<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">The American Dialect Society will hold a virtual voting session to select the words of the year for 2021 on January 7, 2022, in an online-only video session.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/american-dialect-society-2021-word-of-the-year-registration-234466594897">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/american-dialect-society-2021-word-of-the-year-registration-234466594897</a>  <br><br><b>The event is free, but to receive the link for the livestream, you must register. </b><br><br>You are also encouraged to send your word-of-the-year nominations to <a href="mailto:woty@americandialect.org">woty@americandialect.org</a> or @americandialect on Twitter. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">The criteria for what makes a good WOTY nomination are explained here: </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><a href="https://www.americandialect.org/now-accepting-2021-words-of-the-year-nominations">https://www.americandialect.org/now-accepting-2021-words-of-the-year-nominations</a><br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">We hope you can make it!<br><br>Cheers,<br><br>American Dialect Society New Words Committee<br><a href="mailto:woty@americandialect.org">woty@americandialect.org</a><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">....</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">Grant Barrett<br>American Dialect Society<br>Vice President of Communications and Technology<br><a href="http://www.americandialect.org">http://www.americandialect.org</a><br><a href="mailto:grantbarrett@gmail.com">grantbarrett@gmail.com</a><br></div></div>