The term " clipper " most likely derives from the verb " clip ", which in former times meant, among other things, to run or fly swiftly.

It has been claimed, though apparently without evidence, that Herbert Spencer, the originator of the term " survival of the fittest ", invented the paper clip.

* Slide edit, a video editing term for moving a video clip around in a timeline

The term bulldog clip is used in the United Kingdom to describe both this invention and an older device with the same function, which is stronger and has rigid rather than folding handles.

The term " clip art " originated through the practice of physically cutting images from pre-existing printed works for use in other publishing projects.

Use of the term " clip " to refer to detachable magazines is a point of strong disagreement.

Frozen Peas is the colloquial term for a blooper audio clip wherein American filmmaker Orson Welles performs narration for a series of British television advertisements for Findus.

The term clip is commonly used to describe a firearm magazine, this usage is technically incorrect.

BULLDOG is a registered trademark of Setten IXL Limited in relationship to stationery equipment, however the term " bulldog clip " has largely become a genericised trademark for all varieties of binder clip.

; Empacher Slot: A UK term for the clip at the on the top of the bow for holding racing number plates.

It became the sole `` subject '' of `` international law '' ( a term which, it is pertinent to remember, was coined by Bentham ), a body of legal principle which by and large was made up of what Western nations could do in the world arena.

These became `` strays '', the term bein' restricted to cattle, however, as hosses, under like circumstances, were spoken of as `` stray hosses '', not merely `` strays ''.

The term soon became used and applied to all stolen animals.

The term became popular again in Australia first, when George Giffen, in his memoirs ( With Bat and Ball, 1899 ), used the term as if it were well known.

Peter Lombard ( died 1160 ) is the first writer known to have used the term, which did not become the usual name in the West till towards the end of the twelfth century, and never became current in the East.

While the term fall gradually became obsolete in Britain, it became the more common term in North America.

Oreichalkos, the Ancient Greek translation of this term, was later adapted to the Latin aurichalcum meaning " golden copper " which became the standard term for brass.

Two years later, the re-elected Clinton became the first member of the Democratic Party since Franklin D. Roosevelt to win a second full term as president.

After the southern part of Ireland became independent in 1922, the team continued to be termed the British Isles, referring to the British Isles geographic term, rather than national citizenship.

During Selig's term of service, the use of steroids and other performance enhancing drugs became a public issue.

Originally the word " broadband " had a technical meaning, but became a marketing term for any kind of relatively high-speed computer network or Internet access technology.

By that time, the majority of black people were U. S .- born, so use of the term " African " became problematic.

The term " Bolshie " later became a slang term for anyone who was rebellious, aggressive or truculent.

A new Constitution was approved by plebiscite characterized by the absence of registration lists, on September 11, 1980, and General Pinochet became president of the republic for an 8-year term.

From a popular perspective, the term Chicano became widely visible outside of Chicano communities during the American civil rights movement.

However, as the term became politicized, its use fell out of favor as a means of referring to the entire population.

The term casuistry quickly became pejorative with Blaise Pascal's attack on the misuse of casuistry.

It was famously attacked by the Catholic and Jansenist philosopher Pascal, during the formulary controversy against the Jesuits, in his Provincial Letters as the use of rhetorics to justify moral laxity, which became identified by the public with Jesuitism ; hence the everyday use of the term to mean complex and sophistic reasoning to justify moral laxity.

Certain clerics in many dioceses at the time, not just that of Rome, were said to be the key personnel — the term gradually became exclusive to Rome to indicate those entrusted with electing the bishop of Rome, the pope.

While not entirely synonymous with Anatolia, the term Asia Minor, derived from the Latin Asia Minores, refers to Asia inside the Roman Empire, versus Asia Magna, all of Asia beyond the borders.

Before Europeans discovered other oceans, the term " ocean " itself was synonymous with the waters beyond the Strait of Gibraltar that we now know as the Atlantic.

However, it is the Jewish artists, Gustav Mahler and Franz Kafka in music and literature that have embraced the theme of angst so highly in their work that they have become synonymous with the term to the point of popular joking and cartoons today.

The term atomic physics is often associated with nuclear power and nuclear bombs, due to the synonymous use of atomic and nuclear in standard English.

In the later 19th century it took on the meaning of a slow form of popular love song and the term is now often used as synonymous with any love song, particularly the pop or rock power ballad.

The term " computing " is also synonymous with counting and calculating.

The term Yin Dynasty has been synonymous with the Shang dynasty in history, although it has lately been used to specifically refer to the latter half of the Shang Dynasty.

The term is synonymous with wealth ( commonly denoted as a person with fame and fortune ), implied with great popular appeal, prominence in a particular field, and is easily recognized by the general public.

Regional rail does not exist in this sense in the United States, so the term " regional rail " has become synonymous with commuter rail there, although the two are more clearly defined in Europe.

It is normally synonymous with the term nationality although the latter term is sometimes understood to have ethnic connotations.

Under Canadian law, the term " Canadian rye whisky " is simply synonymous with " Canadian whisky ", and the primary mash ingredient in most Canadian whisky is corn.

" In this antiquated context, chemical affinity is sometimes found synonymous with the term " magnetic attraction ".

For this reason, Locking adds that a definition of a term must not comprise of terms which are synonymous with it.

The term " dictator " is comparable to, but not synonymous with, the ancient concept of a tyrant ; initially " tyrant ", like " dictator ", did not carry negative connotations.

Confusion arises from the introduction of the additional term svartálfar " black elves ", which at first appears synonymous to the " dark elves "; Snorri identifies with the dvergar and has them reside in Svartálfaheim.

Eventually, the term " fire arm " became synonymous with the weapons themselves.

The term government may further mean the process of exercising power in any sort of group scenario, in which case it is synonymous with governance.

Other uses of the term gnome remain obscure until the early 19th century, when it is taken up by authors of Romanticist collections of fairy tales and becomes mostly synonymous with the older word goblin.

As a figure of 19th century fairy tales, the term gnome by the 20th century became largely synonymous with other terms for the " little people ", such as goblin, brownie, kobold, leprechaun, Heinzelmännchen and other instances of the " domestic spirit " type, losing its strict association with earth or the underground world.

By the Hellenistic period, it began to also be associated with Greco-Roman mystery cults and ceremonies, becoming synonymous with the Greek term musterion.

During the 1960s and 1970s, the term mainframe computer was almost synonymous with IBM products due to their marketshare.

While the term " impi " has become synonymous with the Zulu nation in international popular culture, it appears in various video games such as Civilization III, Civilization IV: Warlords and Civilization: Revolution, where the Impi is the unique unit for the Zulu faction with Shaka as their leader and also as an appearance as unique unit of the Bantu nation in Rise of Nation ( Zulus are among many tribes who make up the Bantu people ).

Left-libertarianism ( sometimes synonymous with left-wing libertarianism and libertarian socialism ) is a term that has been used to describe several different libertarian political movements and theorists.