Newspaper report on WOTY

[James A. Landau]

Philadelphia Inquirer, January 15, 2004, page E2 column 1

Main headline "What's the god word?  It's 'metrosexual'
Subhead over the main headline "A Boston society picks the top term for
2003."

by Alfred Lubrano.  No wire service indicators.
Article begins

    "_Metrosexual_ is the Word of the Year 2003, as chosen by the American
Dialect Society.  The word refers to a fashion-conscious heterosexual male.
       "The good and worthy word-pickers at the Boston society---which has
been choosing a word of the year since the late 19th century---thought that the
noun most signified 2003.
       [rest of article not copied]"