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kudos slang (orig. University) and colloq.|ˈkjuːdɒs|
[a. Gr. κῦδος praise, renown.]
Glory, fame, renown.
1831Fraser's Mag. III. 391 He obtained kudos immense. 1841Disraeli 23 Feb. in Corr. w. Sister (1886) 171, I am spoken of with great kudos in ‘Cecil’. 1859Darwin in Life & Lett. (1887) II. 168 Lyell has read about half of the volume in clean sheets, and gives me very great kudos. 1889Boy's Own Paper 17 Aug. 729/1 Our champion was held to have lost no kudos in the encounter. 1970G. F. Newman Sir, You Bastard vii. 196 News services buzzed, but George Doodie sought no kudos; his name was mentioned only once. 1972J. Creasey Splinter of Glass vii. 55 He wanted Roger to take the kicks if this failed but was prepared to give him the kudos if the use of the newspapers succeeded.
¶ Sometimes erron. treated as pl. |ˈkjuːdəʊz|; so ˈkudo (back-formation) sing., honourable mention, praise for an achievement (see also quot. 1941).
1941J. Smiley Hash House Lingo 34 Kudo, good standing with the management. 1950F. Allen in G. Marx Groucho Lett. (1967) 73 A man sitting on a toilet bowl swung open the men's room door and added his kudo to the acclaim. 1961Wall Street Jrnl. (Eastern ed.) 18 Oct. 12/2 This did not win Mr. Eisenhower many kudos in the press. 1963Life 19 Apr. 29/2 A kudo to Life for a fine story on baseball's spring training. 1972Sunday Mirror 17 Sept. 47/1 This below-strength Chelsea side captured the few kudos that were going. 1972Homes & Gardens Nov. 60 It seems almost a kudos to have a lady pilot. 1972Bankers' Mag. Winter 23/2 Kudos are expressed to Messrs. Gene Jackson, Joel Anderson, and John Tolford for their aid.
Hence ˈkudize v., ˈkudos v. (nonce-wds.), to praise, laud, glorify.
1799Southey Eng. Ecl., etc., Poet. Wks. III. 57 Lauded in pious Latin to the skies; Kudos'd egregiously in heathen Greek. 1873M. Collins Squire Silchester I. xix. 234 He kudized Louisa, who blushed when he compared her to Penthesilea.
▸ orig. U.S.kudos to——: praise or credit to—— for an achievement; congratulations to——.
1936Time 13 July 2/1 All kudos to Eurich and Wilson for the Current Affairs Test in the magazine for June 29. 1939Mississippi Valley Hist. Rev. 26 108 There has not been a book like this. Kudos to the Royal Nonesuch. 1943N.Y. Times 20 Aug. 24 (advt.) Kudos to the New York Times. 1968Hispanic Amer. Hist. Rev. 48 758/2 Kudos to Grosset and Dunlap for bringing out this inexpensive edition with full color plates. 1990N.Y. Woman Oct. 23/3 Kudos to your wonderful magazine. 1999S. Rushdie Ground beneath her Feet (2000) xvii. 544 He's a man reborn, okay, bravo, kudos to him, what I'm saying here is he owes me. |