Philly Inquirer WOTY preview

Benjamin Zimmer bgzimmer at BABEL.LING.UPENN.EDU
Wed Jan 3 14:37:53 UTC 2007


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Philadelphia Inquirer, Jan. 03, 2007

Anointing the word that defined '06
By Amy S. Rosenberg
Inquirer Staff Writer

Last year, when lexicographical heavyweights Barrett and Barnhart and
Glowka and McKean threw their words around the annual meeting of the
American Dialect Society - the nation's wordinistas, the definazis, if
you will - they hit upon an inspired choice for 2005 word of the year.
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--Ben Zimmer

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