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Etymology
From Microsoft, the computing company; aBlend of microcomputer and software
Pronunciation
Noun
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Singular Microsoft |
Plural Microsofts |
Microsoft (plural Microsofts)
- (figuratively) a company whose products are ubiquitous
- 2001, Daniel Charles, Lords of the Harvest: Biotech, Big Money, and the Future of Food (ISBN 0738202916), page 110:
- Similarly, said Fraley, farmers were going to demand Bt cotton or Roundup-resistant soybean plants no matter where they went shopping for seeds. Monsanto would be the Microsoft of agriculture.
- 2005, Merrill Goozner, The $800 Million Pill: The Truth Behind the Cost of New Drugs (ISBN 0520246705), page 64:
- The company wanted to turn Celera into the Microsoft of the gene-hunting world, selling its version of the human genome to private or public gene hunters through a proprietary computer program.
- 2006, Andrew Beaujon, Body Piercing Saved My Life: Inside the Phenomenon of Christian Rock (ISBN 0306814579), page 232:
- Shepherding is more or less gone (though there’s an interesting move back toward discipleship in today’s church especially among those influenced by Rick Warren’s blockbuster book The Purpose-Driven Life), but Integrity remains as sort of the Microsoft of worship music.
- 2001, Daniel Charles, Lords of the Harvest: Biotech, Big Money, and the Future of Food (ISBN 0738202916), page 110:
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Verb
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Infinitive to Microsoft |
Third person singular Microsofts |
Simple past Microsofted |
Past participle Microsofted |
Present participle Microsofting |
to Microsoft (third-person singular simple present Microsofts, present participle Microsofting, simple past and past participle Microsofted)
- (transitive, slang) to Microsoftify.
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- 2003, Wine Enthusiast (volume 16, issues 2-8, page 122)
- You could call it the Microsofting of the wine industry. Of course, wine is unlikely to be dominated by one producer or one distributor.
- 2003, Wine Enthusiast (volume 16, issues 2-8, page 122)
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