WOTY? beelzebufo

[Dennis Preston]

Now David, chill dude. We have (and often invent) categories
(remember Tom Hanks words?) that include items for their
outrageousness, beauty, etc..., and they have no chance of being
WOTY. Maybe we should go for the silliest word of the year (although
that would doubtless prompt an arcane discussion, amongst those given
to such diversion, on the precise distinction between those that fit
into the category "silliest" and "least useful" (and others of our
ever-changing distinctions).

dInIs



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>For WOTY???  This doesn't even come close.  WOTYs are supposed to
>characterize the year some how.  Tell me, how does this characterize the
>events of 2008?
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Dennis R. Preston
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Department of English
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