Date:  Sat, 25 Mar 1995 17:26:52 GMT

From:  Barnhart <Lexik[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]HIGHLANDS.COM>

Subject: Words of the 20th Century



    Last winter in San Diego "leaked" to some friends over dinner that I was

compiling informally a list of the most significant words of the 20th

Century. Some of the words will be obvious (e.g. computer, Internet, etc.);

some (particularly those from the earlier part of the Century) might not be

so obvious. A sampling of the postprandial suggestions were: tank (the

military kind), automat, commie, polio, sulfa drug, pop (or soda), hero (as

in the sandwich), moonshine, plane (as in airplane), and beatnik.

    What are your candidates? Be sure to differentiate the "Words Of the

Century" from "Words for 1995." The latter are for the next December

meeting.

    SEND CANDIDATES TO: Barnhart[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]Highlands.com