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tinwhistler - 20 Nov 2006 01:04 GMT

Is the meaning of "Mos def." at the end of the news article
excerpted below, "Most definitely?"

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061024/LIVING/610240314/-1/
ZONES04

[excerpt]
"History has a tendency to simplify -- and we do this by making things
shorter," he says. "It's OK as long as the message intended is the
message received."

Mos def. [end excerpt]

(The article concerns the trend toward clipping, abbreviating,
shortening, etc, words in our language, so the concluding uncertainty
was obviously intended.)

Aloha ~~~ Ozzie Maland ~~~ San Diego

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Arcadian Rises - 20 Nov 2006 01:41 GMT

> Is the meaning of "Mos def." at the end of the news article
> excerpted below, "Most definitely?"
[quoted text clipped - 11 lines]
> shortening, etc, words in our language, so the concluding uncertainty
> was obviously intended.)

In case you didn't know, Mos Def (with a capital "D") is a rapper.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mos_Def

But I cannot figure out any connection to the end of your excerpt,
perhaps someone else would.

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tinwhistler - 20 Nov 2006 03:22 GMT

> In case you didn't know, Mos Def (with a capital "D") is a rapper.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mos_Def
>
> But I cannot figure out any connection to the end of your excerpt,
> perhaps someone else would.

The plot thickens, eh? Thanks for the link re Mos Def, who is perhaps
a maudit Mos Def since I hadn't heard of him.

Aloha ~~~ Ozzie Maland ~~~ San Diego

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Jitze Couperus - 20 Nov 2006 19:59 GMT

>Is the meaning of "Mos def." at the end of the news article
>excerpted below, "Most definitely?"
[quoted text clipped - 11 lines]
>shortening, etc, words in our language, so the concluding uncertainty
>was obviously intended.)

I agree with you strongly - (Mos)t (def)initely in fact.

Jitze

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Mike Lyle - 20 Nov 2006 20:18 GMT

> >Is the meaning of "Mos def." at the end of the news article
> >excerpted below, "Most definitely?"
[quoted text clipped - 13 lines]
>
> I agree with you strongly - (Mos)t (def)initely in fact.

Looks to me like the labels on those antique jars they have on the
shelf in chemists' shops. "Casc. sag." and the like. (I once tried to
name a horse "Cascara Sagrada" -- Hi, April! -- when ghosting
follow-ups for somebody in whose book its picture had appeared, but was
vetoed, and we settled on "Montezuma".)

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Discussion Groups / English Usage / November 2006

Mos def.