be a formal definition of Malibu like most terms we define on Dictionary.com, but is rather an informal word summary that hopefully touches upon the key aspects of the meaning and usage of Malibu that will help our users expand their word mastery. [read post]
11 Mar 2021, 3:33 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
Mashable – “Dictionary.com announced its latest language updates as we reach the one year anniversary of our communal COVID-19 lockdown. [read post]
18 Nov 2020, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
”In any case, Dictionary.com provides this definition of coup d’etat: “a sudden and decisive action in politics, especially one resulting in a change of government illegally or by force” (emphasis added). [read post]
15 Oct 2020, 4:00 am by Marcelo Rodriguez
Two years ago in 2018, Dictionary.com made the move to create a section dedicated to emojis: the Emoji Dictionary. [read post]
16 Jul 2020, 8:22 am by Eric Goldman
Bonus props because the court correctly textually defined the emoji symbols and gave a definition of “smiling face with horns,” which is “used to convey playful mischief” (according to Dictionary.com and Emojipedia). [read post]
17 Jun 2020, 1:15 pm by Eileen McDermott
The Court affirmed the United States District Court for the Northern District of California’s finding that the lawsuits against Amazon and its customers—Patreon, Vox Media, Dictionary.com, Vice Media, Oath,... [read post]
17 Jun 2020, 1:15 pm by Eileen McDermott
The Court affirmed the United States District Court for the Northern District of California’s finding that the lawsuits against Amazon and its customers—Patreon, Vox Media, Dictionary.com, Vice Media, Oath, Inc., Buzzfeed, Popsugar and Ziff Davis—were barred in part by a 1907 Supreme Court ruling, Kessler v. [read post]
5 Jun 2020, 3:46 pm by Commentary:
Lexico, the online collaboration between Dictionary.com and Oxford University Press, defines “legalese” as “the formal and technical language of legal documents that is often hard to understand. [read post]
6 Apr 2020, 4:22 am
We also point out that the number of likes or followers should be put into context, and that user comments appearing on an applicant’s social media sites may provide insight into consumers’ perceptions of the mark.Mere Descriptiveness: Applicant maintained that "couture" is not descriptive of its goods, since the term used as a noun is defined in Dictionary.com as "the occupation of a couturier; dressmaking and designing. [read post]
2 Feb 2020, 8:17 am by Eric Goldman
According to Dictionary.com (not cited by the court), the fire emoji “is used to signify that something is cool, awesome, exciting, or more colloquially, ‘on fire. [read post]
2 Dec 2019, 3:55 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
Dictionary.com: “…existential also inspires us to ask big questions about who we are and what our purpose is in the face of our various challenges—and it reminds us that we can make choices about our lives in how we answer those questions. [read post]
23 Aug 2019, 5:01 am by Unknown
The folks at Dictionary.com provide a similar definition but then add an important proviso: “A provision in the laws governing taxation that allows people to reduce their taxes. [read post]
13 Jul 2019, 3:57 am by SHG
” The boss (remaining very calm and professional), let’s go to http://dictionary.com  and look it up together. [read post]
7 Jul 2019, 10:34 am by Sabrina I. Pacifici
In this case, the applied-for mark is a commonplace term, message, or expression widely used by a variety of sources that merely conveys an ordinary, familiar, well-recognized concept or sentiment…The attached evidence from Redbubble®, Etsy®, Teepublic®, Society6®, Refinery 29®, People®, USA Today ®, Urban Dictionary ® and Dictionary.com ®, shows that this term or expression is commonly used in the drag community and by celebrities as an alternate… [read post]
14 Jun 2019, 12:30 pm by John Ross
Uncounseled plaintiff sues the University of Texas for gaslighting him—that is, per dictionary.com, manipulating him by psychological means into questioning his own sanity. [read post]