WOTY

[Jesse Sheidlower]

On Sun, Dec 26, 2004 at 02:03:49PM -0500, Laurence Horn wrote:
> At 10:53 AM -0500 12/26/04, Grant Barrett wrote:
> >3. Word Mostly Likely Never To Be Heard From Again Except When
> >Mentioned By Newspaper Columnists Struggling To Come Up With A Topic On
> >Deadline. Maybe this duplicates "most unnecessary," although that's
> >more of a judgement than a prediction. How about "wardrobe
> >malfunction"?
> >
> Well, to show some of my cards, I have to confess I was hoping that
> would be immortalized as our euphemism of the year...

That was my expectation as well. Hardly even seemed worth voting
on.

Jesse Sheidlower
OED