{"id":10163,"date":"2012-04-26T23:51:59","date_gmt":"2012-04-27T06:51:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/?p=10163"},"modified":"2014-07-25T02:48:10","modified_gmt":"2014-07-25T09:48:10","slug":"what-is-a-kudo-as-in-kudos-to-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/2012\/04\/what-is-a-kudo-as-in-kudos-to-you\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a Kudo, as in “Kudos to You”?"},"content":{"rendered":"
Donna asks:\u00a0 What is a “kudo”, exactly?<\/div>\n

\"now<\/a>First, it should be noted that “kudos” is not the plural form of “kudo”, so a “kudo” was once technically nothing. However, because so many people in the last century, mainly in the United States, have thought kudos was plural, in some dictionaries today “kudo” is considered a valid word meaning the same thing as kudos (yet another word created via back-formation).<\/p>\n

To answer your question, kudos in English means:<\/p>\n

1) Praise \/ Accolades<\/p>\n

2) Credit for one’s achievements<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The word “kudos” comes from the Greek \u03ba\u1fe6\u03b4\u03bf\u03c2<\/em> (kudos), meaning “glory” or “fame”.\u00a0 The “-os” ending in Greek typically indicates a singular noun and is supposed to be pronounced like “-ose”, rather than “-oze”, as many Americans usually pronounce it, “koo-doze”, or as a lot of British people tend to pronounce it “-oss”, “cue-doss”.<\/p>\n

The word made its way into English around the late 18th century \/ early 19th century, meaning pretty much the same thing as it means today.\u00a0 The first documented instance of the “singular” word “kudo” didn’t pop up until 1926.<\/p>\n

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