PINs, memes, and Ebola

I believe Lincoln said you can’t be a little bit virgin or a little bit terrestrial.

off-patent, adv. and adj. Often used with pharmaceuticals, this term referring to the expiry of patent restrictions appears in this year.

Did you mean to use expiry rather than expiration? OED says that this adjective is now “rare.” Last citation is mid-19th century.

Did you mean to use expiry rather than expiration? OED says that this adjective is now “rare.” Last citation is mid-19th century.

The OED is not worth consulting on this, since the letter E dates back to the late nineteenth century.  Expiry is perfectly standard American English (I don’t know about UK).

The “rare” label applies only to its use as a synonym for death, not for the expiration of a period, contract, etc. (And it’s a noun, not an adjective.)

I’d say expiry as used by Dave is perfectly standard British English too

Agree with ADB, I used to work at a journal subscriptions agent where the word was used every day in correspondence. I used to think that ‘expiration’ was an Americanism?

Just for fun, did ‘transpiry’ ever exist? Don’t sweat it though…

The word ‘expiry’ is also as common as muck in Australia.

Inconsistent formatting: all the other headwords are bolded, but roach motel is italicized.

Because it is a brand name.

That doesn’t mean it can’t be bolded, too.

Because I hit the wrong button.

Because I hit the wrong button

The Story of Mankind, shaved down to six words (spoken, of course, by Almighty God). Congratulations, Dave. That is truly masterful conciseness.

;-)

Because I hit the wrong button

I thought IT technical stuff went in the meta-discussion

;-)