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American Dialect Society

The American Dialect Society is now accepting nominations for the word of the year of 2008.

The best "word of the year" candidates will be:

-new or newly popular in 2008
-widely or prominently used in 2008
-indicative or reflective of the national discourse

Multi-word compounds or phrases that act as single lexical items are welcomed, as well.

Hit up their email address with your nomination.

By Jason Kottke    Dec 1, 2008 at 04:21 pm    best of   best of 2008   language

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