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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Words of the times ?? #164577 12/25/2006 12:01 AM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA wow Carpal Tunnel wow Carpal Tunnel Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA In the latest AWAD mail the Great Anu posted this quote: "Words are a mirror of their times. By looking at the areas in which the vocabulary of a language is expanding fastest in a given period, we can form a fairly accurate impression of the chief preoccupations of society at that time and the points at which the boundaries of human endeavour are being advanced." -John Ayto, lexicographer (1949- ) It gives one pause. What are the words you most associate with 2006? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Words of the times ?? #164578 12/25/2006 8:25 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland wsieber old hand wsieber old hand Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland Discourse; Roadmap; Platform Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Words of the times ?? #164579 12/25/2006 10:11 AM Joined: May 2002 Posts: 1,529 Aladamnbama the most watered s... themilum veteran themilum veteran Joined: May 2002 Posts: 1,529 Aladamnbama the most watered s... redeployment (as opposed to cut and run), actually (used as an imperative) huge (instead of "big"; already passe) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Words of the times ?? #164580 12/25/2006 4:30 PM Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA dalehileman Pooh-Bah dalehileman Pooh-Bah Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA Cheney, shotgun, Trump, CSI, CIA, lies, incompetence, O'Donnell, macaca, war, Iraq, trade, compromise, truce, peace, captive, kidnapping, troops, NSA, NASA, satellite, Internet, OSD, Samantha, sex, abortion, prison overcrowding, troops, improvised explosive device, politics, Gates, congressional page, majority, house, senate, satellite, n-word, Daily, Stewart, Colbert, truthiness, forum, board, blog, flu, mad cow, newsworthy, rocket, launch, worldwide, Katrina, storm, hurricane, Law and Order, sex, young girls, style, congestion, traffic, runway, Pluto, digital, DVD, PC, iPod, truce, church-state separation Wal-Mart, gay marriage, eminent domain, Schwarzenegger, political correctness, incorrectness, Rosie, Donald, congestion, SARS, Gates, committee, Borat, billions, deficit, middle class, Cooper 360, Couric, cable, environment, global warming, iceberg, melt, gasoline, hydrogen, tons, carbon dioxide, power, fuel, Carter, Clinton, Ahmadinejad, Muslim, Sunni, Shi'ite, roadside, casualty, loss, budget, Pope Benedict, God, Jerusalem Microbrew, Sam Adams, Hamas, dot.com, Mac, snow Last edited by dalehileman; 12/25/2006 10:53 PM. dalehileman Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Words of the times ?? #164581 12/26/2006 1:56 AM Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 631 Hydra addict Hydra addict Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 631 >iPod iPods have been around since 2001. I'd vote podcast in the tech category, but looks like that was last year's: Quote: The editors of the New Oxford American Dictionary declared "podcasting" the 2005 word of the year, defining the term as "a digital recording of a radio broadcast or similar program, made available on the Internet for downloading to a personal audio player" —Wikipedia. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Words of the times ?? #164582 12/26/2006 2:24 AM Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA dalehileman Pooh-Bah dalehileman Pooh-Bah Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA Hy: Indeed. Of course, wow asks ."...you must associate..." And those are my associations, however dated be some of them To be entertaining such considerations on Christmas Eve you must be extraordinary devoted to the Cause, for which I congratulate you most profusely Last edited by dalehileman; 12/26/2006 4:56 PM. dalehileman Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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