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Oct 17, 2008
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with Anu GargcacologyPRONUNCIATION:
(ka-KOL-uh-jee)
MEANING:
noun
1. Poor choice of words.2. Incorrect pronunciation. ETYMOLOGY:
From Greek caco- (bad) + -logy (word).
USAGE:
"The phenomena described in 1985 by Amos Joel, computer controlled digital
switching system pioneer, are present realities: 'The trade press, which
should know better, is party to the curtain of mysticism, clichés, and
cacology around which they shroud the true technology of new products."John Buckley; Telecommunications Regulation; Institution of Electrical Engineers; 2003. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Patriotism is a kind of religion; it is the egg from which wars are hatched. -Guy de Maupassant, short story writer and novelist (1850-1893)
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