[ADS-M] REMINDER: ADS Word of the Year is going virtual! (Dec. 17, 2020)

[Ben Zimmer]

This is a reminder that the ADS Word of the Year proceedings will be held
on Thurs., Dec. 17 at 7 pm EST. There's still time to register and make
your nominations at <https://word-of-the-year-2020.eventbrite.com>.

In addition to the main event on Thursday, there will be a nominating
session on Tues., Dec. 15 at 7 pm EST. Unlike the main session, this will
not be open to the general public but will instead be limited to members of
the New Words Committee and any other ADS members interested in
participating. We will be filling out the various categories with slates of
nominees in order to expedite the voting on Thursday.

The Tuesday nominating session will be held as a Zoom webinar. If you are
interested in attending, please send me an email and I'll add you to the
participant list.

--Ben Zimmer, Chair of the New Words Committee


On Tue, Nov 17, 2020 at 3:30 PM Ben Zimmer <bgzimmer at gmail.com> wrote:

> For the first time ever, the American Dialect Society's Word of the Year
> proceedings will be held virtually this year! WOTY 2020 will be held one
> month from now, on Thursday, December 17, 2020, at 7 p.m. EST. It's a free
> event and all are invited to attend.
>
> The event will be held as a Zoom webinar, and you can register to
> participate here:
>
> https://word-of-the-year-2020.eventbrite.com
>
> You can also make up to five nominations when you register! Your
> nominations should be some or all of the following:
>
> * widely used,
> * new or newly popular,
> * significant to the happenings of 2020,
> * and/or indicative of public discourse and national preoccupations in
> 2020.
>
> Single words, phrases, compounds, catch phrases, hashtags, and other types
> of brief written or spoken communication are accepted as nominations.
>
> This event is sponsored by Duke University Press.
>
> --Ben Zimmer, Chair of the New Words Committee
>
>
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