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Etymologies

  1. Hungarian, from Middle High German viertel, quarter (a coin), from Old High German fiorteil, a fourth : fiordo, fourth; see kwetwer- in Indo-European roots + teil, part; see dail- in Indo-European roots.

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  • “Fear of writers asking for fair compensation given there are ads sold by barry diller on the pages.”

    Greg Gutfeld: A Post on Fear, Fearlessness, and Fear of Fearlessness (Part One)

  • “This week Adams, 52, will release "The John Adams Earbox," a richly satisfying 10-CD retrospective including the killer-diller orchestral fanfare "Short Ride in a Fast Machine" (1986) and the heroic-ironic opera "Nixon in China" (1987).”

    Newsweek: Up From Minimalism

  • “Holy moly is a rhyming compound cf. killer-diller, legal eagle, etc., and is maybe an euphemism for holy Moses that's used as an oath.”

    Archive 2008-10-01

  • “The best book featuring Halifax is Anthony Hyde's globe-trotting thriller-diller masterpiece,”

    Nova Scotia, Mon Amour

  • “But toward the end of this longish evening, Benny Goodman found a way to merge these opposing visions of jazz via "Sing Sing Sing" -- the most raucous and elaborate of his big band's signature items, a "killer-diller" that had evolved into an epic.”

    The Wall Street Journal: When Carnegie Hall Swung

  • “Althouse and I will be having a very intimidate diller while I am home which will be very confidential.”

    "There's a big relationship between this marvelous time of year and living in a one-party state."

  • “For that, you need the X Factor and studio deals, which is a bit different from uploading the family video. (not that i want to sound like barry diller) In many way these questions of who owns the content, who profits from it, and what mix of content do users want, and how do they want to subscribe and share it are fundamental to most of these 1.0 + 1.0 businesses.”

    Archive 2005-11-01

  • “March 31st, 2008 at 10: 28 am PDT malone was opposed (hence court fight) because it diluted his voting rights. diller may have some interest in restructuring because of this. reply etavitom”

    Diller Wins Break-Up Battle In Court

  • “There are similar processes in many other languages, like the English example where you reduplicate the word but change the initial of the reduplicated form to d- killer-diller, super-duper, etc.”

    languagehat.com: GENDER DIFFERENCES IN CHINESE.

  • “She's killer diller when she's dressed to the hilt.”

    Polythene Pam (Kinfauns Home Demo)

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