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• O’Connor v. Oakhurst Dairy

  An obscure court case from the First District Court of Appeals that was decided on the intent of a law…

• offender

  OAJ suggests following the style of the Prison Journalism Project when it comes to…

• oligarchy

  A form of government or power that wrests with a small group of people, often with…

• onomatopoeia

  A word that attempts to mimic the sound it describes. Examples include fizz, hiss, buzz, splash…

• open captions

  Captioning that follows that audio track of a video and delivers the dialogue and possibly the sound effects…

• over

  As a preposition of special relationships, over indicates movement above or across time or place. It can also…

• Oxford comma

  OAJ policy is to use Oxford commas, also known as serial commas, for clarity. For rules, see comma.