(n.) The aforesaid thing; the same (as before). Often contracted to do., or to two "turned commas" ("), or small marks. Used in bills, books of account, tables of names, etc., to save repetition.
(adv.) As before, or aforesaid; in the same manner; also.
Example Sentences:
(1) Ditto the policies that made life in Gaza so difficult.
(2) Ditto for his acknowledgement that the “oversight theatre” (my term, not his) that currently passes for democratic accountability must be replaced by a much more muscular and credible institution – an independent surveillance and intelligence commission.
(3) Ditto for users, who don't like the idea of spending on a new computer and then having to shift their files over from an old machine.
(4) I can’t remember which ill-fated combo decided to do a synth-pop cover of Hoagy Carmichael’s I Get Along Without You Very Well, but I can remember Smash Hits’ one-word response: “Ditto.” In their review of David Bowie’s 1983 album Let’s Dance, there was no sense that the journalist was trying to be reasonable, or to justify his views intellectually.
(5) Ditto local government, which will lose around a third of its funding from 2010 to 2015, with much worse to come in the event of another Tory-led government.
(6) Ditto selecting the right setlist from a back catalogue that's prone to end-of-the-world doom-mongering.
(7) Ditto the Little Mermaid’s Ariel, whose desire not just to change her circumstances but change her physical form has made her an unlikely object of identification among some younger members of the transgender community – a girl who believes herself literally born in the wrong body.
(8) When he asked Ditto to stop, he claimed she told him to "Google [her]".
(9) Ditto Fassbender for Shame, Shannon for Take Shelter & Swinton for Kevin.
(10) Ditto the journalists swarming around their beautiful village.
(11) Ditto was arrested after an incident at the Bungalo Bar in Portland, Oregon, which boasts "cheap drinks", "fire pits" and a "huge whiskey selection".
(12) On the final page, Gauguin adds: "Don't listen to Vincent, as you know he's prone to admiration and ditto indulgence.
(13) Today Labour has 211 peers (60% created since 1997), the Lib Dems 67 (ditto), and the Tories 188 (only 25% created since 1997), with non-party crossbenchers (whose "wild card" votes usually cancel each other out) 182, plus 25 bishops and 30 others.
(14) The BBC, as ever, is irritatingly good, despite all the dittos about video.
(15) Ditto the average reporter, though Reuters's Felix Salmon has recently written a terrific account of the phenomenon .
(16) Where are they?” Alan: “One drives around in a big car.” Or John (ditto), plumber: “Well, Ukip are a bit fascist, aren’t they?
(17) Ditto Emma Thompson’s representations, on a number of subjects.
(18) "[Ditto] came up to me and starting to pinch my cheeks (what the fuck?)
(19) Ditto all these Parenting for Clots tomes - by Penelope Leach and Dr Spock and permissive Swedes.
(20) Although she was released that night, Ditto's class B misdemeanor charge is punishable by a fine of up to $2,500 (£1,653) and up to six months in jail, the Portland Mercury reported .
Idem
Definition:
(pron. / adj.) The same; the same as above; -- often abbreviated id.
Example Sentences:
(1) The other is a former international canoeist, Josefa Idem.
(2) The inclusion in the cabinet of blonde, German-born Idem, who won an Olympic gold medal and five world championships for Italy , caused no similar controversy.
(3) The aim of this study was to assess a) the validity of an ex vivo approach for the estimation of the in vivo MAO A inhibitory properties of the new short-acting MAO A inhibitors, amiflamine, brofaremine, cimoxatone and moclobemide, by studying the effect of dilution of brain and liver homogenates from pretreated rats on the degree of enzyme inhibition; b) the displaceability of the inhibitors from the enzyme by substrate in brain and liver homogenates from pretreated rats; c) idem, in the in vivo situation in the brain, by increasing the availability of the substrate by releasing it from its endogenous stores by tetrabenazine.
(4) The relationship between infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and various immunological parameters was studied in: (a) healthy controls; (b) homosexual individuals from the AIDS risk group without anti-HIV antibodies; (c) idem, but with anti-HIV antibodies; (d) patients with persistent generalized lymphadenopathy (PGL); (e) patients with AIDS-related syndrome; (f) patients with AIDS and opportunistic infections.
(5) The regimens were: (1) dapsone 100 mg daily, non-supervised for 3 years; (2) RMP 900 mg supervised, once weekly, 8 doses; (3) idem 12 doses; (4) RMP 600 mg, once monthly, supervised, 6 doses and during this treatment dapsone 100 mg daily unsupervised; (5) RMP 600 mg together with dapsone 100 mg daily, supervised for 6 days.