Ridiculous Words Lacking from the Google Chrome Dictionary
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@scottalanmiller: "Performant" isn't actually a word and, as far as I know, is not listed as such in any legitimate dictionary. The word has been used a lot lately and is now part of common vernacular. It will likely find its way into the dictionary soon though.
Some follow-up: http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/38945/ddg#38948
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@manxam said in Ridiculous Words Lacking from the Google Chrome Dictionary:
@scottalanmiller: "Performant" isn't actually a word and, as far as I know, is not listed as such in any legitimate dictionary. The word has been used a lot lately and is now part of common vernacular. It will likely find its way into the dictionary soon though.
Some follow-up: http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/38945/ddg#38948
It's been well used for quite some time. It's such a well needed and obvious word.
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Wiktionary has it. It's known from 1977.
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https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/us/performant
From the 1800s.
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@scottalanmiller said in Ridiculous Words Lacking from the Google Chrome Dictionary:
https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/us/performant
From the 1800s.
The adjective use in the oxford dictionary is new.
The noun use is old.
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@JaredBusch said in Ridiculous Words Lacking from the Google Chrome Dictionary:
@scottalanmiller said in Ridiculous Words Lacking from the Google Chrome Dictionary:
https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/us/performant
From the 1800s.
The adjective use in the oxford dictionary is new.
The noun use is old.
True, the adjective is 1977. But dictionaries should still have the word.
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FF: movie
Pretty sure that that has been a word for moving picture films for a long time now.
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FF: debacle
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Chrome: natively
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Inverter
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Google Chrome: heartedly
I whole heartedly feel for you. . .
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@dustinb3403 I thought wholeheartedly was one word usually.
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@rojoloco said in Ridiculous Words Lacking from the Google Chrome Dictionary:
@dustinb3403 I thought wholeheartedly was one word usually.
I think so.
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Hrm. . . i check the spelling of heartedly. . ..
But maybe. . . I didn't check wholeheartedly.
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Chrome, Firefox: receival
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@nadnerb said in Ridiculous Words Lacking from the Google Chrome Dictionary:
Chrome, Firefox: receival
I have to admit, I don't know that one.
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@scottalanmiller said in Ridiculous Words Lacking from the Google Chrome Dictionary:
@nadnerb said in Ridiculous Words Lacking from the Google Chrome Dictionary:
Chrome, Firefox: receival
I have to admit, I don't know that one.
Quite a common word here. I use EN-Au dictionaries and it still isn't there.
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@nadnerb said in Ridiculous Words Lacking from the Google Chrome Dictionary:
@scottalanmiller said in Ridiculous Words Lacking from the Google Chrome Dictionary:
@nadnerb said in Ridiculous Words Lacking from the Google Chrome Dictionary:
Chrome, Firefox: receival
I have to admit, I don't know that one.
Quite a common word here. I use EN-Au dictionaries and it still isn't there.
Definitely one I've never used.
