Language Log » “Tweet” Word of the Year, “Google” Word of the Decade

Last night, the American Dialect Society (meeting in Baltimore in conjunction with the Linguistics Society of America) selected the final nominees for Word of the Year (2009) and Word of the Decade (2000-09). Here are the WOTY finalists
“9/11,” “Green” and “Text” Among Most Influential Words of the Past Decade (aka the “Aughts,” aka the “Naughties”). Click Here To View Complete Source Article. Share/Bookmark. This entry was posted on Saturday, January 9th,

All told, it was an endless rush of words that, for better or worse, captured the high and low points humanity offered up in a decade dominated by war, recessions and terrorism. It was 3650 days of change in everything from economics
[Grant] Barrett, [chair of theew Words Committee of the American Dialect Society editorial director of online dictionary Wordnik.com] said. “We really thought blog would take the honors in the word of the decade category,

Final Word of the Decade. IStock_000009178126XSmall The exiting decade has been crazy at best. Two wars, two recessions. A major shake-up in the political landscape. Reality TV (bad). Social Media (good).
As a mother of a teenager, the word of the decade We absolutely cannot stand anymore is … whatever (usually delivered by our daughter with a huge eyeroll). Comment by Chrissy | January 4, 2010. We know what you mean.