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  2. Cruft - Wikipedia

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    The dictionary has no definition for 'crufty,' a word I didn't hear until some years later". [2] In 2008 it was also used to refer to alumni who remain socially active at MIT. [3] The origin of the term is uncertain, but it may be derived from Harvard University's Cruft Laboratory.

  3. Superfluous - Wikipedia

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    Superfluous means unnecessary or excessive. It may also refer to: Superfluous precision, the use of calculated measurements beyond significant figures;

  4. Thesaurus - Wikipedia

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    Thesaurus Linguae Latinae. A modern english thesaurus. A thesaurus (pl.: thesauri or thesauruses), sometimes called a synonym dictionary or dictionary of synonyms, is a reference work which arranges words by their meanings (or in simpler terms, a book where one can find different words with similar meanings to other words), [1] [2] sometimes as a hierarchy of broader and narrower terms ...

  5. Nomen illegitimum - Wikipedia

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    Although the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants uses Latin terms as qualifiers for taxon names (e.g. nomen conservandum for "conserved name", and nomen superfluum for "superfluous name"), the definition of each term is in English rather than Latin. [1] The Latin abbreviations are widely used by botanists and ...

  6. Superfluous man - Wikipedia

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    The superfluous man (Russian: лишний человек, líshniy chelovék, "extra person") is an 1840s and 1850s Russian literary concept derived from the Byronic hero. [1] It refers to a man, perhaps talented and capable, who does not fit into social norms.

  7. 15 Strangest Food Fads Over the Decades - AOL

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    If one insane theme seems to define the '90s, it’s the love of the color spectrum. The '90s were an explosion of technicolor, from clothing, to TV, to food.

  8. Crony capitalism - Wikipedia

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    Jane Jacobs described it as a natural consequence of collusion between those managing power and trade while Noam Chomsky has argued that the word crony is superfluous when describing capitalism. [49] Since businesses make money and money leads to political power, business will inevitably use their power to influence governments.

  9. Simple Knowledge Organization System - Wikipedia

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    definitions and notes, with specification of their language Concepts can be organized in hierarchies using broader-narrower relationships, or linked by non-hierarchical (associative) relationships. Concepts can be gathered in concept schemes, to provide consistent and structured sets of concepts, representing whole or part of a controlled ...