Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Wondrous Words Wednesday - December 28, 2011

Wondrous Words Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Kathy aka Bermuda Onion where we share new (to us) words that we’ve encountered in our reading. Feel free to join in the fun.

This is a little spin on Wondrous Words Wednesday, but I still think it fits -- well sort of. I can't actually take credit for this idea. It was presented by an editor at my husband's employer, but I thought it sounded like a lot of fun.

Each year the American Dialectic Society comes up with a "word of the year." Below are the winners from years past:
2010: app
2009: tweet
2008: bailout
2007: subprime
2006: plutoed
2005: truthiness
2004: red state/blue state
2003: metrosexual
2002: weapons of mass destruction
2001: 9-11 (most often styled 9/11)

The American Dialectic Society won't announce their winner until early next year, but I thought we could come up with possibilities in the mean time. What word do you think should be the 2011 Word of the Year?
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10 comments:

  1. Beth FDecember 28, 2011 at 8:02 AM

    Oh gosh, great question. I'm going to have to think about this.

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  2. bermudaonionDecember 28, 2011 at 8:13 AM

    I love this! It's interesting that I use most of those words. I just looked plutoed up because I didn't know it's meaning and think it's a word I can use. I can't imagine what this year's word will be.

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  3. MeghanDecember 28, 2011 at 8:44 AM

    What fun! Those words are perfect, too. I have no idea what would sum up this year in a single word, but I'm really looking forward to finding out what they choose.

    Meghan @ Medieval Bookworm

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  4. rhapsodyinbooksDecember 28, 2011 at 9:24 AM

    I love this too - hadn't seen it before!

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  5. Beth HoffmanDecember 28, 2011 at 10:04 AM

    Hmmmm ... that's a tough question. I'll be curious to see what everyone comes up with!

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  6. bermudaonionDecember 28, 2011 at 11:56 AM

    I just thought of something that might work for this year - tebowing!

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  7. AlyceDecember 28, 2011 at 1:31 PM

    Well this has been the year of the angry birds in our house, so something to do with that? (Or maybe our crazy congress.) :)

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  8. SherrieDecember 28, 2011 at 2:00 PM

    Hi!
    What an awesome idea. I've heard of all those words but didn't know they were chosen as words of the year. Can't think of one for this year. Have a great day!

    Sherrie
    Just Books
    http://sherriesbooks.blogspot.com/2011/12/wednesday-memes.html

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  9. Jackie HigginsDecember 28, 2011 at 8:15 PM

    "pinterest" -- or am I the only one who is constantly throwing that into every situation? Oh, you like my food, I found it on pinterest. Yep, got that craft idea off pinterest. Planned a lesson from pinterest. etc.

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  10. JennersDecember 29, 2011 at 6:23 PM

    Those selections are right on!! For the life of me, I can't imagine what this year's word would be ... but I bet when I see it, I will be like "Of course!!"

    You will let us know right?

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