Comments on: Oxford Word Of The Year: Locavore

By: The Ann Arbor Chronicle « InOtherNews.us

The Ann Arbor Chronicle « InOtherNews.us — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:06:47 +0000

[...] word of the year for 2007 was locavore, someone who eats food grown in their region, probably by people who live somewhere [...]

By: Word of the Year: an unreliable yet fascinating barometer of tech

Word of the Year: an unreliable yet fascinating barometer of tech — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:01:52 +0000

[...] 2007 was a bit of a misfire for Oxford; although it was a big year for Apple and Facebook, their tech nominations were red herrings like bacn, an abortive attempt to brand “desired spam,” and cloudware, which at the time was (if you’ll forgive the expression) too hazy a concept to really get much traction among casual users. Locavore hasn’t gained much ground in the popularity contest, probably because people who use it tend to be selling it. It’s still a good app, though. Unfriend would have been a real win here, since the new politics of online relationships were being written by users at large. Cloud has remained but I think perhaps the term which may best have represented 2007 was iTouch. This common misnomer evokes both the rapid expansion of personal media devices and widespread mystification at its terminology and function. Unfortunately, those who use the word are by definition nearly incapable of propagating it as a meme. [...]

By: “Unfriend.” by The Writer's Pulse

“Unfriend.” by The Writer's Pulse — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:24:42 +0000

[...] 2007, it was locavore. In 2008, Hypermilling. Yesterday, the New Oxford American Dictionary announced that [...]

By: tuvia » Blog Archive » Word Up!

tuvia » Blog Archive » Word Up! — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:15:39 +0000

[...] nu va place, puteti sa incercati varianta Oxford, via San Francisco, a fatal combo : locavore. Ca sa rezum parerea despre aceste doua new entries, as putea sa [...]

By: “Unfriend” is Oxford Dictionary’s Word of 2009, Let’s Rejoice! « Social (Me)dia to You

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:01:56 +0000

[...] what goes in the dictionary, stays in the dictionary. In 2008 the word Tweet lost to the word Locavore , so you’d think maybe Retweet would have garnered some enthusiasm this year as Twitter was [...]

By: Attention EC Locavores – Organic Gardening Class is Coming 18 May | Bushcraft Blog

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 06:49:45 +0000

[...] since supermarkets that import their food use more fossil fuels and non-renewable resources.The New Oxford American Dictionary chose locavore as its word of the year 2007. Some locavores draw inspiration from the 100-Mile Diet or from advocates of local eating like [...]

By: ghettocooler.net » Baby Sound Board

ghettocooler.net » Baby Sound Board — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:54:06 +0000

[...] to your list of good food related information intake. I’m late to the food game, after all, Locavore was 2008’s word of the year. / My first thought when I came across this Monsanto [...]

By: tuvia » Word Up!

tuvia » Word Up! — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:17:41 +0000

[...] nu va place, puteti sa incercati varianta Oxford, via San Francisco, a fatal combo : locavore. Ca sa rezum parerea despre aceste doua new entries, as putea sa [...]

By: Eating Local « The Confessions of a Food Man

Eating Local « The Confessions of a Food Man — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 02:34:26 +0000

[...] food, in fact, that the term “locavore” was coined in 2005 and two years later the New Oxford American Dictionary named it the word of the [...]

By: » Blog Archive » Client Feature: Starkville Community Market

» Blog Archive » Client Feature: Starkville Community Market — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:40:26 +0000

[...] New Oxford American Dictionary chose the word “LOCAVORE” as it’s 2007 word of the year. Why? Because a “locavore” is one who seeks out locally produced foods, and it’s [...]