1999 Words of the Year, Word of the 1990s, Word of the 20th Century, Word of the Millennium
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Read more: 1999 Words of the Year, Word of the 1990s, Word of the 20th Century, Word of the MillenniumThe American Dialect Society words of the year, decade, century, and millennium chosen in January 2000 need no introduction. But they could use an explanation. Word of the Year 1999 was Y2K. Word of the 1990s Decade was web. Word…
1998 Words of the Year
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Read more: 1998 Words of the YearIt is just a single letter of the alphabet, but the hyphenated prefix e- loomed so large in American discourse in 1998 that members and friends of the American Dialect Society at their annual meeting voted it Word (or perhaps…