PR Newswire Broadcast Minute for Monday, March 14, 2005

PR Newswire Broadcast Minute for Monday, March 14, 2005

Oy! PMS, WMD, and Ozzie and Harriet Are Among the Latest Additions to the Oxford English Dictionary

A few years ago, few people outside of the arms industry used the phrase weapon of mass destruction on a daily basis. Now, weapon of mass destruction and its abbreviation W-M-D have become two of more than two-thousand new and revised entries in the online edition of The Oxford English Dictionary.

The war on terror isn't the only field that is contributing new words to the lexicon. Oy is now defined as an interjection ("expressing surprise, dismay, or grief'), a verb ("to urge on or incite," an obscure usage from the sixteenth century), and a noun ("a grandchild" but only in Scotland).

The phrase Ozzie and Harriet is another new addition to The Oxford English Dictionary Online, both as a noun and an adjective ("a married couple, esp. regarded as exemplifying traditional, wholesome, or idealized domesticity").

New words and usage can come from any source -- for example, fans of The Grateful Dead will notice that Deadhead, shroom, and Owsley ("an extremely potent, high-quality type of L-S-D") are all included in this recent update.

Palookaville, panic attack, Great Satan, haul ass, fuzzy dice, uni-brow, pain management, cool Britannia, identity theft, director's cut, and panache are all featured in this latest update.

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PARADE Magazine's Annual What People Earn Salary Survey Underscores the Huge Rift Between Celebs and the Rest of Us

SpongeBob SquarePants, the fictitious, animated sea sponge/fry cook, who lives at the bottom of the ocean, raked in an impressive one-and-a-half billion dollars last year, making him the top earner in PARADE magazine's 22nd annual What People Earn salary survey. SpongeBob and the ten other celebrities featured in the issue made a whopping 227 times more than the 120 regular folks who participated in the survey.

Peyton Manning's Indianapolis Colts didn't make it to the Super Bowl this year. Nevertheless, the celebrated quarterback raked in 42 million bucks. Biker Lance Armstrong brought home 19 million, and swimmer Michael Phelps made a cool million. Jessica Sobolowski, a 28-year-old professional skier from Cordova, Alaska, made 30-thousand dollars.

Hollywood women can't complain. Angelina Jolie made 25 million last year. Renee Zellweger made 21 million; Catherine Zeta-Jones, 18 million; Lindsey Lohan, ten million and Jessica Simpson, four million dollars. Mary Ann Thomas, a child-care provider from San Antonio, Tex., made 32-thousand dollars last year.

John Travolta had a 25 million dollar cash flow in 2004. Mike Berniss, a 60-year-old airport screener from Bakersfield, Calif., earned 29-thousand-800 dollars.

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New National Survey Shows Financial Concerns and Lack of Adequate Health Insurance are Top Causes for Delay by Lesbians in Obtaining Health Care

According to a new national online survey, health care costs and the lack of adequate health insurance are cited as the most common reasons why lesbians have delayed obtaining health care. When asked by the Harris Poll to identify what current health issue deserves the most attention from health care professionals and public policy makers from among a list of 14 issues, two in five lesbians said that health insurance coverage, followed by nutrition/exercise and obesity deserve the most attention.

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PRNewswire -- March 14

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