[Ads-l] Word of the Year 2014: "#blacklivesmatter"

Ben Zimmer bgzimmer at GMAIL.COM
Sat Jan 10 06:31:55 UTC 2015


The Word of the Year for 2014 is "#blacklivesmatter," the first time that a
hashtag has been selected as ADS WOTY. It also won a new category created
for this year, Most Notable Hashtag.

Read the press release:
http://www.americandialect.org/2014-word-of-the-year-is-blacklivesmatter
Shortcut to PDF: http://bit.ly/ADSWOTY14

--bgz

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