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

Ann Burlingham ann at BURLINGHAMBOOKS.COM
Tue Jan 13 05:46:49 UTC 2015


Ah. Excellent. Feels right.

On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 1:31 AM, Ben Zimmer <bgzimmer at gmail.com> wrote:

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> Subject:      Word of the Year 2014: "#blacklivesmatter"
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> 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.
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> Read the press release:
> http://www.americandialect.org/2014-word-of-the-year-is-blacklivesmatter
> Shortcut to PDF: http://bit.ly/ADSWOTY14
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> --bgz
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