Affix of the decade

Scot LaFaive slafaive at GMAIL.COM
Mon Dec 21 16:08:42 UTC 2009


I know we like to do the Word of the Year every year, but I think this
decade also calls for an Affix of the Year. Namely, the prefix "i-" as in
"iPod," "iPlayer," "iCarly," "iGoogle," etc. It seems to be increasingly
used with technology hoping to be "hip" and "coo." Can i get a second?

iScot

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