-ISM
Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
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-ISM. A noun-forming
SUFFIX, three of whose uses relate to language: (1) Forming words for concepts, activities, and conditions:
agrammatism,
biculturalism,
bilingualism,
criticism,
descriptivism,
feminism,
journalism,
literary criticism,
multiculturalism,
obscurantism,
plagiarism,
prescriptivism,
racism,
sexism,
symbolism. (2) Forming linguistic and stylistic terms:
anachronism,
aphorism,
archaism,
barbarism,
classicism,
colloquialism,
dysphemism,
euphemism initialism,
malapropism,
neologism,
regionalism,
solecism,
syllogism,
truism,
verbalism,
witticism. (3) Forming words that identify usages as belonging to particular varieties of English:
Americanism,
Anglicism,
Australianism,
Briticism,
Canadianism,
Gallicism,
Indianism,
Irishism,
Latinism,
New Zealandism,
Scotticism.
The suffix is widely used with considerable freedom and flexibility to label any regional or local usage, such as a
Newfoundlandism or a
New Yorkism, and for nonce purposes, as in: Simon Hoggart's
‘Bushism of the week’, in the
Observer magazine during 1989, referring to the usage of US President George Bush. When asked to comment on the fall of the Berlin Wall, Bush is reported to have said: ‘I wouldn't want to say this kind of development makes things to be moving too quickly at all … so I'm not going to hypothecate that it may—anything goes too fast’ (17 Dec. 1989). Compare
-ESE,
-SPEAK. See
POLITICALLY CORRECT.
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TILAPIA IS A FARMED FISH OF BIBLICAL FAME.(Living)
Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH); 7/16/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...Post food editor The first time I tasted tilapia was at EPCOT. It was a Disney kind of...EPCOT conference room featured a farmed tilapia saute. The mild, white fish -- known...future food. Why? Because a one-pound tilapia can grow in only one gallon of recyclable...
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Tilapia: steady production and growing demand should keep prices in check.(Finish Update)(Industry Overview)
Magazine article from: Seafood Business; 11/1/2003; 700+ words
; ...How else can one explain the success of tilapia? This fish with the odd name is now showing...supermarket chain, was selling fresh tilapia fillets for $4.99 a pound, the same...silver-salmon fillets. Of course, tilapia sales would pale compared to the truckloads...
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Tilapia: tilapia offers a "blank canvas" for innovative chefs looking to create a new whitefish item for their menus. (Buyer's Guide).(Red Lobster Div.)(Statistical Data Included)(Illustration)
Magazine article from: Seafood Business; 11/1/2001; 700+ words
; ...of its customers had never heard of: tilapia. Describing it on the menu as "a tropical...exciting flair. The result: Baja Crunch Tilapia. Encrusted with tortilla breading and...with a pico de gallo salsa, Baja Crunch Tilapia is not your typical Red Lobster fare...
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Tilapia.(tilapia market share)(Industry Overview)(Statistical Data Included)
Magazine article from: Seafood Business; 10/1/2000; 700+ words
; ...Though most Americans don't know what a tilapia is, every year they're eating more...more. Last year, U.S. consumption of tilapia fillets soared almost 40 percent, to...just the past two years, consumption of tilapia fillets has almost doubled. And our appetite...
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Tilapia: is it just a matter of time before St. Peter's fish butts heads with the almighty pollock? (Species Focus).(Statistical Data Included)
Magazine article from: Seafood Business; 2/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...American consumers just a few years ago, tilapia jumped into the mainstream in November...Red Lobster increased the volume of tilapia it uses by roughly 30 percent, says John...adds, only salmon is more popular than tilapia at the dinnerhouse chain. "Tilapia is...
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Tilapia: expect prices to rise along with demand for this popular fish.(Species Focus)
Magazine article from: Seafood Business; 12/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; Tilapia's mild taste, white flesh, versatility...No. 1, favorite seafood for America, tilapia is poised to challenge that over the next...Port Products in Kirkland, Wash., a tilapia importer. "We're just on the tip of...
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Tilapia the next catfish? (big demand in U.S. expected)
Magazine article from: Mississippi Business Journal; 12/3/1990; ; 700+ words
; Tilapia the next catfish? Worldwide wonder fish...S. food service industry, wants white tilapia, a fish that is grown worldwide but is...confident that with careful marketing, tilapia will take the country by storm. "There...
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Tilapia.(popularity on rise)
Magazine article from: Seafood Business; 1/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...Thanks to a huge increase in supply, tilapia is inexorably making its way into America...across the country. Of course, while tilapia consumption has come a long way, it still...million pounds (fillet-weight) of tilapia. That compares to 200 million pounds...
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Tilapia: improved quality and more value adding should help this popular species realize its market potential.(Finfish FOCUS)
Magazine article from: Seafood Business; 11/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...trouble explaining the surging popularity of tilapia. It's mild-flavored. It's plentiful...the restaurant sells 22,000 pounds of tilapia per year. "It's the perfect fish to...Charlie's isn't unique. Indeed, tilapia has found a place at the table at the...
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Tilapia.(seafood industry)
Magazine article from: Seafood Business; 1/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...true test of a seafood s arrival, then tilapia, long touted as the fish of the future...pumping out flesh skinless, boneless tilapia fillets for about $4.50 a pound...Miami-based company that imports fresh tilapia fillets from its farm in Honduras. Meanwhile...
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tilapia
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
tilapia or St. Peter's fish, a spiny-finned...genera Oreochromis, Sarotherodon, and Tilapia, all commonly known as tilapias, have...introduced or are grown on fish farms. The Nile tilapia ( Oreochromis niloticus ) may have been...
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Tilapia
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology
Tilapia See CICHLIDAE .
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Aquaculture
Book article from: Water:Science and Issues
...depictions dating to 2500 b.c.e. show tilapia being fished out of a tank. The earliest...water aquaculture species are carp, tilapia, catfish, and trout. Other species...including salmon, striped bass, and tilapia. Also, there is a small industry for...
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SIC 0273 Animal Aquaculture
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries
...shipments during the first half of 2003 alone. Tilapia. Production of tilapia in the United States continued to increase in the...2000s, with the north central region dominating tilapia production. Production is expected to expand in...
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Cichlidae
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology
...hobbyists, being colourful, fairly easy to keep, and showing interesting behavioural traits. Other species of the genera Tilapia and Sarotherodon , e.g. S. mossambicus , are a very important source of protein in many countries. There are probably...
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