Top Ten: Top Ten Words of 2007 (WRAPUP)
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featherynscaleSorry, forgot to clean this up the other day, and left you hanging. So here they are, from Global Language Monitor's list. Words in italics are the ones nobody guessed, and there's a good reason why nobody guessed most of them.
1. Hybrid – Actually Hybrid Electric Vehicle (HEV). Chosen to represent all things green from biodiesel to wearing clothes made of soy, to global warming to living with a zero-carbon footprint. (From the Latin hybrida, a variation of ibrida for "mongrel," specifically "offspring of a sow and a wild boar,")
2. Surge - The controversial political and military strategy of winning the war in Iraq.
3. Bubble – As in housing bubble, bursting. Also, Credit crunch.
4. Smirting – The new-found art of flirting while being banished outside a building for smoking.
5. Pb – The symbol lead, Atomic No. 82. The culprit in innumerable toy recalls this year.
6. Ideating – Latest in a long line of verbalisms: the descendent of concepting and efforting.
7. Ω-3 (Greek letter omega-3) -- Also written as Omega 3; the healthy fatty acid.
8. Cleavage – As in ‘woman of cleavage,’ a touchy campaign subject.
9. Amigoization -- Increasing Hispanic influence in California, the Southwest and into the Heartland.
10. Bluetooth – A technology to connect electronic devices by radio waves.
Don't you feel educated? I do. :)
Points so far:
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leiandra - 10
fionnabhar - 9
matchgirl42 - 9
dramaticaddict - 7
theslice - 6
bubbledragon - 1
celtic_elk - 1
daneya - 1
loraca - 1
New top ten tomorrow, more'n likely. Haven't picked the list yet, but I'll try for something a little easier than this one.
EDIT: I've picked the list now. It's easier.
1. Hybrid – Actually Hybrid Electric Vehicle (HEV). Chosen to represent all things green from biodiesel to wearing clothes made of soy, to global warming to living with a zero-carbon footprint. (From the Latin hybrida, a variation of ibrida for "mongrel," specifically "offspring of a sow and a wild boar,")
2. Surge - The controversial political and military strategy of winning the war in Iraq.
3. Bubble – As in housing bubble, bursting. Also, Credit crunch.
4. Smirting – The new-found art of flirting while being banished outside a building for smoking.
5. Pb – The symbol lead, Atomic No. 82. The culprit in innumerable toy recalls this year.
6. Ideating – Latest in a long line of verbalisms: the descendent of concepting and efforting.
7. Ω-3 (Greek letter omega-3) -- Also written as Omega 3; the healthy fatty acid.
8. Cleavage – As in ‘woman of cleavage,’ a touchy campaign subject.
9. Amigoization -- Increasing Hispanic influence in California, the Southwest and into the Heartland.
10. Bluetooth – A technology to connect electronic devices by radio waves.
Don't you feel educated? I do. :)
Points so far:
leiandra - 10fionnabhar - 9matchgirl42 - 9dramaticaddict - 7theslice - 6bubbledragon - 1celtic_elk - 1daneya - 1loraca - 1New top ten tomorrow, more'n likely. Haven't picked the list yet, but I'll try for something a little easier than this one.
EDIT: I've picked the list now. It's easier.
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Date: 2007-12-27 10:49 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-12-27 10:53 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-12-27 10:55 pm (UTC)...
Blech.
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Date: 2007-12-27 10:57 pm (UTC)Under this explanation, though, the new verb would be to be ideaing which is all kinds of awkward.
Yes, blech.
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Date: 2007-12-27 11:11 pm (UTC)Ideaing would be difficult to pronounce, I think.