Sunday, February 22, 2009

Word of the Week #4

Scads

Source: iriver's gorgeous P7 gets itself a web address

How it was used: “Unfortunately, we’re still no closer to finding out when the iriver P7 will be available, but given that it’s now showing up on the company’s worldwide web portal alongside scads of other beautiful pieces of hardware, we’d say it’s certainly closer than before.”

Definition:
Scad1
–noun, plural (especially collectively ) scad, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species ) scads.
1. Any carangid fish of the genus Decapterus, inhabiting tropical and subtropical shore waters.
2. Any of several related carangid fishes, as of the genera Trachurus or Selar
Scad2
–noun Usually, scads.
1. Informal. A great number of quantity: scads of money.
2. Archaic. A piece of money; dollar.


Your sentence: Every Monday, I sift through the scads of articles that fill up my Google Reader over the weekend.

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