Citations:e-word

English citations of e-word and E-word

• 2005, Brad Warner, Hardcore Zen: Punk Rock, Monster Movies and the Truth About Reality, Simon and Schuster (→ISBN), page 9:

  But watch out for that e-word. Don't expect too much of it. And watch out for the people who tell you they've got it and you don't. And especially watch out for the people who say they can give it to you.

• 2009, Andrew Rumsey, Strangely Warmed: Reflections on God, Life and Bric-a-Brac: The Mowbray Lent, Bloomsbury Publishing (→ISBN), page 45:

  While we recognize the e-word as one of the things that really ought to be done, few of us feel much like doing it and are pretty sure that we'll bodge it up anyway. Can't we just get a little man in to do it for us?

• 2012, Dan Remenyi, Ann Brown, Make or Break Issues in IT Management, Routledge (→ISBN), page 267:

  The modern business world is flooded with the e-word: e-business, e-government, e-trading, e-learning, e-data, e-partners, e-banking. Underlying this buzz, lies a radical shift in the assumptions of the business model.

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• 1999, Richard Peace, Conversion in the New Testament: Paul and the Twelve, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing (→ISBN), page 344:

  In some denominations pastors joke about the "E word," by which they mean that evangelism is not something to be discussed in polite theological company. The problem is, these negative stereotypes contain some truth. Not all of our ...

• 2002, Verna Terminello, Marcia G. Reed, E-mail: Communicate Effectively (→ISBN)

  When the hyphen is eliminated, the reader has to work harder to make the distinction between an e- word and a "regular" e word. A good business writer composes messages that are easy to read.

  Standards are evolving for the e-world.

• 2003, Laura Jensen, Laura Smietanka Jensen, Patriots, Settlers, and the Origins of American Social Policy, Cambridge University Press (→ISBN), page 16:

  The E-Word in Contemporary American Politics: What's in a Name? Many of the battles that historically have erupted over American social benefits have had to do with the details of particular entitlement programs. Thus it was something of an  ...

• 2003, Keith B. Miller, Perspectives on an Evolving Creation, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing (→ISBN), page 414:

  A. O Biblical Reflections on Creation Care LAURIE J. BRAATEN The essays in this volume have been about the "E word" — the word that is one of the most controversial among many confessing Christians today, "evolution." Hot debates and ...

• 2007, Tyler Wigg Stevenson, Brand Jesus: Christianity in a Consumerist Age, Church Publishing, Inc. (→ISBN), page 131:

  In their October 2006 editorial "Save the E-Word," the editors of Christianity Today wrote that for the word "evangelical" to be functional today, "it must be as a set of ideals and commitments around which to rally rather than as a partisan label.

• 2008, Lee, In, Selected Readings on Information Technology and Business Systems Management, IGI Global (→ISBN), page 471:

  Merely mentioning of the "e" word could mean multi-million dollars. The case athand was Zapata Corp., a fish oil processing company, co-founded by former U.S. President George H. W. Bush. The company announced on December 23, 1998 ...

• 2009, Leslie Budd, Lisa Harris, E-Governance: Managing Or Governing?, Routledge (→ISBN), page 1:

  Sexed-up by politicians and commentators, the 'e' word appears to be the magical elixir the imbibing of which opens up the doors to the heavens ofthe information society and the knowledge economy. Over a decade ago, 'electronic' was a ...f

• 2010, Michael G. Cartwright, Exploring Christian Mission Beyond Christendom: United Methodist Perspectives, University Press (→ISBN), page 47:

  So , does this mean that evangelism will continue to be the E - word , a pejorative term for both Christians and non - Christians ? Or is it possible , as Bryan Stone writes , “ to reclaim the E - word as expressing something positive , vital and ...