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Aug 10, 2011

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What do these car names mean?

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paseo
accord
prius
impresa
corolla

What's the plural of the word prius? Priuses. Marketers at Toyota conducted a poll asking people to vote for their choice of plural for Toyota Prius. Prii received the greatest number of votes.

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with Anu Garg

prius

PRONUNCIATION:

(PRI-uhs, PRAI-)

MEANING:

noun: Something preceding, especially a necessary prior condition.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin prius (something preceding). Earliest documented use: 1882.

USAGE:

"This definition identifies God as the prius of everything that has being."
Paul Tillich & Michael Palmer; Writings in the Philosophy of Culture; 1990.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:

One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. -Arthur C. Clarke, science fiction writer (1917-2008)

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