Scanning words from library books to make a search index, or to compile a list of word frequencies, does not interfere with the rights of the author.
— Howell Murray China's Online Spy Operation via Skype Businessweek.com | How a graduate student in New Mexico deciphered a complex system and compiled a list of words it searches for.
Anyway, this is all a very long way of saying that Dictionary.com's 20th birthday is more interesting than most: To mark the occasion, the online dictionary has compiled a list of words whose meanings have changed since it launched two decades ago.
Mr. Gable, who was once the business editor of The San Diego Union, has compiled a list of words that will do a news release no good whatsoever, like "solutions," "leading edge," "cutting edge," "state of the art," "mission critical," and "turnkey".
Gerstner compiles a list of words and phrases "used only by IBMers" as their "special vocabulary".
Gerstner compiles a list of words and phrases "used only by IBMers" as their "special vocabulary". Some are definitely unique to IBM (ever heard of "goat roping"?), but others make him look disconnected from the real world.
Gingrich compiled a list of words that he told his troops to use when describing the opposition.
The publication 2600: The Hacker Quarterly has compiled a list of words that the web giant's new instant search feature will not search.
In neighbouring Pakistan, the regulatory body for telecommunications dreamed up an equally unlikely, if altogether more entertaining, assignment for its staff: to compile a list of "undesired words" that could be used to block offensive text messages.
Compile a list of the words you're going to turn into the game.
