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Will the WOTYs never cease? ADS early nominations posted
Grant Barrett
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2007/12/18 - 8:59am
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I've just posted early nominations for the American Dialect Society's words-of-the-year vote. It is the longest-running such vote anywhere, the only one not tied to commercial interests, and the word-of-the-year event up to which all others lead.

Martha Barnette
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2007/12/18 - 9:44am
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"Fecal containment unit"????

Ooooookay. Really, looking at these words IS a pretty fascinating way to review the year. Sort of a verbal photo album, like all those "The Year in Photographs" roundups that I find equally compelling.

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