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What follows is by no means a complete list of the words that took our attention this year, but rather a sampling from the thousands that endured long enough to find a place in the national conversation.
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www.nytimes.com/2007/12/23...zwords.html
What follows is by no means a complete list of the words that took our attention this year, but rather a sampling from the thousands that endured long enough to find a place in the national conversation.
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www.nytimes.com/2007/12/23...zwords.html
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Re: Buzzwords 2007 All We Are Saying, By GRANT BARRETT
Mon, December 31, 2007 - 2:01 AM
Totally..fucking..awesome! :oD
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Re: Buzzwords 2007 All We Are Saying, By GRANT BARRETT
Wed, January 2, 2008 - 11:08 AMI'm afraid even to look. I feel things like this deserve some sort of health warnings, e.g.:
CAUTION:
LOGOHAZARDOUS WASTE
SEVERE RISK OF LEXICAL CONTAMINATION
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Re: Buzzwords 2007 All We Are Saying, By GRANT BARRETT
Sat, January 12, 2008 - 12:00 PMIs it just me, or is it cheating to have compound words, or worse - phrases, on a list of 'new words'? -
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Re: Buzzwords 2007 All We Are Saying, By GRANT BARRETT
Sat, January 12, 2008 - 1:42 PMIt certainly seems to indicate a lack of imagination. The eclecticity of the roots and rules by which English reached this point ought to availablise a markworthy number of unpreviously used formations resortless to hyphenisation. (Even if a few of the results ought to be subject to therapeutic abortion.) But since Shakespeare's time, it's mostly been new compounds.
Harummph. Degenerate modern times. You know the song.
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Re: Buzzwords 2007 All We Are Saying, By GRANT BARRETT
Sun, January 13, 2008 - 6:36 AMI finally checked out the link and I'm not terribly impressed. I can't say that I've heard of any of them, so I'm curious how they measure the popularity. Usually, I am familiar with some of the terms at least.
Some are just silly, like "astronaut diaper." It's not really a new word, but a humorous expression. We all use made up terms like this, but that doesn't make them new words. And it cannot be considered a new word or phrase until it is common. Honestly, how often do we all talk about astronauts in general, let alone the personal waste removal systems in their suits.
One is simply an acronym and one that I've used in a vastly different meaning. Since when does "FTW" refer to "for the win?" When I was in high school, it was a commonly understood term for "f*ck the world." I know that I've seen it commonly on biker's helmet stickers and even a few tattoos.
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Re: Buzzwords 2007 All We Are Saying, By GRANT BARRETT
Tue, March 25, 2008 - 12:05 AMI have encountered, in common usage, 6 of the 32 or so words in that article in the past year, and knew what they meant. Not sure what that ratio implies, if the article is out of touch, I am, or else.
"FTW," by the way: in gaming circles, especially World of Warcraft, which I've played off and on for 2 years, and online motorcycle forums (been riding the past 3 years) it's always been meant as "For the Win" whenever I see it, sometimes spelled out as such.
I always associate it in my mind with the for-some-reason-it-always-makes-me-laugh, slightly sarcastic "full of win." As in, "dude, your hawk is totally slamming, i wanna kinnear it and slap it in to a mobisode i'm putting on my tumblog. lolcat. kthxbye!!!1!"
