This list includes hundreds of words and phrases suggested for the American Dialect Society's 2011 word of the year vote, held this year in Portland, Ore. http://amdlx.com/woty11 # (Twitter hashmark) 9-9-9 99% acorned anchor baby, (2010) children born to immigrants who crossed the border specifically to give their child U.S. citizenship. amazeballs anticippointment: On Wall Street, disappointment in market results after a period of fervent anticipation. appraisal mill, (2002) the office in a bank where real estate values are reached unjustifiably. Arab Spring, ([1986] 2011) social unrest across North Africa and Southwest Asia. assholocracy at the end of the day austerity austerity measures basketbrawl bath salts, ([1907] 2010) designer drug with mephedrone and methylenedioxypyrovalerone. battery(-)free or battery(-)less, (1995 or 1979) not needing an electric battery. bill shock blood libel, ([12th C.] 1982) any false accusation. bro- from brother / most creative/likely to succeed broke brony, bronies Buffett rule, (1998) any strategy of Warren E. Buffett, such as a higher tax rate for millionnairs. bullycide call laundering carmageddon celebritard chiropract, n. (2005) a chiropractor; v. (2003) to practice chiropractic medicine. cloud, the cloud cloud music collective bargaining conservative corporate greed corrective rape, (2011) raping of a lesbian to change her sexual orientation. coze: the best slang term I've heard is coze, the abreve for cozy. As in, "Is that a pet sugar glider? Coze." It's a substitute for cool, nice, sweet; but it really means what it sounds like. Crankshaft = military codename for Osama Bin Laden cray, crayness, cray cray crust kid culture-jam, v. (2004) intentionally alter a statement about history. curate dark-sky island data furnace de-Murdoching, (2011) de-Murdochiz(s)ation, (1988) reduce or eliminate the influence of Rupert Murdoch. deathers: people who believe Osama bin Laden isn't really dead debt debt ceiling derangement syndrome, ([1800] 2003) a very aggressive attitude characteristic of a specified person. derogatory endearment digital personality, (2011) a profile of one’s character revealed by Internet habits. disparity DM: direct message, a private one-to-one message sent on Twitter drone Dunbar('s) number, (2004) maximum number of acquaintances one can keep track of. economic downturn enlightenment entitlement exigology (noun): A statement whose converse is its own explanation exploitainment, (2003) taking advantage of a person’s misfortune for entertainment. failover, n., ([1978] 2011?) switch to another computer system when the current system ceases to function. faux-hemian fiducbag First Amendment area first world problem flash mob flip, v. (2011) adopt flip phone technology to deliver school work assignments. FOMO: fear of missing out foraging foreclosure mill, (2005) the office in a bank where foreclosure action is taken unjustifiably. fracking fundamental game-changer Greek/Greece haboob hacking hackivism, hacktivism haircut hashtag herp derp honey badger horsemaning humble humblebrag income inequality incredibly, incredible infarction Internet neo-sincerity intransigence jailbreak, n., v. (2009) to disable an iPhone’s system of restrictions installed by the manufacturer. Jasmine Revolution, (2005) Another name for Arab Spring. jazz hands job creator Jobs-ian, (1993) of or having to do with Steve Jobs. kardash: Weird Al called "the Kardash" a new unit of measurement consisting of 72 days kick the can down the street labor leap smear leverage, leveraging lights out machine (2008) a machine that is fully-automated lights-out machining (1997) fully-automated manufacturing likejacking link juice: the power of links within a Web page and especially inbound links from outside sources to drive traffic, page views and raise search engine rankings; lockout marriage equality meme mercurial mortgage mill, (1993) the office in a bank where mortgages are approved unjustifiably. Mubarakization, (2011) the bringing under the control of Hazni Mubarak. multicide, (2011) killing on a very large scale. Murdoch, v. ([1996] 2000), Murdoch out (2011) to bring under the control of Rupert Murdoch. Narrative ninety-nine percenter nym, nym wars Obama Doctrine, (2007) a policy of foreign military engagement developed by President Obama. obfuscate Occupier, (2011) Occupy Wall Street occupy, Occupy, (2011) of or having to do the protests against the privileges of the 1% who dominate the others. OMG one percenters onomatapology: a statement that mimics the sound of an apology whether it is one or not. oops owling OWS, (2011) for Occupy Wall Street OWSer, (2011) people's mic personhood pext (v), a blend, apparently, of 'penis' and 'text,' meaning "to send someone a picture of one's own male genitalia via text message." phone hacking pink fatigue, (2005) weary of the protests for women’s issues, especially concern for breast cancer. planing planking please poisonous croissant pragmatism private sector prooferism, proofers propofol protest QR code reaggrevate reality TV recall recession Recollate Herman Cain redact relevant retweet RIF (v.) risk-on, risk-off robosigning, (2010) high-speed processing of mortgage applications. same-sex marriage sandwich generation scandal industrial complex, ([1998] 2011) uncovering, responding to or fending off scandal, esp. in D.C. ScarlettJohansonning sequestration shark head: when thoughts just keep swimming back and forth, back and forth, leading to distraction and/or insomnia. short sale slut walk spending spoofing squeezed middle streaming stress-test, stress test Super Congress, Super Committee surge v. sustainablize swagger, swag tax cuts teavangelical, (2010) teavangelism, (2011) teavangelist, (2007) an advocate of the Tea Party. tebowing texting gloves thank you thundersnow tiger mom tiger blood tot mom trending (as in Twitter trending) twimmolate: The act of getting yourself fired by tweeting something inappropriate. Gilbert Gotfried got twimmolated. twinkling union unpack vajazzle Wikileak winning winningest wonky woo hoo woot wordle: to doodle with words WWIC: Why Wasn't I Consulted? zombie (or zombi), (2010) any part of a legislative bill or law which is not put into effect. Zuccotti lung zumbathlete