A collection of interesting, peculiar, unused or useful words.
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bug
BUG n.m. (mot angl.) INFORM. (Anglic. déconseillé) Bogue.
bug n. & v. n.
1 a any of various hemipterous insects
with oval flattened bodies and mouthparts modified for piercing
and sucking. b US any small insect.
2 sl. a micro-organism, esp. a bacterium, or a disease caused by it.
3 a concealed microphone.
4 sl. an error in a computer program or system etc.
5 sl. an obsession, enthusiasm, etc.
We will investigate the fourth meaning of the word bug:
According to the New Hacker's Dictionary (second edition, 1993):
bug n. An unwanted and unintended property of
a program or piece of hardware, esp. one that causes it to malfunction.
Antonym of feature.
Investigating in other languages leads to: bogue for the French
and cimice for the Italians.
pâquerette
PÂQUERETTE n.f. (de Pâques). Petite marguerite blanche qui fleurit dans les prés aux environs de Pâques et reste en fleur presque toute l'année.
=pratolina;
=daisy.
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shaggy
shaggyadj. (shaggier, shaggiest) 1 hairy, rough-haired.
2 unkempt. 3 (of the hair) coarse and abundant. 4 Biol. having a hairlike covering.
shaggy-dog story a long rambling story amusing only by its being inconsequential.
=anegdote embrouillée (qui se termine en queue de poisson). shaggily adv. shagginess n.