2007 WOTY

Scot LaFaive spiderrmonkey at HOTMAIL.COM
Tue Sep 11 17:40:10 UTC 2007


I know it's old (I'm just curious here), but did "misunderestimate" ever make the list? I adore that word.
 
Scot
> Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 10:34:33 -0700> From: markpeters33 at YAHOO.COM> Subject: 2007 WOTY> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU> > ---------------------- Information from the mail header -----------------------> Sender: American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>> Poster: Mark Peters <markpeters33 at YAHOO.COM>> Subject: 2007 WOTY> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------> > What are the top Word of the Year candidates so far?> > I can think of two, both from Judd Apatow movies, which probably shows my maturity level: "shmashmortion" (a euphemism for abortion) and "McLovin" (a preposterous nickname).> > Mark> > Mark Mandel <thnidu at GMAIL.COM> wrote:> ---------------------- Information from the mail header -----------------------> Sender: American Dialect Society> Poster: Mark Mandel> Subject: Re: to "niff"> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------> > And the intransitive sense is cited back to 1900 --> > *1900* J. S. FARMER> *Public School Word-bk.* 139 *Niff*, verb (Derby), to smell. *1927* W. E. C> OLLINSON> *Contemp. Eng.* 23 Things didn't smell, but ponged, niffed or hummed. **> > -- and "niffy" 'stinky, malodorous' (which is the one I'd read) to the same> epoch:> > *a1903* *Eng. Dial. Dict.* (1903) IV. 267/2 [Sussex] *Niffy* [odorous].> > m a m> > > On 9/6/07, Jonathan Lighter wrote:> >> > Latest OED online has this British v. as "to sniff" from 1952. Here's one> > considerably earlier:> >> > 1930 C. R. Benstead _Retreat_ (N.Y.: Century) 124 [ref. to 1918]: Like> > an ol' bull when e' [sic] niffs a bit o' cow.> >> > JL> >> >> > ---------------------------------> > Building a website is a piece of cake.> > Yahoo! Small Business gives you all the tools to get online.> >> > ------------------------------------------------------------> > The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org> >> > ------------------------------------------------------------> The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org> > ------------------------------------------------------------> The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org
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