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'''Kudos''' ({{pron-en|ˈkuːdɒs}}, or often {{IPA-en|ˈkuːdoʊz|}}), from the [[Ancient Greek|Greek]] {{lang|grc|κῦδος}} ''kūdos'' "[[fame]], renown"<ref>[http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Dku%3Ddos1 κῦδος], |
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Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, ''A Greek-English Lexicon'', on Perseus project</ref> (literally "that which is heard of"). |
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Extending "kudos" to another individual is often done as a praising remark. It entered English as British university [[slang]] in the early 1800s. |
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In Standard British English, as it is in Greek, ''kudos'' is a singular noun: ''Much kudos to you for pulling it off.'' However, some have been known to use it as a plural: ''She received many kudos ['ku:doʊz] for her work.'' |
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==See also== |
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* [[Recognition program]] |
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* [[Whuffie]] |
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* [[Wiktionary:props|Props]] |
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* Kudos is also a beach from [[Constanta, Romania]]. |
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==References== |
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*''Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage ''. Merriam-Webster 1994, ISBN 0877791325 ([http://books.google.de/books?id=2yJusP0vrdgC&pg=PA581&dq=kudos&lr=&as_brr=0&sig=ACfU3U2FNL3f3LOpVmANXOBDcOjWwF-fsQ restricted online version (Google Books)]) |
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*Robert Gorell: ''What's in a Word? Etymological Gossip About Some Interesting English Words''. University of Nevada Press 2001, ISBN 0874173671 ([http://books.google.de/books?id=ROmDu-bYMRYC&pg=PA61&dq=kudos+etymology&lr=&as_brr=0&sig=ACfU3U0DttUNtZ3KqHibgCXSNu5AdDeJ6Q restricted online version (Google Books)]) |
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[[Category:Greek loanwords]] |
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