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    2009 Word of the Year is “tweet”; Word of the Decade is “google”

    January 8, 2010

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    Grant Barrett

    In its 20th annual words of the year vote, the American Dialect Society voted “tweet” (noun, a short message sent via the Twitter.com service, and verb, the act of sending such a message) as the word of the year and…

    Read more: 2009 Word of the Year is “tweet”; Word of the Decade is “google”
  • News, Words of the Year

    Word of the year 2009 and word of the decade 2000-2009 nominations finalized; voting January 8

    January 7, 2010

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    Grant Barrett

    The American Dialect Society met today to nominate words-of-the-year for 2009 and the word-of-the-decade for 2000-2009. Download the nominations (PDF, 94K). The final votes in all categories will take place from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 8, in the…

    Read more: Word of the year 2009 and word of the decade 2000-2009 nominations finalized; voting January 8
  • News, Words of the Year

    Early nominations received for the 2009 word of the year vote

    December 21, 2009

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    Grant Barrett

    Early nominations for the American Dialect Society’s 2009 word of the year vote are now available from society members who specialize in following language trends. All nominations will be considered for the American Dialect Society’s 20th annual word-of-the-year (WOTY) vote,…

    Read more: Early nominations received for the 2009 word of the year vote


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The mission of the American Dialect Society, a not-for-profit organization, is to encourage the study of any aspect of all languages and dialects used or found in North America (as well as associated islands in the Pacific and the Atlantic) and in the Caribbean Basin, and the languages that influence them: spoken, signed, or written, modern or historical, Indigenous or introduced, common or rare.

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