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- noun informal Short form of
articulated lorry . - noun informal Short form of
articulated bus .
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Examples
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The satellites show a decrease in artic ice and the article says, "New satellite observations show that sea ice in the Artic is melting faster while air temperatures in the region are rising sharply ..." www. msnbcmsn.com/id/9527485/
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Everybody is oh so concerned about a few polars bears who are drowning in artic waters.
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Everybody is oh so concerned about a few polars bears who are drowning in artic waters.
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It's not "artic", it's Arctic ... though for all I know the "artic" hotel is better than the beach as well (in a reverse, sarcastic kind of way) ...
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It's not "artic", it's Arctic ... though for all I know the "artic" hotel is better than the beach as well (in a reverse, sarcastic kind of way) ...
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Anecedotal evidence such as artic ice melting (whereas antartic ice is expanding) is not proof of time line of AGW.
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Anecedotal evidence such as artic ice melting (whereas antartic ice is expanding) is not proof of time line of AGW.
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It's not "artic", it's Arctic ... though for all I know the "artic" hotel is better than the beach as well (in a reverse, sarcastic kind of way) ...
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It's not "artic", it's Arctic ... though for all I know the "artic" hotel is better than the beach as well (in a reverse, sarcastic kind of way) ...
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It's not "artic", it's Arctic ... though for all I know the "artic" hotel is better than the beach as well (in a reverse, sarcastic kind of way) ...
yarb commented on the word artic
Short for "articulated lorry" - UK colloquialism for a big truck. It took me ages to figure out that this is what's meant by a semi or semi-truck in North America.
December 24, 2008
BrainyBabe commented on the word artic
Oh! I always thought it referred to the refridgerated ones, you know, for supermarkets.
December 24, 2008