Here are the American Dialect Society's choices for Words of the Year for 2001:
1. Most Outrageous assoline Methane used as a fuel
2. Most Euphemistic daisy cutter Bomb used by US Air Force
3. Most Likely to Succeed 9-11 Terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001
4. Most Useful—A Tie facial profiling Videotaping a crowd to identify
criminals and terrorists &
second-hand speech Overheard cell-phone conversation
5. Most Creative shuicide bomber Terrorist with bomb in shoes
6. Most Unnecessary impeachment nostalgia Longing for the superficial
news of the Clinton era
7. Least Likely to Succeed Osamaniac Woman sexually attracted to Osama bin
Laden
8. Most Inspirational Let's roll! Let us take action! (words of Todd Beamer)
9. WORD OF THE YEAR 9-11(and its equivalents) There's more at:
http://www.americandialect.org/
