Random Note For WOTY #7

Tue Dec 3 19:02:02 UTC 2013

On Dec 3, 2013, at 12:02 PM, Ben Zimmer wrote:

> On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 11:54 AM, David Barnhart <dbarnhart at highlands.com> wrote:
>>
>> Research this morning on #6, _drone deliver_, has revealed _delivery drone_
>> which dates back to at least 2009.
>>
>> Cars will be pooled and not seen as a vital part of everyday life. Delivery
>> drones will replace trucks. Beth Neil, "Your Home 2029," The Mirror (Nexis),
>> April 27, 2009, p 10
>
> And today's word from Paul McFedries' Wordspy site is "dronejacking,"
> presumably an occupational hazard of delivery drones.
>
> http://www.wordspy.com/words/dronejacking.asp
>
> --bgz
>
I also like "sousveillance", with Paul's page linked at the above site:
http://www.wordspy.com/words/sousveillance.asp
Almost 10 years old, and yet I've never encountered it.

LH

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