Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- A trademark for a statuette awarded annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for achievement in movies.
Wiktionary
- n. The letter O in the ICAO spelling alphabet.
- n. A male given name.
- n. The letter O in the ICAO spelling alphabet.
- n. A statuette awarded by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
WordNet 3.0
- n. an annual award by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for achievements in motion picture production and performance
Etymologies
- Irish Osgar, from os ("deer") + cara ("friend") ; resuscitated by James Mcpherson in The Works of Ossian (1765). Napoleon, an admirer of the Ossianic poems, chose it for his godson Oscar Bernadotte, who became a king of Sweden. It can also be explained by Old English ōs ("god") and gār ("spear") (see Oswald, Osborn, Oswid, Osric, Oslak). (Wiktionary)
Examples
“ROBERT OSBORNE, OSCAR HISTORIAN: You put two of them together, and then they come in with all that va-voom factor, it's what makes Oscar shows and Oscar nights great fun.”
“Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick From Jason Reitman, the Oscar nominated director of Juno, comes a comedy called Up in the Air starring Oscar® winner George Clooney as Ryan Bingham, a corporate downsizing expert whose cherished life on the road is threatened just as he is on the cusp of reaching ten million frequent flyer miles and just after hes met the frequent-traveler woman of his dreams.”
“Jason Reitman, the Oscar nominated director of Juno, comes a comedy called Up in the Air starring Oscar® winner George Clooney as Ryan Bingham, a corporate downsizing expert whose cherished life on the road is threatened just as he is on the cusp of reaching ten million frequent flyer miles and just after hes met the frequent-traveler woman of his dreams.”
“Globe vs. Oscar' 'Are the Golden Globes an Oscar® winner indicator?”
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“Oscar Night America (ONA), the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences 'grassroots program that enables local charities to host glamorous Oscar® viewing parties and raise money for their organizations, kicks off its 16th year in 2009.”
“A few Oscar nominated selections came out this week: Up In The Air and Precious: Based On The Novel Push By Sapphire make their way onto an Oscar® Nominated box cover art DVD.”
“Police said the operation was run by Zaragoza-Ramos, who goes by the name Oscar Cavadas.”
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“Then she heard someone in the crowd invoke the name Oscar Grant.”
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“However, when you see Eddie Murphy in the film "Norbit," the term Oscar winner may not be the first thing that you think of, and that's the problem, because some observers are actually think that Oscar voters will be put off by Murphy's embrace of the stereotype.”
“And her Oscar is about as useful as the plastic thumbs-up Jesus on my desk.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘Oscar’.
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Open List: What to Name Chained Bear'...
This started on Facebook, until yarb suggested an open list. Have at!
A caveat: There are other lists containing names we DON'T want to use. In case your twisted mind is bent that way,...Human, Emmy or Oscar, People's Choice, Kale, Kiwi, Mortar, Salsa, Seven, Blade, Java, Varina, Beta and VHS and 128 more...
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Trademarks
"A trademark is any word, name, symbol, or design, or any combination thereof, used in commerce to identify and distinguish the goods of one manufacturer or seller from those of another and to indi...
Academy Award, Ace bandage, Acrilan, Addressograph, Alar, Alcian blue, Alclad, Aldis lamp, Ampakine, Amtrak, Amytal, Angostura bitters and 661 more...
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trademark
all of these are from 7 English
dictionaries and Macquarie dictionary
I havent listed capitalized ones yet
but Viagra would be one and common
words like sterling a sub-machi...agene, airbus, alnico, adware, amberina, amarone, apiezon, aspirin, boxercise, bakelite, bromo, atebrin and 774 more...
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Good Boy Names
Names I wouldn't mind having myself, or giving to a son.
Rudyard, Oscar, Pablo, tickle, One-Man Majority, abecedarius, Punjabi Diaspora
Tweets
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