Time is running short!

[David Barnhart]

With just less than a month to go, it would be a good time to turn our attentions to that ADS institution: WOTY.  If you’re not going to Boston, this might be a wonderful time to put in your 2 ₵ or if you prefer €.

 

I’ve compiled a hastily assembled list of suggestions thus far:

 

1/13 (*on a Friday!): .... vulture capitalist (in reference to Mitt Romney)             {Joel Berson}

1/28: ............................crypto- as in: 

cryptomuslim and 

cryptosocialist and 

cryptoconservative and

cryptoliberal .........................................           {Victor Steinbok}

2/3: ..............................Rick Perry moment                                           

                                    pulling a Komen ................................................           {Larry Horn}

6/6: ..............................foie-mageddon ..................................................           {Larry Horn}

6/24: ............................parse

medias

twitterverse

shadowban

automatize

cut one’s name ....................................................         {David Barnhart}

7/6 ...............................hyperlocal                                                                    {Ben Zimmer}

8/22 .............................reverse retouching                                                        {Hollis Barnhart}

9/26 .............................butt chugging                                                                {Bill Mullins}

                                    kerfuffle                                                                        {Ann Burlingham}

10/25 ...........................spaghetti model                                                             {David Barnhart}

 

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