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A.Word.A.Day--tarmac Pronunciation: WAV or RealAudio tarmac (TAHR-mak) noun A tarmacadam road or surface, especially an airport runway. verb tr. To cause (an aircraft) to sit on a taxiway. verb intr. To sit on a taxiway. Used of an aircraft. [Originally a trademark.] "Official predictions suggest that Britain faces a future of rising congestion and pollution, as more countryside disappears under concrete and tarmac." Driving Britain off the roads, The Economist, Jan 24, 1998. This week's theme: brand names that have entered the dictionary. X-Bonus Observe your enemies, for they first find out your faults. -Antisthenes

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