Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Word Of The Day - Insatiable, Whet

Insatiable - If someone has an insatiable desire for something, they want as much of it as they can possibly get.
Whet - If someone or something whets your appetite for a particular thing, they increase your desire to have it or know about it, especially by giving you an idea of what it is like.

These cultural differences mean Korea has a more insatiable demand for fast Internet connections, he said. That demand, in turn, encourages telecommunications companies to provide those connections.

Faris, of the Berkman Center, said no one society has a stronger appetite for Internet connectivity than another. Korea's government simply has whetted that appetite, and provided the incentives to make high-speed connections accessible to a large segment of society.

Source - http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/03/31/broadband.south.korea/index.html?hpt=C2
Dictionary - http://www.google.com/dictionary?source=chrome-ex&sl=en&tl=en&q=insatiable
http://www.google.com/dictionary?source=chrome-ex&sl=en&tl=en&q=whetted

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