Idioms · 7 entries
A measure of the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted during an industrial or domestic process.
UK - late 20th century.
USA and UK, early 21st century.
America, late 20th century.
USA, early 20th century. The allusion was to pulling an electrical plug out of its socket.
USA, late 20th century.
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Meaning A measure of the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted during an industrial or domestic process.
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Meaning An eye catching word or image on a website.
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Meaning Said of something that isn't complex or difficult to understand.
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Meaning A website that exists primarily to display links to another website, with the intention of improving the search status of the second site.
Usage Mostly among the younger generation.
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Meaning The tendency of WWW addresses to become out of date and point to unavailable pages.
Usage Mostly among the younger generation.
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Meaning Bring something to an end.
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Meaning An older person who uses the World Wide Web.
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