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Words of the Year

echomadman · 2004-01-17 17:11:52

http://www.americandialect.org/ New words that have become commonplace in the last year, you can really see the influence of the net and mobile phone permeation in a lot of them. My personal favourites :

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17-01-2004 6:11pm

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echomadman

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http://www.americandialect.org/

New words that have become commonplace in the last year, you can really see the influence of the net and mobile phone permeation in a lot of them.

My personal favourites :

Cliterati: collective noun, feminist or woman-oriented writers or opinion

ass-hat: noun, a thoughtless or stupid person

MOST EUPHEMISTIC: word or phrase which least says what it means to.

Winner pre-emptive self-defense: noun phrase, an attack made before a possible attack.

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