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Sat 17 Dec, 2011 04:22 am
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Boggle of BlackBerrys
By IAN AUSTEN
As Research in Motion stock fell to an eight-year low on
word that it would delay releasing new phones, analysts said the company was selling too many different devices.
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This headline is jocular and alliterative, and it displays a noun made from a verb. Boggle is an informal verb meaning, roughly, to (cause something or someone to) have difficulty imagining or understanding something.
There are so many different Blackberry products that the mind boggles!
The vast range of Blackberry products boggles [the minds of] people planning a phone purchase.
And, yes, "word" can be understood to signify that what follows is a rumour.
e.g. "Word is that you beat your wife."
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