different between warez vs courier

English

Alternative forms

• juarez (Internet slang)

Etymology

• A leet form of "wares", as a contraction of "software".

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??(r)z
• Homophones: wares, wears, where's (in accents with the wine-whine merger)

Noun

warez (usually uncountable, plural warez)

1. (Internet slang, leetspeak) Software that is illegally obtained or distributed.

   Hey dude, I've got some cool new warez!

Translations

Verb

warez (third-person singular simple present warezes, present participle warezing, simple past and past participle warezed)

1. (Internet slang, leetspeak) To obtain a copy of (software or other works of authorship) illegally.
   • 2002, John Lettice, in The Register [1]

     MS turns up heat on warezed WinXP copies

   • 2004, Timothy Lord, in Slashdot [2]

     Warezed SoundForge Files In Windows Media Player

Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle English corour, currour, from Old French coreor, agent noun of corir (“to run”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k??.??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k??.i.?/, /?k?.i.?/
• Rhymes: -??i?(?)

Noun

courier (plural couriers)

1. a person who looks after and guides tourists
   • 1914, G. K. Chesterton, "The Paradise of Thieves", in The Wisdom of Father Brown, p. 29:

     "A courier!" cried Muscari, laughing. "Is that the last of your list of trades? And whom are you conducting?"

   Synonyms: guide, rep, tourist guide

2. a person who delivers messages

   Synonym: messenger

3. a company that delivers messages
4. a company that transports goods
5. (Internet) a user who earns access to a topsite by uploading warez
   • 1999, "Adrian Dunn", Re: Using a scanned picture in your demo (on newsgroup comp.sys.ibm.pc.demos)

     You can always find musicians. There are more trackers than coders, pixelers, organizers, couriers, and designers combined.

   • 2005, Paul Craig, Ron Honick, Mark Burnett, Software Piracy Exposed (page 2)

     These sites have enormous hard drives and bandwidth for couriers to distribute the software from one site to the next.

Translations

Verb

courier (third-person singular simple present couriers, present participle couriering, simple past and past participle couriered)

1. To deliver by courier.

   We'll have the contract couriered to you.

Anagrams

• Ricœur

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ku?je?/, [?ku.?je?]

Noun

courier m or f (plural couriers)

1. courier