2010 WOTY nominations open

[Tom Zurinskas]

"Obamacare" for the new health care system.  It's new teaminology.

Tom Zurinskas, USA - CT20, TN3, NJ33, FL7+ 
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> A couple more entries that I have not seen yet--again, mostly from the
> same sources (tea party terminology, oil spill)
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> - 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)
> 
> There were some interesting quotes too...
> 
> I don't have the full quote of Harry Reid from Game-Change:
> " 'light-skinned' African American 'with no Negro dialect unless he
> wanted to have one' "
> 
> Then there is Obama's
> 
> " [... so] I know whose ass to kick."
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> Full quote:
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> "We talk to these folks because they potentially have the best answers,
> so I know whose ass to kick."
> 
> VS-)
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> On 12/21/2010 12:56 PM, Grant Barrett wrote:
> > The American Dialect Society is now accepting nominations for the "word of the year" of 2010.
> >
> > The full announcement, with links to five sets of early nominations, is here: http://bit.ly/2010woty
> >
> > What is the word or phrase which best characterizes the year? What expression most reflects the ideas, events, and themes which have occupied the English-speaking world, especially North America?
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> > Nominations can be sent by email to woty at americandialect.org or to the Twitter user name @americandialect, or they can be made in Twitter by using the hashtag #woty10.
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> > They will be considered for the American Dialect Society's 21st annual word-of-the-year vote, the longest-running vote of its kind in the world and the word-of-the-year event up to which all word-of-the-year votes lead. It will be held in Pittsburgh on Friday, January 7, 2011.
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> > The best "word of the year" candidates will be:
> >
> > —new or newly popular in 2010
> > —widely or prominently used in 2010
> > —indicative or reflective of the popular discourse
> >
> > Read more: http://bit.ly/2010woty
> >
> > Grant Barrett
> > American Dialect Society
> > Vice President of Communications and Technology
> > http://www.americandialect.org
> > grantbarrett at gmail.com
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