In its 18th annual words of the year vote, the American Dialect Society voted “subprime” as the word of the year. Subprime is an adjective used to describe a risky or less than ideal loan, mortgage, or investment. Subprime was…

The American Dialect Society will hold its 2007 words-of-the-year vote January 4th in Chicago as part of its annual conference. It is the longest-running such vote anywhere, the only one not tied to commercial interests, and the word-of-the-year event up…