Dec 16, 2014 · Who shall say that a new normal, patiently sought through trial and error, will not work? My questions: When did “the new normal” originally appear—not as an adjective …

25 Sometimes it is obvious which of the following words to use, sometimes not: regular usual ordinary normal common For example: "regular coffee" (not usual, normal or ordinary) , …

Jan 4, 2013 · From one of the survey result (IT related), I came across the following line: Agile Development and Service-Oriented-Architectures (SOA) represent the “new normal.” What …

Normal has societal connotations and can vary according to perception, experience, culture, politics and period of history, whilst average usually refers to the results of statistical …

Jun 15, 2011 · Meaning "something desirable" is first recorded 1780, probably in ref. to the sugar-rich bits of a plum pudding, etc. Some of the OED references seem to be examples of plum …

And then there is " snafu." This last one got Jack Benny when he was here entertaining the boys. " Snafu " means: "Situation normal—all fuddled up." The fact that this instance of usage came …

Jul 27, 2020 · To me, “resume normal operations” implies that it will resume its normal tasks. And “resume its normal operation” implies that it will operate in its normal manner.

Secondly, if something is very common, then it is normal, no matter how immoral and unethical it is. Heck, it's possible to have a culture where it's normal to kill babies.

Apr 18, 2012 · Usual comes from the Latin usus which means custom, while normal is from the Latin norma meaning rule or pattern. Though the two words are used interchangeably, there is …

May 20, 2015 · The question is whether you mean to say that the number of customers is more than the usual number (adjective) or that you had more customers than you usually have …