Comments on: “Word of the Year” Mania! http://blog.oup.com/2007/11/woty/ Introducing brilliant authors to the blogosphere. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:43:07 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Mae http://blog.oup.com/2007/11/woty/comment-page-1/#comment-88962 Mae Wed, 28 Nov 2007 03:11:14 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/11/woty/#comment-88962 Is there a word that means the opposite of locavore? Like televore? Or something purer? After all, most of us ARE the opposite of locavores: we eat mainly things that come from far away, not from nearby. So what are we? Chopped liver? Is there a word that means the opposite of locavore? Like televore? Or something purer? After all, most of us ARE the opposite of locavores: we eat mainly things that come from far away, not from nearby. So what are we? Chopped liver?

]]> By: Scott Belyea http://blog.oup.com/2007/11/woty/comment-page-1/#comment-70913 Scott Belyea Thu, 15 Nov 2007 16:34:23 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/11/woty/#comment-70913 "One sign that locavore isn’t quite settled in the English lexicon..." Well, one sign for me is that I've never heard or seen the "word" used, other than in "new word" discussions ... “One sign that locavore isn’t quite settled in the English lexicon…”

Well, one sign for me is that I’ve never heard or seen the “word” used, other than in “new word” discussions …

]]> By: My Personal Blog » “Word of the Year” Mania! http://blog.oup.com/2007/11/woty/comment-page-1/#comment-70697 My Personal Blog » “Word of the Year” Mania! Thu, 15 Nov 2007 13:05:20 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/11/woty/#comment-70697 [...] Check it out! While looking through the blogosphere we stumbled on an interesting post today.Here’s a quick excerpt [IMG zimmer.jpg]It’s always an exciting time at OUP when the New Oxford American Dictionary’s Word of the Year is selected. As announced here on Monday, this year’s choice is locavore, meaning “a person who endeavors to eat only locally produced foods.” The word may very well strike a resonant chord for anyone who has mulled over how many miles a bunch of bananas has logged before it gets to the local grocery store. But unlike some of our previous Words of the Year — most recently, podcast in [...] [...] Check it out! While looking through the blogosphere we stumbled on an interesting post today.Here’s a quick excerpt [IMG zimmer.jpg]It’s always an exciting time at OUP when the New Oxford American Dictionary’s Word of the Year is selected. As announced here on Monday, this year’s choice is locavore, meaning “a person who endeavors to eat only locally produced foods.” The word may very well strike a resonant chord for anyone who has mulled over how many miles a bunch of bananas has logged before it gets to the local grocery store. But unlike some of our previous Words of the Year — most recently, podcast in [...]

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