“Plutoed” Voted 2006 Word of the Year
Read more: “Plutoed” Voted 2006 Word of the YearIn 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…
2006 Words of the Year Nominations Are Complete; Voting Fri., Jan. 5
Read more: 2006 Words of the Year Nominations Are Complete; Voting Fri., Jan. 5The 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.
More word-of-the-year nominations
Read more: More word-of-the-year nominationsDavid Barnhart of Lexik house has submitted his nominations for the 2006 words-of-the-year vote to be held this Friday. (PDF, 88K) Ben Zimmer of Oxford University Press has also submitted his nominations for the 2006 words-of-the-year vote to be held…
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