WOTY Candidate

[Laurence Horn]

At 6:59 PM -0800 1/2/07, Dave Wilton wrote:
>"Santorum" so skewed my perception of Most Outrageous that I didn't even
>think of that for "macaca," which is positively tame by comparison.
>
>I don't like "macacagate" at all. It's just another tired use of the "-gate"
>suffix; nothing new or noteworthy about it. Plus Google has less than 600
>hits for it.
>
>--Dave Wilton
>   dave at wilton.net

That's fine with me; I'm prepared to plump for "macaca moment".

LH

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>-----Original Message-----
>From: American Dialect Society [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of
>Beverly Flanigan
>Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2007 8:57 AM
>To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>Subject: Re: WOTY Candidate
>
>Did you all see the article on WOTY by one Marsha Mercer of the Media
>General News Service (new to me)?  She reviewed 2004 and 2005 and then
>interviewed Wayne Glowka, Grant Barrett, and David Barnhart on this year's
>possibilities.  Her own choice: 'macaca':  "If it isn't the Word of the
>Year, it surely is Most Outrageous."
>
>Anyway, have fun at ADS, you all--I'll forgo Anaheim this year and head for
>sunny Mexico instead!
>
>Beverly
>
>At 11:10 AM 1/2/2007, you wrote:
>>At 7:53 AM -0800 1/2/07, Dave Wilton wrote:
>>>I didn't see this on Grant's or Wayne's lists, but a word that I think
>>>should be seriously considered is "macaca."
>>
>>One of the words on the list (compiled from students' New Word
>>Journals) I just sent Wayne was "macacagate", which incorporates the
>>denial and attempted coverup by Allen (ultimately thwarted by
>>you-tubing his actual comment at the rally, as you mention).  Another
>>I liked from the list is "be Plutoed".  But there will be plenty of
>>opportunities for vigorous debate.
>>
>>LH
>>
>>>
>>>Seldom does a single word have such an impact. "Macaca" was the catalyst
>>>that destroyed the campaign of a heavily favored senate incumbent and
>>>would-be 2008 presidential nominee. The word is also linked with YouTube
>and
>>>the rise of participatory web sites in 2006.
>>>
>>>Not sure that it's a good fit for any of the usual sub-categories.
>Possibly
>>>most euphemistic. Least likely to succeed is also possible as I don't
>think
>>>it will retain currency except as a historical reference.
>>>
>>>Have fun in Anaheim. Wish I could be there this year.
>>>
>>>--Dave Wilton
>>>    dave at wilton.net
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