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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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Subscribe to commentscybercapitalistJan 10th 2010 12:24PM
W00t! (but I am a gamer)
Sebastian AnthonyJan 10th 2010 12:35PM
Ooh, w00t's a good choice.
I can't think of anything better -- maybe teabag/teabagging? But that might not get the popular vote...
cybercapitalistJan 10th 2010 12:40PM
Teabagging might be good for 'most outrageous' :-)
pdottJan 13th 2010 6:03PM
Obviously, this is the winner. I can't think of any other word to compete with google.
MarkJan 10th 2010 12:41PM
Boss.
FyrewerxJan 10th 2010 1:18PM
Yeah, but will it make "Word of the Century"?
nate_rioJan 10th 2010 5:58PM
shizzle!!! lmao
...how about "lol"
Praveen PremchandranJan 10th 2010 6:50PM
any votes for crackbook?
ScottJan 11th 2010 7:26AM
ipod. Even if it isn't an ipod people still refer to anything that plays music as an ipod.
Sebastian AnthonyJan 11th 2010 12:26PM
That's pretty good :)
irocker350Jan 11th 2010 3:12PM
Speaking of words, what do we call this new decade? teens?
Arizona JohnnyJan 11th 2010 3:45PM
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.
James LylesJan 11th 2010 4:28PM
repugnicans. A reference to those who shows repugnant behavior after losses at the voting polls. republicans!!!
MikeJan 11th 2010 7:36PM
2010 should rattle your senses
kikitamurtiJan 11th 2010 6:17PM
What about OWN? I love saying owned when I just did something right
Sebastian AnthonyJan 12th 2010 12:31PM
Ownage maybe... I don't think I use 'own' on its... own :P
watdafukJan 11th 2010 6:29PM
Unemployed.
MikeJan 11th 2010 7:37PM
To think that google used to mean a number: 1 with a hundred zeros after it...
Sebastian AnthonyJan 12th 2010 12:32PM
Isn't that 'googol'? :)
JenJan 11th 2010 7:43PM
Poopy