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Words of the Year 2012

Grant has compiled his ninth annual words-of-the-year piece for The New York Times Sunday Review section. Among these gems is the verb doxing, as in documenting someone’s life and share it on the web. What were your picks for the words of 2012...

cray-cray

cray-cray  adj.— «When we got back a few hours later those two lines were gone, and Gawker went a little cray-cray.» —“Agape at Jared Paul Stern’s Gawker” by Garth Johnson Gothamist (New York City) Apr. 16...

crackne

crackne  n.— «She was wearing dark, oversize diesel clothes, a ’do rag, and her face was very pale and full of crackne.» —“A Very Special Gawker Stalker: Natasha Lyonne Still Exists!” Gawker Jan. 24, 2006. (source:...

listicle

listicle  n.— «I’ve decided to default to one of the magazine world’s last great lame clichés—lists. Lists as articles. Listicles. (I feel dirty even saying it.) Consider this my homage to sappy service journalism.» —“The Daily...