<div dir="ltr">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.<div><br></div><div>Read the press release: <a href="http://www.americandialect.org/2014-word-of-the-year-is-blacklivesmatter">http://www.americandialect.org/2014-word-of-the-year-is-blacklivesmatter</a></div><div>Shortcut to PDF: <a href="http://bit.ly/ADSWOTY14">http://bit.ly/ADSWOTY14</a></div><div><br></div><div>--bgz<br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature">Ben Zimmer<br><a href="http://benzimmer.com/" target="_blank">http://benzimmer.com/</a></div>
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