Ig
1 Americanabbreviation
abbreviation
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Indo-Germanic.
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Inspector General.
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Indo-Germanic (languages)
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Inspector General
Example Sentences
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Nothing came of it until the US-based Ig Nobel Prize took notice and got in touch.
From BBC
"Every Ig Nobel prize winner has done something that first makes people laugh, and then makes them think," said Marc Abrahams, founder of the awards.
From BBC
In September, his preprint received an Ig Nobel Prize, a satirical award that promotes research that “makes people laugh, then think.”
From Science Magazine
The character, married to Granny Pig and the father of Mummy Pig and Aunt Dottie, was referred to as "Papa Ig" by his young grandson George.
From BBC
His research on this amusing speaking style drew enough attention to garner him an Ig Nobel Prize, an award sponsored by Harvard University since 1991 for research that “first makes people laugh and then think.”
From Scientific American
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