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Ministry launches online dictionary
An online dictionary focusing on financial services was yesterday launched by the Ministry for Investment, Industry and Information Technology. The dictionary is available for free at www.maltaonlinedictionary.com .
Tue, 27 Nov 2007 11:05:00 GMT - (Times of Malta)

Sri Lankan English dictionary launch today
The first dictionary of Sri Lankan English will be launched today at the British Council auditorium. Compiled by Michael Meyler, a British national resident in Sri Lanka, this is the first ever comprehensive dictionary that records the way that English is spoken in the country.
Mon, 26 Nov 2007 19:44:54 GMT - (Daily News)

Too many mistakes in MOE's Chinese-language dictionary
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- There should be no dispute over a common Chinese idiom, da pao (??) in dispute-prone Taiwan. It means -- inasmuch as all male adults are concerned -- "to make love," though it is literally "to fire a gun."
Tue, 27 Nov 2007 02:15:46 GMT - (Chinapost.com.tw)

Cut Me Some Slack
If you missed it while you were out thrift-store shopping, the semi-esteemed New Oxford American Dictionary picked mumblecore as one of its runners-up for the 2007 Word of the Year. According to the erudite yet trend-happy editors, mumblecore is "an independent film movement featuring low-budget pro ...
Wed, 28 Nov 2007 00:39:04 GMT - (SF Weekly)

Wikipedia Used to Test Stolen Credit Cards The Washington Post
Nov 27 2007 : The Wikimedia Foundation, the parent company of the Wikipedia online encyclopedia, is being targeted by fraudsters seeking to test the validity of stolen credit cards, reports the Washington Post. The online dictionary had to increase the minimum value of donations that it would accept recently, after it was inundated with a large number of donations for 1 U.S. cent each.
Tue, 27 Nov 2007 19:21:27 GMT - (ePaynews)

'Mo' Urban Dictionary' even has seasonal slang terms
From the Mo' Urban Dictionary (Andrews McMeel Publishing, $12.95), a few examples of words that might be of use to you this post-Thanksgiving Sunday, even if you never find an occasion to use ghetrosexual : Thanksgiving pants : "Pants that are worn in anticipation of eating a huge meal, e.g. Thanksgiving dinner." Tryptophanatic : "One who eats until gorged ... and then proceeds to eat ...
Sun, 25 Nov 2007 08:12:26 GMT - (Lexington Herald-Leader)

Submit your opinion on this story
Nannette Kilbey-Smith 28.NOV.07 STOCKDALE ? What is leadership? The Merriam Webster Dictionary offers several definitions: the office or position of a leader, the capacity to lead, and the act or an instance of leading.
Tue, 27 Nov 2007 15:05:16 GMT - (Wilson County News)

Kamus Dewan a ?rojak? dictionary: MP
KUALA LUMPUR: The Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (DBP) was yesterday described as suffering from a mental block for not doing enough research to find the Bahasa Malaysia (BM) equivalent for many English words.
Mon, 26 Nov 2007 16:30:47 GMT - (The Borneo Post)

Menagerie, Not Museum, for Words That Live
The newly published Sixth Edition of the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary reflects the transformations unfolding in the unabridged third edition of the O.E.D.
Mon, 26 Nov 2007 01:21:48 GMT - (New York Times)

Japan's Ainu fuse tradition, hip-hop for awareness
When Tsubasa Okitsu was growing up in northern Japan, he was ashamed of his heritage as an Ainu, an indigenous ethnic group that has long suffered discrimination in a country where many take pride in cultural homogeneity.
Wed, 28 Nov 2007 00:58:47 GMT - (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

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Hey thanks I had just typed the word in my dictionary and it said word does not exists. Later I found out its meaning, sorry for asking such a stupid question Sad . Once again thanks.
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Yes there is: (http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?s=disparition&gwp=13) Dictionary: Disparition n. Act of disappearing; disappearance. But I must agree its not very common, most would
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