picture = John McCain has never seen such a big cock.

That's the poem of 2008.

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.

Bailout is sort of an odd word. Anyone know the origins of its use as a noun? Just curious.

Screw that, the word of the year in MY house was "schadenfreudelicious."

Which, yes, I made up. But still.

@4,

I've heard it used as a verb describing emptying water out of a sinking boat. I assume the noun derives from that.

You forgot cancer, adultery, flatulence and trophy wife.

Isn't this story like five days old? Does the Stranger read newspapers?

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.

#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.

Shocked these didn't make the list (2009, perhaps?):

Douche

Douchebag

Douchenozzle

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?

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.