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The Word of the Year
2008-12-08 21:58
by Bob Timmermann

Via the NY Times Wordplay Blog is a video announcing the 2008 Word of the Year as chosen by Webster's New World Dictionary.

 

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2008-12-09 07:11:46
1.   Daniel Zappala
That was an interesting video, but I really wanted Dictionary Man to shoot the video in a more stimulating place than his office, like maybe a race track. How can we expect kids to want to grow up to be a guy whose desk is surrounded by reference books?
2008-12-09 07:50:21
2.   dianagramr
You were expecting Dictionary Man's life to be an open book? Wouldn't that be a bit of oversharing?
2008-12-09 09:52:40
3.   kinbote
Didn't watch the video, but I'm guessing "staycation."
2008-12-09 10:47:05
4.   68elcamino427
Happy Birthday Mr T - from an oversharer
2008-12-09 11:48:29
5.   dianagramr
4

Ummm ... isn't it tomorrow

(also from an alsosharer)

2008-12-09 11:58:53
6.   Bob Timmermann
I have received so many birthday wishes that I'm beginning to believe it is my birthday. I better go get a copy of my birth certificate. Then I can put it online and have kooks challenge its authenticity.
2008-12-09 12:27:58
7.   Daniel Zappala
6 I recently engaged one such kook in a 21-message Gmail thread, trying to rid him of such nonsense. Despite debunking every single one of his theories, I failed. It was at this point that I realized that what they say about conspiracy theories is true -- once you try to debunk the theory, you become a part of it.

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