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About EM
EM is a valid word in the official Scrabble dictionary (US), the UK Scrabble Dictionary and Words with Friends (ENABLE).
Despite being just two letters long, “Em” carries quite a few definitions. Most commonly, “Em” is used as a unit of measurement for printed items, with each unit describing the height of whatever type is being used. For instance, one em is equivalent to twelve points. There’s also the em dash, which is longer than an en dash and often used in place of commas, parenthesis, and colons — as you can see, it’s a super versatile thing.
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Another usage of the word “Em” is more casually conversational in its definition: an abbreviation for the word “them.” Used in a sentence like “Give it to ‘em,” the “’em” would mean the same thing as spelling out “them.” This is essentially slang, but it has gained quite a good amount of traction over the years and is colloquially accepted throughout the world’s English-speaking countries.
Lastly, there’s “Em” as a spelling of the letter M. Not unlike “En” for the letter N or “El” for the letter L, “Em” in place of the letter M could be seen in dialogue when someone is spelling something out letter by letter. This is definitely the least common usage of the word “Em,” but it’s still an acceptable definition in spite of this.
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noun
- a quad with a square body
- a linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing