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Archive Home > 2008 > November > 03 > A four-letter word takes its many, varied meanings to high court

A four-letter word takes its many, varied meanings to high court

By Adam Liptak / The Bulletin
November 3, 2008

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court specializes in law, not lexicography. But it will soon have to consider the meaning of that most versatile of four-letter words.

The Oxford English Dictionary’s three core entries on the word — noun, verb and interjection —....

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