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• #HOW TO USE THE THESAURUS IN WORD 2016 MOVIE#

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The Quick Guide for Word 2016 along with the data files to follow along are available from here: 🤍 The fixed version eliminating the repetition in minute 22 is available from here: 🤍 The concepts covered here apply also to previous versions of Word such as Word 2013, 20. Learn Microsoft Word in just a couple hours from the basics to the advanced features such as mail merges to recharge your career and resume. Since Kennedy never actually explained what assumpsit means, lookups for assumpsit skyrocketed in the minutes after he told his story the following morning, lookups were still high at an astonishing 92,000% increase over the previous month's average.Īssumpsit is a legal term defined as an express or implied promise or contract, the breach of which may be grounds for a lawsuit.A comprehensive tutorial on using Word 2016, whether you are a student, a business user or in a corporate environment. Kennedy III, as quoted in The Boston Globe, 26 July 2016 I never showed up unprepared for Professor Elizabeth Warren again. Kennedy, do you own a dictionary? That’s what people use when they don’t know a word.” I circled it because I didn’t know what it meant.” Kennedy, you realize assumpsit was the first word in your reading?” Kennedy, what is the definition of assumpsit?” Three seconds in, I get the first question: And don't miss our in-depth look at surreal.Ĭongressman Joe Kennedy introduced his former professor, Senator Elizabeth Warren, at the Democratic National Convention with an anecdote about his embarrassing first day of law school:įirst day of law school. Surreal is such a word.įor more information on how we chose this year's Word of the Year, go behind the scenes with editor-at-large Peter Sokolowski. It’s a word that is used to express a reaction to something shocking or surprising, a meaning which is built into its parts: the “real” of surreal is preceded by the French preposition sur, which means “over” or “above.” When we don’t believe or don’t want to believe what is real, we need a word for what seems “above” or “beyond” reality. The definition of surreal is: “marked by the intense irrational reality of a dream.” It’s a relatively new word in English, only dating back to the 1930s, derived from descriptions of the artistic movement of the early 1900s known as surrealism.

#HOW TO USE THE THESAURUS IN WORD 2016 MOVIE#

Surreal was also used in its original sense, referring to incongruous or unrealistic artistic expression, in reviews for the movie "The Lobster."

This year, other spikes corresponded to a variety of events, from Prince’s death to the Pulse shooting in Orlando from the Brexit vote to commentary about the presidential debates. Surreal is looked up spontaneously in moments of both tragedy and surprise, whether or not it is used in speeches or articles. Beginning with the Brussels terror attacks in March, major spikes included the days following the coup attempt in Turkey and the terrorist attack in Nice, with the largest spike in lookups for surreal following the U.S.

The Word of the Year for 2016 is surreal, with lookups of the word spiking for different reasons over the course of the year.