Sunday, September 21, 2008

Word of the Week #3

Perennial

AdAge Daily - "Microsoft vs. Apple Fight Enters New Round"

"At the same time, in the newest ad Microsoft attempts to identify the 'real PC user,' said Mr. Webster, rather than the 'caricature' painted by Apple's 'Mac vs. PC' campaign, from Omnicom Group's TBWA Media Arts Lab, which portrays PC as a perennial loser to the hipper Mac."

Definition:

per-en-ni-al    

adjective

1.  lasting or existing for a long or apparently infinite time; enduring

2. used to describe a plant that lives for several years

3. (esp. of a problem or difficult situation) continually occurring

4. (of a person) apparently permanently engaged in a specified role or way of life

5. (of a stream or spring) flowing throughout the year

noun

1.  a plant that lasts for more than two growing seasons

2.  something that recurs of appears to recur yearly or on a continuing basis

Applicable Definitions:

1. lasting or existing for a long or apparently infinite time; enduring

2. (of a person) apparently permanently engaged in a specified role or way of life

Sentence:

After changing my major and attending different universities for six years, I feel like a perennial student. 

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