Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Word(s) of the Year

I came across an article that tells us that online searches of Merriam-Webster Dictionary have resulted in "Bailout" being selected as the 2008 Word of The Year.


Merriam-Webster has a list of the ten most-searched words from 2008. It is kind of depressing to look at their list. Some of the other words selected are:

Trepidation
Precipice
Misogyny
Turmoil

Lots of these words have some negative connotations. I guess that is something I would have to blame on the generally pessimistic outlook that so many people are getting caught up in now.


Some of the other words, like Maverick and Bipartisan, must have come from the intense interest in the presidential campaign. I wonder what words will make it onto the list next year?

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