WOTY -- "upskirting" -- a viral supernova?

[Joel S. Berson]

The Massachusetts General Court, in an unbelievably short time, has
passed a law closing the open zipper in the "upskirting" law, and the
governor is expected to sign it tomorrow.  (I hope that the rush did
not result in any blunders!)

So it may have been viral,* but it may be short-lived.  Is there a
category for "shortest-lived candidate WOTY"?

* "Inside Edition" I think claimed today that it was featured on
every news program all over the country.

Joel

At 3/5/2014 07:53 PM, Joel S. Berson wrote:
>Which the highest state court in Massachusetts, the Massachusetts
>Supreme Judicial Court -- the oldest continuously functioning
>appellate court in America -- has just ruled is not illegal.  The
>activity as well as the word should go viral.
>
>The decision is that "a state law intended to prohibit 'Peeping Tom'
>voyeurism of completely or partially undressed people did not apply
>to people who take pictures of people who are fully
>clothed."  (Boston Globe, on-line.)
>
>It's not clear to me whether the prosecutors blundered in choosing to
>bring charges under the "Peeing Tom" law when there might have been
>some other grounds.
>
>Not in the OED, by the way.
>
>Joel
>
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