Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Books Words of the Year
Posted by Paul Constant on Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 1:11 PM
Merriam-Webster says the word of the year, meaning the word with the highest intensity of lookups in their online version in 2008 is:
bailout
which is probably not shocking. I like the whole Top Ten list; It's like the abbreviated John McCain story.
bailout
vet
socialism
maverick
bipartisan
trepidation
precipice
rogue
misogyny
turmoil
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huh, I wonder about trepidation and precipice. Those are pretty much the only words that didn't come up specifically in EVERY newscast/article about the presidential race or the economy.
Apparently someone out there's reading something besides the news.
Apparently someone out there's reading something besides the news.
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Screw that, the word of the year in MY house was "schadenfreudelicious."
Which, yes, I made up. But still.
Which, yes, I made up. But still.
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@4,
I've heard it used as a verb describing emptying water out of a sinking boat. I assume the noun derives from that.
I've heard it used as a verb describing emptying water out of a sinking boat. I assume the noun derives from that.
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It's nice to see that people were actually looking up what socialism actually means. Maybe some people learned that it does not mean what John McCain thinks it means.
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#6- I know I know I know, "bail out" make complete sense to me, but bailout's inception is credited by Webster's circa 1950-55, just curious where it came from. There aren't too many verbs that come to mind that got this treatment, it's like the opposite of the word "party", in every way.
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I have a word origin question I couldn't find on the internet (even Wiki).
The Slog reported a few weeks ago about the list of positions/jobs that the U.S. Government (Administration) has and that book is called "The Plum Book."
Is this where the term "plum assignment" comes from?
The Slog reported a few weeks ago about the list of positions/jobs that the U.S. Government (Administration) has and that book is called "The Plum Book."
Is this where the term "plum assignment" comes from?
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I think the top word of the John McCain list should probably have been "Palin" and maybe there should be a plane somewhere in there, too.
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