Obvious Word of the Year Suggestion

[Laurence Horn]

At 2:20 PM -0400 6/25/10, Shapiro, Fred wrote:
>This is stating the obvious, but I submit "vuvuzela" as an early
>contender for Word of the Year.
>
>Fred Shapiro
>
Indeed.  Besides its literal meaning, it allows for a future
metaphorical extension as a semi-affectionate Yinglish epithet for a
noisy kid, only then it would have to be pronounced to rhyme with
"Methuselah".

LH

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