EVIL EMPIRE

Specialty Definition: EVIL EMPIRE

Domain	Definition
Computing	Evil Empire n. [from Ronald Reagan's famous characterization of the communist Soviet Union] Formerly IBM, now Microsoft. Functionally, the company most hackers love to hate at any given time. Hackers like to see themselves as romantic rebels against the Evil Empire, and frequently adopt this role to the point of ascribing rather more power and malice to the Empire than it actually has. See also Borg and search for Evil Empire (http://pages.prodigy.net/rkusnery/amsind.html) pages on the Web. Source: Jargon File.
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Crosswords: EVIL EMPIRE

Specialty definitions using "EVIL EMPIRE": Halloween Documents ♦ Microsoft. (references)

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: EVIL EMPIRE

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
evil empire	89
rage against the machine evil empire	6
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: EVIL EMPIRE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-e-e-i-i-l-m-p-r-v"
	-3 letters: epimere, imperil, preemie, relieve, vermeil.
	-4 letters: eelier, elmier, empire, epimer, eviler, levier, liever, limier, limper, livier, peeler, peerie, prelim, premie, releve, relive, revile, rimple, veiler, virile.
	-5 letters: eerie, elemi, elver, emeer, ervil, impel, leper, levee, lever, lieve, liver, livre, melee, merle, miler, peeve, peril, pilei, plier, prime, primi, reeve, reive, repel, revel, viler.
	Words containing the letters "e-e-e-i-i-l-m-p-r-v"
	+3 letters: imperceivable.
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