“Word of the Year” Mania!
Ben Zimmer looks a little bit more closely at the Word of the Year.
Oxford Word Of The Year 2007: Locavore
It’s that time of the year again. It is finally starting to get cold, and the New Oxford American Dictionary is preparing for the holidays by making its biggest announcement of the year. The 2007 Word of the Year is (drum-roll please) ‘locavore’; a trend in using locally grown, seasonal ingredients.
Carbon Neutral: Oxford Word of the Year
The Oxford word of the year is…
The Runners-Up: WOTY
More WOTYs.
Bovvered: Word of the Year
Word of the Year.
All Hail “Podcasting”: More also-rans for the 2005 WOTY
by Erin McKean You have probably heard by now (it’s one of the most-linked to items online) that the Oxford American Dictionary has selected “podcast” as the word of the year, or, as we refer to it in the lexicogging biz, the WOTY (pronounced “whoa-tee”, that is, it would be pronounced that way if anyone […]