Microsoft

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative forms 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Pronunciation 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Translations 1.4.2 External links 1.5 Verb

[edit] English

[edit] Alternative forms

• MicroSoft (obsolete)
• Micro-Soft (obsolete)
• Micro$oft (pejorative)

[edit] Etymology

From Microsoft, the computing company; a blend of microcomputer and software

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /maɪk.ɹə.sɒft/, SAMPA: /maIk.r@.sQft/

[edit] Noun

Microsoft (plural Microsofts)

1. (figuratively) a company whose products are ubiquitous
   • 2001, Daniel Charles, Lords of the Harvest: Biotech, Big Money, and the Future of Food (ISBN 0738202916), page 110:

     Similarly, said Fraley, farmers were going to demand Bt cotton or Roundup-resistant soybean plants no matter where they went shopping for seeds. Monsanto would be the Microsoft of agriculture.

   • 2005, Merrill Goozner, The $800 Million Pill: The Truth Behind the Cost of New Drugs (ISBN 0520246705), page 64:

     The company wanted to turn Celera into the Microsoft of the gene-hunting world, selling its version of the human genome to private or public gene hunters through a proprietary computer program.

   • 2006, Andrew Beaujon, Body Piercing Saved My Life: Inside the Phenomenon of Christian Rock (ISBN 0306814579), page 232:

     Shepherding is more or less gone (though there’s an interesting move back toward discipleship in today’s church especially among those influenced by Rick Warren’s blockbuster book The Purpose-Driven Life), but Integrity remains as sort of the Microsoft of worship music.

[edit] Translations

[edit] External links

• Microsoft on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

[edit] Verb

to Microsoft (third-person singular simple present Microsofts, present participle Microsofting, simple past and past participle Microsofted)

1. (transitive, slang) to Microsoftify.