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    American Dialect Society 2008 Word of the Year is “Bailout”

    January 9, 2009

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    Grant Barrett

    In its 19th annual words of the year vote, the American Dialect Society voted “bailout” as the word of the year. In the specific sense used most frequently in 2008, bailout refers to the rescue by the government of companies…

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    UPDATED: Early nominations for the grandaddy of all 2008 word-of-the-year votes are released

    December 29, 2008

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    Grant Barrett

    [ The short URL to this post is http://americandialect.org/woty2008/ ] UPDATED: David Barnhart’s nominations have been added. … Early nominations for the American Dialect Society’s 2008 word of the year vote are now available, including three batches from society members…

    Read more: UPDATED: Early nominations for the grandaddy of all 2008 word-of-the-year votes are released
  • News, Words of the Year

    American Dialect Society seeks 2008 word-of-the-year nominations

    November 20, 2008

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    Grant Barrett

    The American Dialect Society is now accepting nominations for the “word of the year” of 2008. What is the word or phrase which best characterizes the year 2008? What expression most reflects the ideas, events, and themes which have occupied…

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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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