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proper noun
- (obsolete spelling of, Microsoft)
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noun
- (figurative) 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 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 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 of worship music.
proper noun
- The computer company that has primarily developed software for its Windows operating system, and which iconicizes co-founder and product strategist w:Bill Gates, Bill Gates.
- 2001 April, Matt Groening, "Insane in the Mainframe", Futurama, season 3, episode 12, opening title
- :Bender"s Humor by
- : Joke
verb
- (context, transitive, slang) to Microsoftify.
Etymology: Blend of (term, microcomputer) and (term, software)
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