Date: Thu, 21 Dec 1995 10:11:26 -0500 From: Allan Metcalf Subject: WOTY from David Barnhart AS usual, ADS will choose Words of the Year at next week's annual meeting. We expect to post the final nominees after they're chosen Thursday the 28th. Meanwhile, here are the nominations from David Barnhart. Your comments are welcome. - Allan Metcalf ************************** barnied....wrecked boli...........an Italian sandwich browfield..............a vacant city lot cream...................money digerati.................digital literati elves.....................kind of lightning fuhrman, v. ...........to exhibit a kind of racial prejudice gaydar..................ability to spot gay people greenmail..............environmentally friendly mailing service human capital.......educational achievements of a country's population IPL.........................Internet public library I-way....................Information Superhighway jet..........................another new kind of lightning jet outware, v. .....to leave laptop...................notebook or laptop computer leaderless resistance ....... decentralized terrorism militia....................any privately organized military force nomination market.............. futures market in political bets nonverbal conversation..... fisticuffs pit: the pit.............protected area in a collapsed building postal: go postal................. berserk rolling stopper .....driver who coasts through a stop sign Saffir-Simpson scale..........classification system for tropical storms seeker service....church service for proselytizing sero-discordant..................having conflicting HIV test results severation ..........dissociation of a person with his government sidebar................an aside sprite...................yet another new kind of lightning starter marriage.................first marriage stepping.............. being in your face street luge...........sled with wheels for riding on streets tax, v. .................to take techno-intoxication...............fascination with and craving for electronic games they.....................singular gender-neutral pronoun 24-7.....................twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week Vanna White shrimp.............large shrimp for restaurant market waymazing.........more than most amazing whatever............as a gratuitous remark There are a few more which have yet to be incorporated into the list.