American Dialect Society

Early nominations for the Words of the Year vote have been received! These three members spend a lot of time tracking new words. Click on their names to see their nominations. Wayne Glowka, chair of the ADS New Words Committee, responsible for the “Among the New Words” column in the ADS journal American Speech. David K. Barnhart, of Lexik House, and Grant Barrett, editor of Double-Tongued Word Wrester and project editor of the Historical Dictionary of American Slang.