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Word: oomph (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
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...corked glass of wine.”Wine number five, a 2003 red from Sicily, smells “like Christmas,” says Brown. An enticing mixture of “cloves, ginger, cakes, and cookies,” the wine has “more oomph in the nose than there is in the palate,” Brown elaborates. The informal atmosphere of the gathering became more pronounced as the evening wore on. “I know when I’m boozed up it’s hard to keep any sort of composure...

Author: By Ariadne C. Medler, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Vino Boot Camp, $15 a Bottle | 4/28/2006 | See Source »

...berate themselves, fall in love and earn a living. By the end of the novel, the reader understands just how hard Junko, Ishizu and the other characters have fought for a brief taste of happiness. Miyabe's works may not be great literature, but for entertainment value and emotional oomph, they have few rivals-real or imagined...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Burning Mystery | 2/6/2006 | See Source »

...factual, why didn't Frey publish A Million Little Pieces as fiction? By claiming that his story was literally true, Frey endowed it with a heightened immediacy and an emotional force that it lacked as a novel-in effect, he borrowed a little extra emotional oomph from his trusting readers, who treated his narrative as 100% lived experience, real dues paid by a real person. That's not trivial. If Frey wasn't entitled to that immediacy and that force-if he stole that oomph rather than borrowed it-well, that's cheating. And he should come clean and give...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Prose and Cons | 1/12/2006 | See Source »

...feel the difference. During normal play, a racquet's frame deforms slightly on impact before springing back. With the M-Speed, two unipolar magnets positioned in opposite sides of the head help speed the recovery so the ball is catapulted back over the net with extra oomph. Anna-Lena Groenefeld of Germany and other pros compete with it. Tennis anyone? Next Product: Healthy Options...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Best inventions 2005: Game Point | 11/13/2005 | See Source »

...quarters. It's one-fifth the size of the original iPod that Apple introduced four years ago. It has 4 GB of memory, enough to hold 1,000 songs, and it displays album art and photographs. And as small as it is, the Nano's got some audio oomph: this mouse can roar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stevie's Little Wonder | 9/12/2005 | See Source »

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