WOTY? beelzebufo

[Dennis R. Preston]

Hanks, Cruise, Presley, Dean, Bogart -- ASTM.

dInIs

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>At 6:57 AM -0500 2/21/08, Dennis Preston wrote:
>>Now David, chill dude. We have (and often invent) categories
>>(remember Tom Hanks words?)
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>Tom Cruise words.  See how soon they forget!
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>>   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).
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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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Michigan State University
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