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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • abbreviation ubi supra (where mentioned above)
  • abbreviation ut supra (as above)

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Examples

  • If the u.s. is the crotchety, shotgun welding, insane, muttering, a$$ hole old man then Canada is a young tart, full of bright ideas but easily led astray.

    'Canadians Are Stupid!" - Elizabeth May 2008

  • Palin calling u.s. citizens terrorists before she has any proof?

    Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions 2008

  • skip to sidebar one out of every four homeless people in the u.s. is a veteran

    one out of every four homeless people in the u.s. is a veteran 2009

  • we move to canada: one out of every four homeless people in the u.s. is a veteran skip to main

    one out of every four homeless people in the u.s. is a veteran 2009

  • Lord Justice Thomas and Mr Justice Lloyd Jones said they had been told that America had threatened to stop co-operating with Britain on intelligence matters if evidence were published suggesting that Binyam Mohammed, a British resident held at the US prison camp at Guantánamo Bay, had been tortured into confessing crimes. and one news item that i bet won't be getting a lot of air time in the u.s. is the one about obama's home state of illinois investing in the terrorist state of israel:

    body on the line 2009

  • It would be nice to use a map of the u.s. which is not based upon "territory" but rather on population. territory maps favor the republican meme. maps showing the size of the state based upon the people not the "dirt" help our meme.

    TPM Track Composite: Obama's Lead Slips, But Still Strong 2009

  • To pick up a newspaper, to turn on the news, to flip on the radio, was to risk an injection of jitters administered in the authoritative suit-and-tie tone of the period (which is why a front-page headline such as u.s. sees much to fear in a hostile russia, The New York Times, August 22, 2008, carries a retro tremor).

    The News Blues Wolcott, James 2008

  • rubber hose where i blather on about stuff and you read it and like it uncheck to stop links from opening in new windows hostility to immigrants. it really makes no sense to me. if you really believe that the u.s. is the greatest country in the world, as any of the nativists seem to, then why wouldn't you understand and sympathize with other people's desire to come here?

    rubber hose 2009

  • I love how The Times diffuses pressure on the Obama Administration by using the nice, generalized "u.s." when the feces hits the fan.

    latimes.com - News 2011

  • You do agree that the u.s. economy grew while on the gold standard right?

    Matthew Yglesias » Is The Fed Stifling Recovery? 2010

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  • Australian slang - broken beyond repair. Contraction of unserviceable.

    February 26, 2008

  • Uh oh. Unfortunate for Americans!

    February 26, 2008

  • Also used in Britain. Or at least by my dad.

    February 27, 2008