Comments on: What is your Word of the Century so far? http://blog.oup.com/2007/10/lang_poll/ Academic insights for the thinking world. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:48:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Derrick Schneider http://blog.oup.com/2007/10/lang_poll/comment-page-1/#comment-97267 Derrick Schneider Thu, 06 Dec 2007 14:38:27 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/10/lang_poll/#comment-97267 All, A slight nit: Bowser isn't Super Mario's enemy. He is Mario's enemy in the Super Mario franchise. Dimitri, The verb "to brick" predates the iPhone. I have heard it used for a number of vaguely rectangular electronic device (hence the term: the mysteriously non-working device is now just a brick). All,

A slight nit: Bowser isn’t Super Mario’s enemy. He is Mario’s enemy in the Super Mario franchise.

Dimitri,
The verb “to brick” predates the iPhone. I have heard it used for a number of vaguely rectangular electronic device (hence the term: the mysteriously non-working device is now just a brick).

]]> By: The Word of the Century So Far is... : OUPblog http://blog.oup.com/2007/10/lang_poll/comment-page-1/#comment-97015 The Word of the Century So Far is... : OUPblog Thu, 06 Dec 2007 08:01:54 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/10/lang_poll/#comment-97015 [...] in October I told you about our poll to discover which word could sum up the 21st century so far. Well, I’m pleased to report that [...] [...] in October I told you about our poll to discover which word could sum up the 21st century so far. Well, I’m pleased to report that [...]

]]> By: Dimitri Ponirakis http://blog.oup.com/2007/10/lang_poll/comment-page-1/#comment-67606 Dimitri Ponirakis Tue, 13 Nov 2007 15:11:50 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/10/lang_poll/#comment-67606 My favourite new word is the verb to 'Brick', which is as best as I understand when an iphone is rendered useless by an Apple software update after someone has installed third party software on it. I'm sure that this word will quickly spread across the Atlantic as Brits can now get their hands on an iphone. My favourite new word is the verb to ‘Brick’, which is as best as I understand when an iphone is rendered useless by an Apple software update after someone has installed third party software on it. I’m sure that this word will quickly spread across the Atlantic as Brits can now get their hands on an iphone.

]]> By: The Sanity Inspector http://blog.oup.com/2007/10/lang_poll/comment-page-1/#comment-54618 The Sanity Inspector Fri, 26 Oct 2007 03:03:02 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/10/lang_poll/#comment-54618 My word of the century so far is "blogosphere", coined by <a href="http://dailypundit.com/" rel="nofollow">Bill Quick of The Daily Pundit.</a> My word of the century so far is “blogosphere”, coined by Bill Quick of The Daily Pundit.

]]> By: Pamela Benjamin http://blog.oup.com/2007/10/lang_poll/comment-page-1/#comment-54540 Pamela Benjamin Thu, 25 Oct 2007 18:23:39 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/10/lang_poll/#comment-54540 Isn't Bowser the arch nemesis of Super Mario? Isn’t Bowser the arch nemesis of Super Mario?

]]> By: Mario Panighetti http://blog.oup.com/2007/10/lang_poll/comment-page-1/#comment-54512 Mario Panighetti Thu, 25 Oct 2007 15:51:54 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/10/lang_poll/#comment-54512 What, no "truthiness"? What, no “truthiness”?

]]> By: Parker Posey http://blog.oup.com/2007/10/lang_poll/comment-page-1/#comment-54498 Parker Posey Thu, 25 Oct 2007 14:35:17 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/10/lang_poll/#comment-54498 1. Never heard of "bowser" before, unless you're talking about the bad guy in the Super Mario Bros. video games. 2. I would go with "bling." I just got my rolee all iced out, and it's blinging like none other, ya heard! 1. Never heard of “bowser” before, unless you’re talking about the bad guy in the Super Mario Bros. video games.

2. I would go with “bling.” I just got my rolee all iced out, and it’s blinging like none other, ya heard!

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