Affix of the decade

Scot LaFaive slafaive at GMAIL.COM
Mon Dec 21 16:14:01 UTC 2009


This decade also calls for an Affix of the Decade, I mean. Yicks.

Scot

On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 10:08 AM, Scot LaFaive <slafaive at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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