At 09:26 AM 3/03/03 -0700, Zippy wrote: >No joke, Kyle. I checked my Webster's unabridged - very thick, with >tons of entries - and the word "munged" isn't in it. > >I understood the implication of the word alright, but sometimes people >make up words to fit a situation, and I wanted to know if that was the >case with munged. Zippy
Lots of words used in computing will not be found in Webster, or at least not in the same sense. All words were coined at some time or another, generally dictionaries give them a few years to see if they're going to stay around, except for ones that go for slang or vogue words. The best place to start with word searches is <http://www.onelook.com/> which does a lookup on several dictionary and word sites. For "munge" most came up with the entry from the "jargon file" that I posted earlier. As a last resort, just Google it ("Google" as verb is another neologism, they tried to stop it being documented, but failed), but treat the random sources that come up with caution. -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
