2010 WOTY nominations open

Victor Steinbok aardvark66 at GMAIL.COM
Mon Dec 27 23:03:06 UTC 2010


Sorry, forgot one more:

- slacktivist (to go along with "hacktivist" that /has/ been nominated)

     VS-)

On 12/27/2010 5:56 PM, Victor Steinbok wrote:
> A couple more entries that I have not seen yet--again, mostly from the
> same sources (tea party terminology, oil spill)
>
> - lamestream media (not entirely sure if it was a Palinism or if it
> came from one of the her mama-grizzly farm)
> - work-around (was very popular during the oil-spill fix--perhaps not
> as popular as "spillcam")
> - means of production (in particular in reference to ACA--trite
> tea-party complaint about the government taking over the means of
> production, a.k.a., "Socialism")
> - head-stomper (the Rand Paul supporter who, well, stomped on a head
> of a protester--this was quickly picked up by DailyKos and other
> assorted blogomedia)
> ...

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