"Brokeback" named Hollywood word of the year

Arnold M. Zwicky zwicky at CSLI.STANFORD.EDU
Wed Mar 1 03:43:41 UTC 2006


On Feb 28, 2006, at 4:48 PM, James Callan wrote:

> LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - And the winner for Hollywood's word of the
> year is "Brokeback," thanks to all the talk around the water cooler
> and Internet jokes that have turned a film about two gay cowboys
> into a cultural phenomenon.
>
> The nonprofit group Global Language Monitor placed "Brokeback" --
> as in the film title "Brokeback Mountain" -- at the top of its list
> of Hollywood words and phrases that captured attention this year.
>
> http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?
> type=entertainmentNews&storyID=11356806

annoyingly, they don't tell us what users think it means.

feed the linguist!  feed the linguist!

arnold

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