Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. abbreviated abbreviation for
doctor , a title accorded to a person who holds a doctorate degree from an academic institution, such as a Ph.D. degree or M.D. degree. - n. a licensed doctor of medicine.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a licensed medical practitioner
- n. a person who holds Ph.D. degree (or the equivalent) from an academic institution
Examples
“This aspect of ritual, aptly denoted by the Greek word drōmenon,”
“Looks like the clock gets reset to zero … again. the good dr is a putz.”
“Hoodathunk (sponsored by the FSM, Noodles for Freedom!) says: aw, the dr is in the house.”
Think Progress » Palin blames ‘Gore-gate’ for ‘this snake oil science stuff.’
“The good dr is a proponent of the crucifixiton shuffle.”
“Hoodathunk (sponsored by the Church of Holy Beer) says: reeling in the dr is like reeling in a carp.”
“Lisa!? where on earth do you get dublin dr pepper in new york?!!??!?”
“Poll results: What to do about papers tossed in dr ...”
“The word drēam conveys the buzz and hum of social happiness, and more particularly the sound of music and singing.”
“Needless to say we are calling the dr in the morning to get him in.”
“I am going to have to call the dr because he has an awful cough, stuffy nose and everything!”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘dr’.
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I'd Be Honoured To Do This List
honorifics. might park some formal titles here too until there are enough to spawn another list.
tuan, puan, dr, earl, miss, master, mr, mrs, ms, mx, your highness, your honour and 67 more...
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pterodactyl is a windbag
very, lie, flyswatter, hypercorrection, dr, Chile, Julia Gillard, hi there!, Hawai'i, comfortable, second, what time and 2 more...
Tweets
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pterodactyl Also, I'm pretty sure that "jream" is the standard American pronunciation. Here's an example, courtesy of the Everly Brothers. They sing those J's loud and clear. Mar 21, 2011
pterodactyl Hi yarb! Yup, I'm male, and I have the receding hairline to prove it. As ruzuzu would say, if she were not a she: I'm a buoy, not a gull. Mar 21, 2011
ruzuzu I also catch myself saying "id" instead of "it would" or "it'd." I keep thinking id be better to quit that, but people still seem to understand what I'm goin' for. Mar 18, 2011
yarb Q.E.D... Mar 18, 2011
ruzuzu And I cross the lines in my 7's, too. Mar 18, 2011
ruzuzu You know, I think I say "jream." And "chricycle." Mar 18, 2011
yarb Ahem. Now that I'm getting over the old internet "I thought he was female" shock, that's a rather odd linguistic foible you have there isn't it? If it's no trouble for you, I probably would pronounce it "tricycle" rather than "chricycle".
What confuses me (other than your gender) is the implication in your penultimate sentence that "jream" is the common pronunciation. It sounds pretty weird to me. Mar 18, 2011
yarb You're male? Mar 18, 2011
pterodactyl Many years ago, I noticed that I pronounced "dr" ([dɹ]) as "jr" ([dʒɹ]). For example, I pronounced "dream", "dribble", "drunk", and "drive" as if they were spelled "jream", "jribble", "jrunk", and "jrive".
I didn't like this. It seemed unnecessarily complicated. So, I stopped. Ever since then, I've pronounced "dr" as [dɹ]. I suppose I thought I was being terribly clever, and that everyone else was bound to admire me, and join me, and give me the keys to the city and a ticker-tape parade. What's actually happened is that no one's noticed I'm doing it. In that regard, it's rather like crossing my 7's. I've been crossing handwritten 7's since I was a small boy, and nobody seems to care one way or the the other.
Now, as I type this, I realize that my smug linguistic superiority has a crack in it. All these years, while I was scrupulously pronouncing "dr" as "dr", I blithely continued pronouncing "tr" as "chr" ([tʃɹ], e.g. "chricycle", "chrilobyte", "The Chrubble with Chribbles"). It's the just the unvoiced version of the same thing, and for consistency's sake, ought to be handled the same way. I feel a bit foolish, and I'm not sure how to proceed. Should I extend my solitary crusade to "tr"? Should I revert to the common pronunciation for "dr"? Or should I just stop overthinking this? Mar 18, 2011