eric

noun

1. (historical)A fine paid as compensation for violent crimes.

   “The court-poets of Wales […] could demand an eric of ‘nine cows, and nine-score pence of money besides’.”

2. (abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable)Acronym of everybody reading in class (“a session in which pupils read books”).

name

1. A male given name from the Germanic languages.

   “"What's your name?" "Eric - I mean Williams." "Then why don't you say what you mean?"”

   “Mark it. Professor Roberts does not like the name Eric. This happens to be one of his given names, and it is a very honorable one. Eric was the first Viking explorer of the North American continent, and this ERIC we hope will be an explorer in the fields of complex therapy.”

   “In 1999 at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, 18-year-old Eric Harris and 17-year-old Dylan Klebold killed 12 of their fellow students and a teacher before taking their own lives in the school library.”

   “The episode follows two different stories: in one, the show’s resident bigot, Eric Cartman, is outraged to learn that fellow fourth grader Clyde has risen to prominence as a white nationalist podcaster who makes offensive claims about women, Jewish people, Black people and other minority groups to goad them into debating him in exploitative viral videos (“WOKE STUDENT TOTALLY PWNED”).”

2. (abbreviation, acronym, alt-of)Acronym of Education Resources Information Center.
3. (abbreviation, acronym, alt-of)Acronym of European Research Infrastructure Consortium.
4. (abbreviation, acronym, alt-of)Acronym of Electronic Registration Information Center.

   “ERIC was formed to help states maintain accurate voter rolls and spot illegal voting. But instances of duplicate voting and out-of-state or out-of-precinct voting continue despite ERIC’s involvement. ERIC has failed at its stated mission of maintaining voter rolls because its true mission is to increase voter registration. Fortunately, a growing number of states are leaving ERIC, and more should follow.”