365* New Words a Year [Merriam Webster] (Workman Publishing 2/5/8: Wi-fi
Wi-Fi certification mark—used to certify the interoperability of wireless computer networking devices
From the DYK: "The mid-20th century saw the emergence of 'hi-fi,' referring to technology (such as stereo equipment) that provides a faithful reproduction of a sound or picture. As 'hi-fi' is short for 'high fidelity,' 'Wi-Fi' is short for 'wireless fidelity', although the technology in this case is much different." Awesome that it's in the dictionary already.
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A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Speak what you think now in hard words, and to-morrow speak what to-morrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every thing you said to-day. — 'Ah, so you shall be sure to be misunderstood.' — Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood. --Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Self-Reliance"
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