Google is awarded the mightiest of titles: it's Word of the Decade!
Joining 'unfriend' (the Word of 2009), 'Google' has just been dubbed the Word of the Decade by the American Dialect Society. It's probably the first time you've ever heard of the American Dialect Society (founded in 1889!), and almost certainly the last... until 2020!There was also voting for a variety of other categories (PDF): tweet was voted their word of 2009 (even though the Oxford University Press already had already decided on 'unfriend' -- which are we to believe?!) Sexting failed to pick up the award for 'most outrageous' -- and fail won the 'most useful' category. Hooray!
Back to Word of the Decade: other nominees were: 9/11, blog, text, war on terror and Wi-Fi. Google picked up twice as many votes as blog -- and both of them completely destroyed the other nominees.
I suppose it has to be asked... what's your word of the decade?
[via CNET]
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Each animal can do different things; the butterfly can obviously fly, but if it encounters a frog, the frog eats it, and you have to start over again. There's also a fox that runs fast and leaps far, but it eats any rabbits that cross its path. That means that, if you may need to be a rabbit later on, you need to take that into account ...
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cybercapitalist said 12:24PM on 1-10-2010
W00t! (but I am a gamer)
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Sebastian Anthony said 12:35PM on 1-10-2010
Ooh, w00t's a good choice.
I can't think of anything better -- maybe teabag/teabagging? But that might not get the popular vote...
cybercapitalist said 12:40PM on 1-10-2010
Teabagging might be good for 'most outrageous' :-)
pdott said 6:03PM on 1-13-2010
Obviously, this is the winner. I can't think of any other word to compete with google.
Mark said 12:41PM on 1-10-2010
Boss.
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Fyrewerx said 1:18PM on 1-10-2010
Yeah, but will it make "Word of the Century"?
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nate_rio said 5:58PM on 1-10-2010
shizzle!!! lmao
...how about "lol"
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Praveen Premchandran said 6:50PM on 1-10-2010
any votes for crackbook?
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Scott said 7:26AM on 1-11-2010
ipod. Even if it isn't an ipod people still refer to anything that plays music as an ipod.
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Sebastian Anthony said 12:26PM on 1-11-2010
That's pretty good :)
irocker350 said 3:12PM on 1-11-2010
Speaking of words, what do we call this new decade? teens?
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Arizona Johnny said 3:45PM on 1-11-2010
an old but amazingly new word as it apply applies in the current context, i.e.: "miscreant", as in the miscreant donkey party congress and their president.
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James Lyles said 4:28PM on 1-11-2010
repugnicans. A reference to those who shows repugnant behavior after losses at the voting polls. republicans!!!
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Mike said 7:36PM on 1-11-2010
2010 should rattle your senses
kikitamurti said 6:17PM on 1-11-2010
What about OWN? I love saying owned when I just did something right
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Sebastian Anthony said 12:31PM on 1-12-2010
Ownage maybe... I don't think I use 'own' on its... own :P
watdafuk said 6:29PM on 1-11-2010
Unemployed.
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Mike said 7:37PM on 1-11-2010
To think that google used to mean a number: 1 with a hundred zeros after it...
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Sebastian Anthony said 12:32PM on 1-12-2010
Isn't that 'googol'? :)
Jen said 7:43PM on 1-11-2010
Poopy
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