One term that rose to prominence in 2017: fidget spinner. This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “”Fidget Spinner” for Word fo the Year?”
You know now that I think about it, another term that burst onto the scene this year is the term fidget spinner. I sure hadn’t heard that before last year. Yeah, fidget spinner. i One day my son came home from fourth grade and he was talking about wanting a fidget spinner. I’m like, excuse me, what is that?
And then they were everywhere, and now they seem to be declining.
Yes.
The fad may have passed?
Well, except with cats.
I’ve found that they are very effective for cats who are bored.
It grew so big so fast that you could find kiosks at malls that sold only fidget spinners.
And you could go to these woodworking shops, say, in old town, the downtown that’s kind of been made to look like the old West era.
And they’ll have wooden versions of these that don’t actually spin, but they’re the right shape, which is interesting.
Oh, interesting, yeah.
Is it still a fidget spinner if it doesn’t spin?
I thought it had to have a little ball bearing and you just put it on your finger and spun it.
Give yourself something to do with your hands, right?
Fidget spinner, definitely a term of the year, for sure.
