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Officious Intermeddler, You are officially permitted to intermeddle in support of my points any time, please feel free...you seem to have done all the heavy lifting here...adieu
The Volokh Conspiracy » Second Circuit rules in favor of firearms dealers on procedural due process: 2009
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Officious, assuming that the article got the details right, all that is required is that the judge make the request.
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I REFUSE to address these ridiculous charges until the self-appointed, OFFICIAL moderator of this website, the Honorable and Most Officious censor — Doctor Adamprato — shares his academic opinion into what this most important, hotdog story is really about.
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Officious Intermeddler claims that “nobody ever ‘does business with the public’” quoting me because “‘The public’ is not a party to any business contract.”
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Yahoo (“Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle”) was born.
The Hive 2006
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Yahoo (“Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle”) was born.
The Hive 2006
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They initially called their site "Jerry and David's Guide to the World Wide Web," only to later decide to switch to an acronym for "Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle."
Wired Top Stories 2008
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They named it "Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle," wisely choosing to shorten this to its acronym.
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Like many whimsically named creations of the Internet, Yahoo is an acronym that sounds retrofitted -- it stands for "" Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle. ''
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Officious, adj: intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner; "an interfering old woman"; "bustling about self-importantly making an officious nuisance of himself"; "busy about other people's business" [syn: interfering, meddlesome, meddling, busy, busybodied] posted by redbarren at 4: 40 PM
Archive 2005-12-01 Ben Barren 2005
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