http://wingcolors.com/notes/ WingColors Thread: Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year 2007 en Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:04:55 +0000 http://wingcolors.com/commentary/notes/10237/p/1/#response-102333 Fri, 14 Dec 2007 08:04:52 simplyann 102333 <p>Woot! Now that it's an official word, imagine the variations we can use:</p> <p>"She was all wootly after she won America's Next Top Model." or<br /> "We had a turduken for dinner and it filled me with wootness." </p> http://wingcolors.com/commentary/notes/10237/p/1/#response-102313 Fri, 14 Dec 2007 03:14:07 bloglily 102313 <p>Woot, Rich! Quixotic is such a fabulous word, and even more fabulous if it gets anyone to pick up Edith Grossman's wonderful translation of Don Quixote and actually read it. </p> <p>I had no idea "woot" had anything to do with owning anything or anyone. Around here, it just means yippee. Only sillier than that. </p> http://wingcolors.com/commentary/notes/10237/p/1/#response-102253 Thu, 13 Dec 2007 18:44:07 Rich 102253 <blockquote><p>I disliked this word when it wasn't a word, and now that it is almost a word I dislike it more.</p> <p>Who uses this anymore? </p></blockquote> <p>Words voted for as word of the year are not there because of their usage, or lack thereof. The list is devised based on the most commonly looked-up words — discounting swear words and commonly confused words (affect/effect). Its usage is only a tangential factor, in that widespread usage is likely to affect voting patterns for it.</p> <p>And whether its commonly used in your, or anyone else's, social circles is besides the point. It <em>is</em> commonly used. A simple search of Technorati shows over 7,000 uses in the blogosphere (though I'm not sure what its time cut-off is) — only ~400 of which appear to discuss its WotY award. And over 2 million uses in the last year on Google Blog Search — from which only ~2,000 occurred in the last week. And I would imagine that its use on blogs accounts for only a minor percentage of its total use. I wish I had access to a corpus of spoken words, because I would bet money on the fact that its usage in speech is also very much on the rise.</p> <p>That said, I think the emergence of "web words" in the yearly M-W lists is interesting. w00t and facebook (as a verb) this year, google (also verb) last year, and blog back in 2004. I don't necessarily think they're deserving — quixotic was <em>my</em> favourite on this year's list — but it says something about modern society. </p> http://wingcolors.com/commentary/notes/10237/p/1/#response-102183 Thu, 13 Dec 2007 08:35:55 peroty 102183 <p>Woot! It's a great online store. I was going to start a company called woot wear a few years ago.</p> <p>I use it as a silly term. Which it is. I am amused by this. LOL </p> http://wingcolors.com/commentary/notes/10237/p/1/#response-102179 Thu, 13 Dec 2007 06:37:39 Tyme 102179 <p>The word of the year is a word that's not in their dictionary. </p> <blockquote><p>The word you've selected hasn't found its way into a regular Merriam-Webster dictionary yet—but its inclusion in our online Open Dictionary, along with the top honors it's now been awarded—might just improve its chances.</p></blockquote> <p>Makes total sense to me. o_O </p> http://wingcolors.com/commentary/notes/10237/p/1/#response-102177 Thu, 13 Dec 2007 06:20:17 cooper 102177 <p><a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/info/07words.htm">Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year 2007</a></p> <p>I disliked this word when it wasn't a word, and now that it is almost a word I dislike it more.</p> <p>Who uses this anymore? </p>