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Os⋅car

  [os-ker]
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Trademark.
one of a group of statuettes awarded annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for achievements in motion-picture production and performance.
Compare Academy Award.

Origin:
allegedly named in 1931 by an employee of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, after her uncle
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Os⋅car

  [os-ker]
–noun
1. a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
2. a male given name: from Old English words meaning “god” and “spear.”
3. Military. the NATO designation for a class of nuclear-powered Soviet attack submarine armed with 24 antiship cruise missiles.

Os⋅car

  [os-ker]
–noun
one of a series of small communications satellites, launched into polar orbit as piggyback passengers on U.S. launch vehicles, for unrestricted use by radio amateurs.
Origin:
1980–85; o(rbiting) s(atellite) c(arrying) a(mateur) r(adio)

Oscar II

 
–noun
1829–1907, king of Sweden 1872–1907; king of Norway 1872–1905.
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Os·car   (ŏs'kər)   
A trademark for a statuette awarded annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for achievement in movies.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Cultural Dictionary

Oscar

A small statue given by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to winners of its annual awards. (See Academy Awards.)

The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
oscar

  1. n.
    the penis. : Stop scratching your oscar in public!
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

Oscar 
masc. proper name, O.E. Osgar "god's spear," from O.E. gar "spear" + os "god" (only in personal names), from O.E. ansu- "spirit," from PIE *ansu-, source of the first element in Aesir, Asgard (from O.N.) and Ahura Mazda (from Avestan). The statuette awarded for excellence in film acting, directing, etc., given annually since, 1928, first so called 1936. The name is said to have sprung from a 1931 remark by Margaret Herrick, secretary at Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, on seeing the statuette: "He reminds me of my Uncle Oscar." Thus the award is named for Oscar Pierce, U.S. wheat farmer and fruit grower.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Computing Dictionary

OSCAR
1. Oregon State Conversational Aid to Research. Interactive numerical calculations, vectors, matrices, complex arithmetic, string operations, for CDC 3300. "OSCAR: A User's Manual with Examples", J.A. Baughman et al, CC, Oregon State U.
2. Object-oriented language used in the COMANDOS Project. "OSCAR: Programming Language Manual", TR, COMANDOS Project, Nov 1988.

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
OSCAR
Orbiting Satellite Carrying Amateur Radio
The American Heritage® Abbreviations Dictionary, Third Edition
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