Date:  Fri, 29 Dec 1995 09:25:42 -0400

From:  "Bethany K. Dumas, U of Tennessee" <dumasb[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UTKVX.UTK.EDU>

Subject: Re: WORD(s) OF THE YEAR NOMINATIONS



Well, Natalie, you must have been posting your message just as I posted

my query asking what was going on in Chicago! Thanks. Here are my responses:



> NOMINATIONS:         My Comments:

>

> MOST USEFUL

> brownfield          never heard it

> E.Q.             never heard it

> meme             never heard it

>

> MOST UNNECESSARY

> montanabahn          never heard it

> Generation Y         okay, I can go with this

> Vanna White shrimp      don't know what it means

>

> MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED

> www              I don't know anybody who says "www"

                (but I know people who say "World Wide Web"

                or "Web")

> corporate welfare       No. (I hear "corporate greed" more often.)

> hello?            Not new -- but certainly widespread.



> MOST ORIGINAL

> postal (to go postal)     Okay.

> cybrarian           Never heard it

> spamming           That's been around for a while, folks, at

                least two years. (Didn't I vote for it

                last year?)



> MOST OUTRAGEOUS

> newt (v)           My nomination for WOTY (I don't find it at

                all outrageous.)

> astroturf           This word is at least two decades old!

> starter marriage       Haven't heard it



> MOST EUPHEMISTIC

> 24-7             ???

> home meal replacement     never heard it

> patriot            ???

>

> WORD OF THE YEAR

> go postal           Yes.

> www              See above comment



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