Saturday, January 10, 2009

hy⋅per⋅link

[hahy-per-lingk]
Computers.
–noun
1. link 1 (def. 7).
–verb (used with object)
2. to create hyperlinks in or to: an extensively hyperlinked document.
–verb (used without object)
3. to follow a hyperlink: From their Web page, you can hyperlink to employment sites.

Origin:
1990–95

Thursday, January 8, 2009

Today's very special word is a weird one.

Shintiyan\ (sh[i^]n"t[i^]*y[a^]n), Shintyan \Shintyan\ (sh[i^]n"t[i^]*[a^]n), n.] [Ar. shint[=i][=a]n.] A kind of wide loose drawers or trousers worn by women in Mohammedan countries.