Webster's New World College Dictionary announces its wor d-of-the-year candidates

[Doug_Harris]

The _selective ignorance_ concept achieved fame, albeit under a different
name, some years ago when the military introduced its DADT policy.
dh

Subject: Webster's New World College Dictionary announces its
word-of-the-year candidates

Webster's New World College Dictionary has announced its top five
words of the year candidates. Odd choices from WNW, as usual.

selective ignorance: the practice of selectively ignoring distracting,
irrelevant, or otherwise unnecessary information received, such as e-
mails, news reports, etc.
Grant Barrett
gbarrett at worldnewyork.org

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