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kudo

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kudo


Main Entry:
ku·do Listen to the pronunciation of kudo
Pronunciation:
\ˈkü-(ˌ)dō, ˈkyü-\
Function:
noun
Inflected Form(s):
plural kudos Listen to the pronunciation of kudos \-(ˌ)dōz\
Etymology:
back-formation from kudos (taken as a plural)
Date:
1926
1 : award, honor <a score of honorary degrees and…other kudosTime> 2 : compliment, praise <to all three should go some kind of special kudo for refusing to succumb — Al Hine>
usage Some commentators hold that since kudos is a singular word it cannot be used as a plural and that the word kudo is impossible. But kudo does exist; it is simply one of the most recent words created by back-formation from another word misunderstood as a plural. Kudos was introduced into English in the 19th century; it was used in contexts where a reader unfamiliar with Greek could not be sure whether it was singular or plural. By the 1920s it began to appear as a plural, and about 25 years later kudo began to appear. It may have begun as a misunderstanding, but then so did cherry and pea.
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