Bringing two commercial planes back up to speed may seem a minor matter, and Boeing's spokesman says that for the company's purposes, the only concern is aircraft safety.

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"The humour lies in applying a word which conveys strong emotion to a relatively minor or trivial matter, " says Denny Hilton, the OED's senior assistant editor.

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And it's part of the determination never to let anything slide, no matter how minor.

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Other than minor legal wrangling, this matter should be of little consequence to Tesla.

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While such forces have played a minor role for Groupon, issues of software elegance and interface sophistication matter far less than simply managing marketing and growth.

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No matter how well prepared you are, the three C's will happen, sometimes in minor ways, other times more severely.

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But al Alousi sees these as only minor problems for his art, which he says is the "purest thing" in his life, a matter of expression, beauty and experimentation.

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