To avoid stuffing their work with dead coinages, the editors use a five-and-five rule: to merit entry, a word or meaning has to be backed by five written uses spread over five years.

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The result is that each entry is an individual history of the word, from its earliest known occurrence throughout its lifespan in American English.

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Perhaps part of the narcissist's affection for Wikipedia lies in its over 10, 000 word article about him, an entry that describes him as a "terrorist, " includes 200 footnotes and is almost as detailed as the Wikipedia entries on Martin Luther or Karl Marx.

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Technology has done to the marketing of recorded music what it did a decade ago to the publishing of the printed word--lowered the barrier to entry down to just about zero.

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Back in July, word got out that Huawei was prepping a revised version of its entry-level Android tablet, dubbed the MediaPad 7 Lite.

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Not a single word about Newtown was uttered for almost 24 hours, the first dedicated entry not coming until almost 11am on Saturday.

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Their entry: a spelling- and grammar-check software that they felt worked better than Microsoft Word.

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