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		<title>Bona fide vs. bonified: Surprise! &#8220;Bonified&#8221; is a word .</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ivy Wigmore</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Which is correct? Amid all the vendor hype, it&#8217;s hard to understand the ________ benefits of cloud computing. a. bona fide b. bonified Answer: a Explanation: Bona fide is a Latin term meaning in good faith. It&#8217;s more often used to mean authentic these days. Bonified is a common misspelling for it &#8212; and one [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Which is correct?</strong><br />
Amid all the vendor hype, it&#8217;s hard to understand the ________ benefits of <a href="http://searchcloudcomputing.techtarget.com/definition/cloud-computing">cloud computing</a>.<br />
a. bona fide<br />
b. bonified</p>
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<strong>Answer: a</strong></p>
<p><strong>Explanation:</strong><br />
<em>Bona fide</em> is a Latin term meaning <em>in good faith</em>. It&#8217;s more often used to mean <em>authentic</em> these days. <em>Bonified</em> is a common misspelling for it &#8212; and one that attracts a lot of mockery &#8212; but it&#8217;s actually a word. <em>Bonify</em> is a somewhat archaic term that means to make something good, especially something that was bad before. Both the <em>bona</em> of <em>bona fide</em> and the <em>bon</em> of <em>bonify</em> come from the Latin word for good, <em>bonus</em>.</p>
<p>Wordnik lists these among mistaken <a href="http://www.wordnik.com/words/bonified">examples of bonified</a> online:</p>
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<li>“At this point, the only thing that will change anything is a <strong>bonified</strong> miracle of the highest kind.”<br />
<a href="http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2009/05/22/face-it-progs-obamas-a-dud/" target="_blank">Face It, Progs: Obama’s a Dud « Antiwar.com Blog</a></li>
<li>“It amazes me what the art community will accept as <strong>bonified </strong>art.”<br />
<a href="http://www.fieldandstream.com/blogs/hunting/2009/03/situational-taxidermy" target="_blank">Situational Taxidermy</a></li>
<li>“My father, a 52-year-old <strong>bonified</strong> curmudgeon, has not viewed any movie trailer in the last ten years with anything other than codified disinterest.”<br />
<a href="http://balconyfool.wordpress.com/2008/06/" target="_blank">2008 June « the balcony fool</a></li>
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		<title>infra dig</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 12:41:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ivy Wigmore</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Which is correct? The new employee was ________ to agree to the assignment, which she considered infra dig. a. happy b. reluctant Answer: b. Explanation: Infra dig is derived from the Latin infra dignitatem meaning beneath (one&#8217;s) dignity. I feel honor-bound to admit that I&#8217;ve never really known what that phrase meant. It came to [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Which is correct?</strong><br />
The new employee was ________ to agree to the assignment, which she considered <em>infra dig</em>.<br />
a. happy<br />
b. reluctant</p>
<p><span id="more-1201"></span><br />
<strong>Answer: b.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Explanation: </strong><br />
<em>Infra dig </em>is derived from the Latin <em>infra dignitatem</em> meaning <em>beneath (one&#8217;s) dignity</em>.</p>
<p>I feel honor-bound to admit that I&#8217;ve never really known what that phrase meant. It came to me in <a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/word/subscribe.htm">Merriam-Webster&#8217;s Word of the Day newsletter</a> &#8212; my favorite one (after our own <a href="http://whatis.techtarget.com/regPage1/1,296503,sid9,00.html">Word of the Day</a>, of course). Here&#8217;s their example sentence:</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;Among artists lithography was infra dig by the 1870&#8242;s — because commercial illustrators had discovered it was a perfect printing medium for glaring posters.&#8221; (D. J. R. Bruckner,   <em>The New York Times,</em> December 20, 1998)</p></blockquote>
<p>In the mood for a little more Latin fun? </p>
<p>See our <a href="http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/whatis/latin-phrase-cheatsheets-to-impress-your-friends-and-colleagues/">handy Latin phrase cheat sheet resource</a>.</p>
<p>Then, test your knowledge with our 10-question <a href="http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/0,289893,sid9_gci1269469,00.html">quiz for Latin lovers. </a></p>
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