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I've copied a few bits from my Oxford American Dictionary. I consider this fair use. For one, they're really a miniscule portion of a huge reference. Secondly, I'm putting this page up in as a tool to help a reader access information that is being used in a fair use way (referenced within text). Think of it as an html-influenced index to the definitions being used by me in this site.

If you have any interesting thoughts about intellectual property law, I'd like to hear them. I'm trying to work out my position on it. Sometimes I feel like there is next to none. Information should be free. I think referencing to the original work. People should be free to build and sell the products they please. So, throw out copyright and patent. The only thing left to be respected is plagarism, and I don't know if that is against the law (other than that it would constitute a copyright violation). Other times, I feel like copyright should be respected, because artists often don't have another option for supporting themselves and/or would be able to create more if they could divorce themselves, or at least reduce their involvement in, other labor to support themselves. If we can produce a system that supports artists and involves them in productive activities other than art while reducing the amount of this from what is required to support them now, we can forget about copyright as well. I think ParEcon can do that. Okay, a little philosophy still bubbles up now and then. Share your thoughts if you have any.

avuncular

adj. 1 of or relating to an uncle.
kind and friendly towards a younger or less experienced person: an avuncular manner
2 Anthropology of or relating to the relationship between men and their siblings' children.
Origin mid 19th cent.: from Latin avunculus 'maternal uncle,' diminutive of avus 'grandfather.'

chary

adj (charier, chariest) cautious; wary: most people are chary of allowing themselves to be photographed.
cautious about the amount one gives or reveals: he was chary with specifics about the script.
Derivatives charily adv.
Origin Old English cearig 'sorrowful, anxious,' of West Germanic origin; reslated to CARE. The current sense arose in the mid 16th cent.

comity

n. 1 courtesy and considerate behavior toward others.
2 an association of nations for their mutual benefit.
(also comity of nations) the mutual recognition by nations of the laws and customs of others.
Origin mid 16th cent. (sense 1): from Latin comitas, from comis 'courteous.'

dudgeon

n.a feeling of offense or deep resentment: the manager walked out in high dudgeon
Origin late 16th cent.: of unknown origin.

eleemosynary

adj. of, relating to, or dependent on charity; charitable.
Origin late 16th cent. (as a noun edenoting a place where alms were distributed): from medieval Latin eleemosynarius, from late Latin eleemosyna 'alms,'from Greek eleemosune 'compassion' (see ALMS).

factotum

n. an employee who does all kinds of work: he was employed as the general factotum.
Origin mid 16th cent. (originally in the phrases dominum (or magister) factotum, translating roughly as 'master of everything,' and Johannes factotem 'John do-it-all' or 'Jack of all trades'): from medieval Latin, from Latin fac! 'do!' (imperative of facere) + totum 'the whole thing' (neuter of totus).

impecunious

adj. having little or no money: a titled but impecunious family.
Derivatives impecuniosity n.; impecuniousness n.
Origin late 16th cent.: from IN- 'not' + obsolete pecuniou 'having money, wealthy' (from Latin pecuniosus, from pecunia 'money').

opprobrium

n. harsh criticism or censure: his films and the critical opprobrium they have generated
the public discrace arising from someone's shameful conduct: the opprobriium of being closely associated with thugs and gangsters. archaic an occasion or cause of reproach or disgrace.
Origin mid 17th cent.: from Latin, literally 'infamy,' from opprobrum, from ob- 'against' + probrum 'disgraceful act.'

salutation

n. a gesture or utterance made as a greeting or acknowledgment of another's arrival or departure: we greeted them but no one returned our salutations ; he raised his glass in salutation.
a standard formula of words used in a letter to address the person being written to.
Derivatives salutational adj.
Origin late middle English: from Old French, or from Latin salutatio, from salutare 'pay one's respects to' (see salute).

vade mecum

n. a handbook or guide that is kept constantly at hand for consultation.
Origin early 17th cent.: modern Latin, literally, 'go with me.'