January 15, 2010 12:39:19
Posted By P & L Blog

Kanye

 

The American Dialect Society. a group that studies the use of English in North America, chose "tweet" as 2009's Word of the Year.  In the Most Creative category, "Dracula sneeze" (sneezing into the crook of your arm thereby covering the bottom of your face) took the top award.   Other winning words were "hike the Appalachian trail" (Most Euphemistic), "Fail!" (Most Useful), and "death panel" (Most Outrageous).

To hear why some words were nominated, click here.

 

 

 

Photo by Josefrén under Creative Commons license.
Permalink     Comments (0)

Categories: Blog, Languages, English
 
0 Comment(s):
No Comments are found for this entry.
Add a new comment using the form below.

 
Leave a Comment:
Name: * Email: *
Home Page URL:
Comment: *
   char left.

re-generate 		Enter the text shown in the image on the left: *
 Remember Me?
* fields are requried
    


 
Google

Category
 
Recent Entries
 
Archives
 
Links