Date:  Fri, 29 Dec 1995 09:47:49 -0500

From:  Jeutonne Brewer <brewerj[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]NR.INFI.NET>

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



At 02:09 PM 12/29/95 GMT, you wrote:

>Here's your chance to be with us in Chicago. If you send your comments

>by about 4 p.m. CST, they will be read at the meeting late this afternoon

>before the big vote. You can send them to me directly or post them on

>ADS-L. I'll check mail around 4 or 4:30. And of course I'll send you

>the results sometime tonight.

>  --Natalie (maynor[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ra.msstate.edu)

>

>NOMINATIONS:

>

>MOST USEFUL

>brownfield           Never heard it. Don't know what it means.

>E.Q.              Never heard it. Don't know what it means.

>meme              Never heard it. Don't know what it means.

>

>MOST UNNECESSARY

>montanabahn          Never heard it. Think it fits in the useful

                category to describe our highways without

                speed limits.

>Generation Y          Never heard it. Not very original for the

                generation between X and (presumably) Z which

                is next in line.

>Vanna White shrimp       Never heard it. Don't know what it means.

>

>MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED

>www              Like Bethany I hear/read World Wide Web, often

                shortened to Web

>corporate welfare       Like this one. It should succeed. Was "widely"

                used last year, perhaps even earlier

>hello?             Don't understand why this is in the list

>

>MOST ORIGINAL

>postal (to go postal)     Agree that this one is original

>cybrarian           Haven't heard it, but I like it

>spamming            Think this one is old news

>

>MOST OUTRAGEOUS

>newt (v)            Not outrageous. I like it.

>astroturf           This is as old as the Astrodome in Houston

>starter marriage        Never heard it

>

>MOST EUPHEMISTIC

>24-7              Never heard it. Don't know what it means.

>home meal replacement     Never heard it. Don't know what it means.

>patriot            Don't know what it means. Must have a new

                meaning to be included here.

>

>WORD OF THE YEAR

>go postal           I can agree with this. It is original.

>www              Perhaps it goes with Information Superhighway

                from last year. "Go postal" is more original.



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