The American Dialect Society’s word-of-the-year vote—the longest-running such vote anywhere—takes place in Chicago in January at its annual meeting. The academic society is now accepting word-of-the-year nominations at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). Word of the…

In its 17th annual words of the year vote, the American Dialect Society voted “plutoed” as the word of the year, in a run-off against climate canary. To pluto is to demote or devalue someone or something, as happened to…

The American Dialect Society met today to nominate words-of-the-year for 2006. Download the nominations (PDF, 96K). The final votes in all categories will take place from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 5, in Anaheim, California.