Re: [ADS-L] The not -so-slow death of truthiness?

[RonButters at AOL.COM]

In a message dated 8/18/06 10:39:42 AM, db.list at PMPKN.NET writes:


> Isn't this part of the tension inherent in choosing a WotY? It's
> supposed to be "a word or phrase that best reflects the language and
> preoccupations of the year gone by", according to the ADS
> homepage/blog[1] definition. There's nothing in that definition that
> means it can't be "a bit of whimsy, a flight of fancy", as long as it
> meets the definition--after all, we have a completely separate most
> likely to succeed category.
>

Bushlips.

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