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| jawn merriam webster: Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary Merriam-Webster, Inc, 1995 A concise guide to the essential language of medicine. More than 35,000 entries. Pronunciations provided for all entries. Covers brand names and generic equivalents of common drugs. |
| jawn merriam webster: Merriam-Webster's Pocket Dictionary Merriam-Webster, Inc. Staff, 1994-12-04 The perfect dictionary for quick, on-the-go language reference. Features 40,000 entries. Clear, concise definitions, variant spellings, and pronunciations. Includes a brief guide to punctuation. |
| jawn merriam webster: The United States of English Rosemarie Ostler, 2023 The United States of English tells the story of how American English grew and changed from colonial times to the present, exploring how the American language is different from British English and how it got that way. From the English of the colonists to slang, regional dialects, African American English, the internet, and political correctness, Rosemarie Ostler shows how the language has evolved and is still evolving today. Written for non-specialists, it is filled with colorful examples of past and present English that bring the language to life. |
| jawn merriam webster: Merriam-Webster's Compact American English Dictionary , 1995 |
| jawn merriam webster: Merriam-Webster's Medical Desk Dictionary Merriam-Webster, Inc, 2005 Offers concise definitions of medical terms and includes a chapter on the history of medical English. |
| jawn merriam webster: Webster's Dictionary Merriam-Webster, Inc. Staff, 2008-07 Contains new words and senses, forty thousand entries with homographs, variant spellings, pronunciations, and a list of abbreviations. |
| jawn merriam webster: Webster's Dictionary Merriam-Webster, 2007-06 Webster's dictionary offers forty thousand entries with pronunciations and clear, concise definitions. Colorful cover. |
| jawn merriam webster: The Atlantic , 1965 |
| jawn merriam webster: The Book of Booty: Shake It. Love It. Never Be It. Ettore Ewen, Austin Watson, Kofi Nahaje Sarkodie-Mensah, Greg Adkins, Ryan Murphy, 2018-03-13 The Book of Booty presents a fun, full color book for fans of WWE's The New Day tag team with all the silliness, positivity, unicorns, trombones, and twerking fans can get. Multi-time W . . . W . . . E! (WWE) TAG! TEAM! CHAMPIONS! The New Day want you to feel the power!! And now you can with The Book of Booty: Shake It. Love It. Never Be It. From the purveyors of positivity themselves, each chapter of this handy guide will help you embrace the New Day way of life. Even if you’re feeling booty—and who (who?! who?! who?! who?! who?!) has never felt booty? —you’ll be clapping, gyrating, and radiating positivity like the New Day themselves. Fans will learn: * The New Day’s official definition of “booty,” and the telltale signs that you or a loved one might be booty * The proper attire and headwear for the new you * How to twerk like a man * What your spirit animal says about you * How to project positivity By the time you finish this book, you'll be a rainbow-gazing, trombone-playing, unicorn-loving soldier of positivity, ready to take on nefarious WWE tag teams with a smile on your face. Pro tip: Eat your Booty O’s every morning for added strength! |
| jawn merriam webster: Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary Merriam-Webster, 1981 A new edition of America's best-selling dictionary! A red Kivar bound, plain-edged version featuring more than 225,000 clear and precise definitions, 700 illustrations, and more than 10,000 new words and meanings. Special sections include a Handbook of Style. |
| jawn merriam webster: When It All Falls Apart Riva Tims, 2012-03-06 DIV Whether you are dealing with the unexpected death of a loved one, betrayal by someone close to you, sudden divorce, loss of a home, failure of a business or relationship, or any other serious issue, with God’s help you can turn your trial into triumph./div |
| jawn merriam webster: Webster's New Complete Medical Dictionary Merriam-Webster, Inc. Staff, 1997 Webster's New Complete Medical Dictionary provides medical professionals and lay people alike with complete and accurate definitions of medical terms in one easy-to-use volume. The dictionary contains over 35,000 entries, ranging from abscess to zygote, each explained in perfect detail, with a pronunciation guide, part-of-speech label, and word usage example. It also offers full information on both brand name drugs and their generic counterparts, helping better prepare everyone who needs to research medical issues. |
| jawn merriam webster: Webster's Dictionary for Students Merriam-Webster, 2007-05 Presents definitions for more than 32,000 words and phrases for elementary school students. |
| jawn merriam webster: Webster's Concise Reference Library Merriam-Webster, Inc. Staff, 1996-07 |
| jawn merriam webster: Webster's Vest Pocket Dictionary Merriam-Webster, Inc. Staff, 1981 |
| jawn merriam webster: Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged , 1961 |
| jawn merriam webster: Webster's Home & Office Desk Reference Merriam-Webster, Inc, 1997 Quick, comprehensive answers to the most frequently asked questions for conducting business. Also includes guidelines for buying and using personal computers, desktop publishing, and suggestions for efficient set-up and use of telephones and other electronic equipment. |
| jawn merriam webster: How We Talk about Language Betsy Rymes, 2020-09-24 With examples of conversation, this book is a lively account of social and intellectual import of everyday talk about language. |
| jawn merriam webster: Glossographia Thomas Blount, 1661 |
| jawn merriam webster: Philippine Teacher , 1931 |
| jawn merriam webster: The Oxford English Dictionary Oxford University Press, 1989 The Oxford English Dictionary is the ultimate authority on the usage and meaning of English words and phrases, and a fascinating guide to the evolution of our language. It traces the usage, meaning and history of words from 1150 AD to the present day. No dictionary of any language approaches the OED in thoroughness, authority, and wealth of linguistic information. The OED defines over half a million words, and includes almost 2.4 million illustrative quotations, providing an invaluable record of English throughout the centuries. The 20-volume Oxford English Dictionary is the accepted authority on the evolution of the English language over the last millennium. It is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and past. The OED has a unique historical focus. Accompanying each definition is a chronologically arranged group of quotations that trace the usage of words, and show the contexts in which they can be used. The quotations are drawn from a huge variety of international sources - literary, scholarly, technical, popular - and represent authors as disparate as Geoffrey Chaucer and Erica Jong, William Shakespeare and Raymond Chandler, Charles Darwin and John Le Carré. In all, nearly 2.5 million quotations can be found in the OED . Other features distinguishing the entries in the Dictionary are authoritative definitions of over 500,000 words; detailed information on pronunciation using the International Phonetic Alphabet; listings of variant spellings used throughout each word's history; extensive treatment of etymology; and details of area of usage and of any regional characteristics (including geographical origins). |
| jawn merriam webster: Roget's Thesaurus of Words for Writers David Olsen, Michelle Bevilaqua, Justin Cord Hayes, Robert W Bly, 2013-12-03 The ultimate tool for writers! Whether you're crafting the next great American novel or pounding away at a last-minute blog entry, there will come a time in the process when you struggle to find just the perfect word or phrase. Under the time-tested banner of Roget's Thesaurus, this collection will quickly become the most essential tool on your desk when you're working on your next piece. Far from an ordinary word list, each entry in this book is organized by meaning and offers a list of compelling word choices that relate to the ideas you'd like to use. It also provides a pronunciation guide, definition, antonyms, synonyms, and a sample sentence for each listing. Filled with thousands of unique and compelling words, this book will help you find inspiration, expand your vocabulary, and create one-of-a-kind sentences for any writing assignment. With Roget's Thesaurus of Words for Writers, you'll set your projects in the right direction and engage your audience--one word at a time. |
| jawn merriam webster: Philippine Magazine , 1931 |
| jawn merriam webster: Official U.S. Bulletin , 1917 |
| jawn merriam webster: The Rise of the Research University Louis Menand, Paul Reitter, Chad Wellmon, 2017-01-19 The modern research university is a global institution with a rich history that stretches into an ivy-laden past, but for as much as we think we know about that past, most of the writings that have recorded it are scattered across many archives and, in many cases, have yet to be translated into English. With this book, Paul Reitter, Chad Wellmon, and Louis Menand bring a wealth of these important texts together, assembling a fascinating collection of primary sources—many translated into English for the first time—that outline what would become the university as we know it. The editors focus on the development of American universities such as Cornell, Johns Hopkins, Harvard, and the Universities of Chicago, California, and Michigan. Looking to Germany, they translate a number of seminal sources that formulate the shape and purpose of the university and place them next to hard-to-find English-language texts that took the German university as their inspiration, one that they creatively adapted, often against stiff resistance. Enriching these texts with short but insightful essays that contextualize their importance, the editors offer an accessible portrait of the early research university, one that provides invaluable insights not only into the historical development of higher learning but also its role in modern society. |
| jawn merriam webster: Fallen Empire: A Graphic Novel (Cleopatra in Space #5) Mike Maihack, 2019-03-26 The penultimate installment in Mike Maihack's thrilling graphic novel series starring a young Cleopatra and her adventures in space! Cleo goes into hiding after a mysterious death at Yasiro Academy, and she and her friends set out to uncover the spy who must be working within the school's ranks. Meanwhile, Xaius Octavian continues his assault on the galaxy as his complicated origin story, and how he went from being Cleo's best friend to a ruthless dictator, is revealed. In the end, a space battle and dramatic confrontation between Cleo and Octavian will change both of their lives forever. Now a TV series on NBCUniversal's streaming service, Peacock! |
| jawn merriam webster: Because Internet Gretchen McCulloch, 2019-07-23 AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!! Named a Best Book of 2019 by TIME, Amazon, and The Washington Post A Wired Must-Read Book of Summer “Gretchen McCulloch is the internet’s favorite linguist, and this book is essential reading. Reading her work is like suddenly being able to see the matrix.” —Jonny Sun, author of everyone's a aliebn when ur a aliebn too Because Internet is for anyone who's ever puzzled over how to punctuate a text message or wondered where memes come from. It's the perfect book for understanding how the internet is changing the English language, why that's a good thing, and what our online interactions reveal about who we are. Language is humanity's most spectacular open-source project, and the internet is making our language change faster and in more interesting ways than ever before. Internet conversations are structured by the shape of our apps and platforms, from the grammar of status updates to the protocols of comments and @replies. Linguistically inventive online communities spread new slang and jargon with dizzying speed. What's more, social media is a vast laboratory of unedited, unfiltered words where we can watch language evolve in real time. Even the most absurd-looking slang has genuine patterns behind it. Internet linguist Gretchen McCulloch explores the deep forces that shape human language and influence the way we communicate with one another. She explains how your first social internet experience influences whether you prefer LOL or lol, why ~sparkly tildes~ succeeded where centuries of proposals for irony punctuation had failed, what emoji have in common with physical gestures, and how the artfully disarrayed language of animal memes like lolcats and doggo made them more likely to spread. |
| jawn merriam webster: Weird and Wonderful Words Erin McKean, 2002 Weird and Wonderful Words is a pot-pourri, a gallimaufry, a salmagundi, a treasure trove of colourful, quirky, and unusual words. Containing hundreds of definitions written in a clear and conversational style and full-page illustrations which offer a whimsical and hilarious view of our glorious language. Amuse yourself and entertain your friends with your knowledge of who a snollygoster or a Funambulist may be, what a humdudgeon or a nubbingcheat was, or why you might want to engage in catopromancy.Appendices include a bibliography of Oxford dictionaries and a guide to creating your own unusual words correctly from Greek and Latin roots. The perfect stocking filler and gift book, Weird and Wonderful Words is sure to be a favourite of logophiles (word lovers) everywhere. |
| jawn merriam webster: A Grammar of the Philadelphia Dialect Claudio R. Salvucci, 1995 |
| jawn merriam webster: City of Iron and Dust J.P. Oakes, 2021-07-06 This fast-paced, razor-sharp fantasy with a grimdark edge is “one part China Miéville, one part Andrew Lang, one part James M. Cain” (Locus). In a brutal city where goblins rule, the fae have had their magic stolen and seek solace in the darkest corners of the metropolis—but now, they’ve had enough. The Iron City is a prison, a maze, an industrial blight. It is the result of a war that saw the goblins grind the fae beneath their collective boot heels. And tonight, it is also a city that churns with life. A young fae tries to make his fortune one drug deal at a time. A goblin princess searches for a path between her own dreams and others’ expectations, while her bodyguard decides who to kill first. An artist hunts for his own voice. An old soldier starts a new revolution. A a young rebel finds fresh ways to fight. And an old goblin dreams of reclaiming her power over them all. On this night, all their stories twist together, wrapped up around a single bag of Dust—the only drug that can still fuel fae magic. Its fate and theirs will change the Iron City forever. |
| jawn merriam webster: Flappers 2 Rappers Tom Dalzell, 2012-03-07 Entertaining, highly readable book pulses with the vernacular of young Americans from the end of the 19th century to the present. Alphabetical listings for each decade, plus fascinating sidebars about language and culture. |
| jawn merriam webster: Intergroup Education Jean Dresden Grambs, 1968 |
| jawn merriam webster: White Kids Mary Bucholtz, 2010-12-23 In White Kids, Mary Bucholtz investigates how white teenagers use language to display identities based on race and youth culture. Focusing on three youth styles - preppies, hip hop fans, and nerds - Bucholtz shows how white youth use a wealth of linguistic resources, from social labels to slang, from Valley Girl speech to African American English, to position themselves in the school's racialized social order. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork in a multiracial urban California high school, the book also demonstrates how European American teenagers talk about race when discussing interracial friendship and difference, narrating racialized fear and conflict, and negotiating their own ethnoracial classification. The first book to use techniques of linguistic analysis to examine the construction of diverse white identities, it will be welcomed by researchers and students in linguistics, anthropology, ethnic studies and education. |
| jawn merriam webster: The Works Publius Vergilius Maro, 1773 |
| jawn merriam webster: How the Irish Invented Slang Daniel Cassidy, 2007 Cassidy presents a history of the Irish influence on American slang in a colourful romp through the slums, the gangs of New York and the elaborate scams of grifters and con men, their secret language owing much to the Irish Gaelic imported with many thousands of immigrants. With chapters on How the Irish Invented Poker and How the Irish Invented Jazz, Cassidy stakes a claim for the Irishness of American English. Includes a preface by Peter Quinn and an Irish - American Vernacular Dictionary. |
| jawn merriam webster: Jottings from a Far Away Place Brendan Connell, 2015-12-01 Ranging on the fringes of imagination and erudition, forming a mosaic of stories, maxims and sketches, at once fragmentary and cumulative, Jottings from a Far Away Place combines the timeless, mannered assurance of the Eastern discursive essay with the experimentation of the Western avant-garde. As the focus shifts between fantastic tales and studies of viciousness, the reader is treated to, among myriad other things, the adventures of a Taoist guitar player, a bloody episode with Countess de Bathory, a recipe for cinnabar sauce, and the story of a man who has been reincarnated as a spoon. A book that is like a collection of bulletins from the world of dreams. |
| jawn merriam webster: Report on British Fossil Reptiles ... Richard Owen, 1841 |
| jawn merriam webster: Statistical Account of Upper Canada , 1822 The author examines the differences in politics, policy, and culture in leading Western democracies and offers an explanation as to why lesbian and gay citizens in Europe reap more benefits of equality. This analysis of the political economy of care calls attention to the ways in which care is negotiated by various investors (the state, families, individuals, and the faith-based voluntary sector) and the power dynamics of this negotiation. historically, Christian churches have been leading primary investors in care, providing a direct safety net for children and the elderly. Despite European secularization, the involvement of the Christian church elites in both the provision of service and the setting of the values frame for welfare cannot be underestimated. The historical involvement of Christian churches is unique in each country, but one common factor is the normative interpretation of the family. The role of Christian values-from left-leaning social justice, Reformed Protestant individualism, or social conservatism-in relation to the political economy of care gives a distinctive flavor to questions about under what circumstances policymakers are compelled, or not, to expand policies to include lesbian and gay citizens. |
| jawn merriam webster: Dialect Diversity in America William Labov, 2012-12-17 The sociolinguist William Labov has worked for decades on change in progress in American dialects and on African American Vernacular English (AAVE). In Dialect Diversity in America, Labov examines the diversity among American dialects and presents the counterintuitive finding that geographically localized dialects of North American English are increasingly diverging from one another over time. Contrary to the general expectation that mass culture would diminish regional differences, the dialects of Los Angeles, Dallas, Chicago, Birmingham, Buffalo, Philadelphia, and New York are now more different from each other than they were a hundred years ago. Equally significant is Labov's finding that AAVE does not map with the geography and timing of changes in other dialects. The home dialect of most African American speakers has developed a grammar that is more and more different from that of the white mainstream dialects in the major cities studied and yet highly homogeneous throughout the United States. Labov describes the political forces that drive these ongoing changes, as well as the political consequences in public debate. The author also considers the recent geographical reversal of political parties in the Blue States and the Red States and the parallels between dialect differences and the results of recent presidential elections. Finally, in attempting to account for the history and geography of linguistic change among whites, Labov highlights fascinating correlations between patterns of linguistic divergence and the politics of race and slavery, going back to the antebellum United States. Complemented by an online collection of audio files that illustrate key dialectical nuances, Dialect Diversity in America offers an unparalleled sociolinguistic study from a preeminent scholar in the field. |
| jawn merriam webster: Gravepyres School for the Recently Deceased Anita Roy, 2020 |
Jawn - Wikipedia
Jawn is a slang term local to Philadelphia and, by extension, the Delaware Valley that may refer to a thing, place, person, or event, substituting for a specific word/name. Jawn is a context …
Jawn Meaning: Philly's Most Popular Slang Word Explained
Apr 17, 2025 · Jawn is an all-purpose noun that refers to a person, place or thing. It is a catch-all slang term that has different meanings based on the context it’s used in. If someone is looking …
JAWN Slang Meaning - Merriam-Webster
Most widely, jawn is used as a colloquial way to refer to a thing, place, or happening one does not need or want to specify or designate, as opposed to as placeholder word or name for …
‘Jawn’ is now in the dictionary. What does the Philly word ...
Sep 7, 2023 · Dictionary.com has added "jawn" -- a "chiefly Philadelphia" word -- to its collection of definitions. Here's what it means and how it is used.
The Enduring Mystery of 'Jawn,' Philadelphia's All-Purpose Noun
Mar 24, 2016 · The rise of “jawn” dovetails with breakthroughs in the study of American linguistics itself. What we know about our ever-evolving speech patterns can, in part, be seen through this …
What is a Jawn? Understanding the Slang Term and Its ...
Feb 14, 2025 · Discover the intriguing world of 'jawn,' a versatile slang originating from Philadelphia that has captured the essence of contemporary conversation. This article explores …
Philly slang 'jawn' added to Dictionary.com, may enter ...
Sep 7, 2023 · Jawn has officially made the history books, as the all-purpose Philadelphia slang was added to a leading online dictionary this week. Dictionary.com entered jawn into its lexicon …
Jawn - Wikipedia
Jawn is a slang term local to Philadelphia and, by extension, the Delaware Valley that may refer to a thing, place, person, or event, substituting for a specific word/name. Jawn is a context …
Jawn Meaning: Philly's Most Popular Slang Word Explained
Apr 17, 2025 · Jawn is an all-purpose noun that refers to a person, place or thing. It is a catch-all slang term that has different meanings based on the context it’s used in. If someone is looking …
JAWN Slang Meaning - Merriam-Webster
Most widely, jawn is used as a colloquial way to refer to a thing, place, or happening one does not need or want to specify or designate, as opposed to as placeholder word or name for …
‘Jawn’ is now in the dictionary. What does the Philly word ...
Sep 7, 2023 · Dictionary.com has added "jawn" -- a "chiefly Philadelphia" word -- to its collection of definitions. Here's what it means and how it is used.
The Enduring Mystery of 'Jawn,' Philadelphia's All-Purpose Noun
Mar 24, 2016 · The rise of “jawn” dovetails with breakthroughs in the study of American linguistics itself. What we know about our ever-evolving speech patterns can, in part, be seen through …
What is a Jawn? Understanding the Slang Term and Its ...
Feb 14, 2025 · Discover the intriguing world of 'jawn,' a versatile slang originating from Philadelphia that has captured the essence of contemporary conversation. This article …
Philly slang 'jawn' added to Dictionary.com, may enter ...
Sep 7, 2023 · Jawn has officially made the history books, as the all-purpose Philadelphia slang was added to a leading online dictionary this week. Dictionary.com entered jawn into its …
