"Locavore" is Oxford Word-of-the-Year

Wilson Gray hwgray at GMAIL.COM
Thu Nov 15 14:06:49 UTC 2007


Aman, bruh! ("Aman" and "Amin" alternate freely.)

-Wilson

On 11/14/07, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu> wrote:
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> At 1:32 PM -0500 11/14/07, Wilson Gray wrote:
> >Locavore: "one who vores locally"! Okay, now I get it. There are are
> >some cases in which it's necessary *not* to have had the benefit of a
> >classical education.
> >
> >-Wilson
>
> It does seem somewhat odd, but I guess it's too late to do anything
> about it (other than vote for or against on WOTY day).  Me, I'm a
> locovore.
>
> LH
>
> >On 11/13/07, Clai Rice <cxr1086 at louisiana.edu> wrote:
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> >>  Subject:      Re: "Locavore" is Oxford Word-of-the-Year
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> >>  I notice that the verb "tase" is a runner up. The Chronicle of Higher
> >>  Education reacted to the usage issues:
> >>  The verb isn't capitalized even though the noun from which it derives is.
> >>  ...
> >>  Readers may imagine that the new linguistic terrain caused some
> >>  consternation at the fastidious Chronicle. But even we used "tase" as a verb
> >>  before Oxford's announcement.
> >>  http://chronicle.com/news/article/?id=3417&at
> >>
> >>
> >>  --Clai Rice
> >>
> >>  > -----Original Message-----
> >>  > From: Barry Popik [mailto:bapopik at GMAIL.COM]
> >>  > Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 5:33 PM
> >>  > Subject: "Locavore" is Oxford Word-of-the-Year
> >>  >
> >>  > "Locavore." Someone named Ben Zimmer praises this food word.
> >>  > This, from a dictionary that doesn't even have "ranch" dressing!
> >>  > ...
> >>  > ...
> >>  > ...
> >>  > http://blog.oup.com/2007/11/locavore/
> >>  > Oxford Word Of The Year: Locavore
> >>  >  November 12, 2007
> >>  >
> >>  > It's that time of the year again. It is finally starting to
> >>  > get cold (if you are worried about the global warming maybe
> >>  > you should become
> >>  > carbon-neutral) and the New Oxford American Dictionary is
> >>  > preparing for the holidays by making its biggest announcement
> >>  > of the year. The
> >>  > 2007 Word of the Year is (drum-roll please) locavore.
> >>  >
> >>  > The past year saw the popularization of a trend in using
> >>  > locally grown ingredients, taking advantage of seasonally
> >>  > available foodstuffs that can be bought and prepared without
> >>  > the need for extra preservatives.
> >>  >
> >>  > The "locavore" movement encourages consumers to buy from farmers'
> >>  > markets or even to grow or pick their own food, arguing that
> >>  > fresh, local products are more nutritious and taste better.
> >>  > Locavores also shun supermarket offerings as an
> >>  > environmentally friendly measure, since shipping food over
> >>  > long distances often requires more fuel for transportation.
> >>  >
> >>  > "The word 'locavore' shows how food-lovers can enjoy what
> >>  > they eat while still appreciating the impact they have on the
> >>  > environment,"
> >>  > said Ben Zimmer, editor for American dictionaries at Oxford
> >>  > University Press. "It's significant in that it brings
> >>  > together eating and ecology in a new way."
> >>  >
> >>  > "Locavore" was coined two years ago by a group of four women
> >>  > in San Francisco who proposed that local residents should try
> >>  > to eat only food grown or produced within a 100-mile radius.
> >>  > Other regional movements have emerged since then, though some
> >>  > groups refer to themselves as "localvores" rather than
> >>  > "locavores." However it's spelled, it's a word to watch.
> >>  >
> >>  > Runners-up for the 2007 Word of the Year include:
> >>  >
> >>  > aging in place: the process of growing older while living in
> >>  > one's own residence, instead of having to move to a new home
> >>  > or community
> >>  >
> >>  > bacn: email notifications, such as news alerts and social
> >>  > networking updates, that are considered more desirable than
> >>  > unwanted "spam"
> >>  > (coined at PodCamp Pittsburgh in Aug. 2007 and popularized in
> >>  > the blogging community)
> >>  >
> >>  > cloudware: online applications, such as webmail, powered by
> >>  > massive data storage facilities, also called "cloud servers"
> >>  >
> >>  > colony collapse disorder: a still-unexplained phenomenon
> >  > > resulting in the widespread disappearance of honeybees from
> >>  > beehives, first observed in late 2006
> >>  >
> >>  > cougar: an older woman who romantically pursues younger men
> >>  >
> >>  > MRAP vehicle: Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle,
> >>  > designed to protect troops from improvised explosive devices (IEDs)
> >>  >
> >>  > mumblecore: an independent film movement featuring low-budget
> >>  > production, non-professional actors, and largely improvised dialogue
> >>  >
> >>  > previvor: a person who has not been diagnosed with a form of
> >>  > cancer but has survived a genetic predisposition for cancer
> >>  >
> >>  > social graph: the network of one's friends and connections on
> >>  > social websites such as Facebook and Myspace
> >>  >
> >>  > tase (or taze): to stun with a Taser (popularized by a Sep.
> >>  > 2007 incident in which a University of Florida student was
> >>  > filmed being stunned by a Taser at a public forum)
> >>  >
> >>  > upcycling: the transformation of waste materials into
> >>  > something more useful or valuable
> >>  >
> >>
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