2006 Word of the Year

txaggirl91 · Post by **txaggirl91** » January 8, 2007 2:52 pm

ANAHEIM, Calif. - Pluto is finally getting some respect — not from astronomers, but from wordsmiths.

"Plutoed" was chosen 2006's Word of the Year by the American Dialect Society at its annual meeting Friday.

To "pluto" is "to demote or devalue someone or something," much like what happened to the former planet last year when the General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union decided Pluto didn't meet its definition of a planet.

"Our members believe the great emotional reaction of the public to the demotion of Pluto shows the importance of Pluto as a name," said society president Cleveland Evans. "We may no longer believe in the Roman god Pluto, but we still have a sense of personal connection with the former planet."

"Plutoed" won in a runoff against "climate canary," defined as "an organism or species whose poor health or declining numbers hint at a larger environmental catastrophe on the horizon."

Other words considered: murse (man's purse), flog (a fake blog that promotes products) and macaca (an American citizen treated as an alien).

Republican former Sen. George Allen (news, bio, voting record) was ahead in his re-election campaign when he said "macaca," which some regard as a racial slur, and "welcome to America" in referring to a U.S.-born man of Indian descent who was volunteering for Allen's opponent. Allen lost to Democrat Jim Webb.

The 117-year-old American Dialect Society comprises linguists, grammarians, historians and independent scholars, among others. Members conduct the vote for fun and not in an official capacity to induct words into the English language.

The society chose "truthiness" as its top word last year. The word is credited to Comedy Central satirist Stephen Colbert, who defined it as "truth that comes from the gut, not books."

Last month, an online survey by dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster declared "truthiness" the word of the year for 2006.

spoonerhizolehound · Post by **spoonerhizolehound** » January 8, 2007 2:54 pm

I do not recognize their decision. Pluto will always be a planet and second home to me.

The real word of the year is:

FLAZM!

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » January 8, 2007 2:55 pm

I thought the word of the year was always "boobies".

land_shark3 · Post by **land_shark3** » January 8, 2007 2:57 pm

spoonerhizolehound wrote:I do not recognize their decision. Pluto will always be a planet and second home to me.

The real word of the year is:

FLAZM!

And the English definition of that Plutoian word would be....

spoonerhizolehound · Post by **spoonerhizolehound** » January 8, 2007 2:57 pm

buffettbride wrote:I thought the word of the year was always "boobies".

No, boobies is the favorite meal of 2006.

land_shark3 · Post by **land_shark3** » January 8, 2007 2:58 pm

buffettbride wrote:I thought the word of the year was always "boobies".

Definition - an object of desire or lust to always be on my mind.

spoonerhizolehound · Post by **spoonerhizolehound** » January 8, 2007 2:58 pm

land_shark3 wrote:
spoonerhizolehound wrote:I do not recognize their decision. Pluto will always be a planet and second home to me.

The real word of the year is:

FLAZM!
And the English definition of that Plutoian word would be....

FLAZM is the opposite of FLIZM.

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » January 8, 2007 2:59 pm

land_shark3 wrote:
buffettbride wrote:I thought the word of the year was always "boobies".
Definition - an object of desire or lust to always be on my mind.

Oh thank goodness! I'm tired of holding them up by myself. At least you've given me something to rest them upon.

spoonerhizolehound · Post by **spoonerhizolehound** » January 8, 2007 3:09 pm

buffettbride wrote:
land_shark3 wrote:
buffettbride wrote:I thought the word of the year was always "boobies".
Definition - an object of desire or lust to always be on my mind.
Oh thank goodness! I'm tired of holding them up by myself. At least you've given me something to rest them upon.

...I like the sound of that.

Post by **SMLCHNG** » January 8, 2007 8:10 pm

Never heard anyone use it!!!??

ragtopW · Post by **ragtopW** » January 8, 2007 8:16 pm

SMLCHNG wrote:Never heard anyone use it!!!??

"Boobies"

"I like the Boobies on that Stripper"

Dutch Harbor PH · Post by **Dutch Harbor PH** » January 8, 2007 8:42 pm

spoonerhizolehound wrote:
buffettbride wrote:I thought the word of the year was always "boobies".
No, boobies is the favorite meal of 2006.

I preffer.....FLA-ZAM!!!! and then the appearance of boobies......

LaTda! · Post by **LaTda!** » January 8, 2007 9:44 pm

ragtopW wrote:
SMLCHNG wrote:Never heard anyone use it!!!??
"Boobies"

"I like the Boobies on that Stripper"

The juries out on your structure...
"A preposition usually indicates the temporal, spatial or logical relationship of its objects to the rest of the sentence as in the following examples:"

job41475 · Post by **job41475** » January 8, 2007 9:45 pm

I've actually heard this word used at work to explain when an employee was demoted.

ragtopW · Post by **ragtopW** » January 8, 2007 9:47 pm

LaTda! wrote:
ragtopW wrote:
SMLCHNG wrote:Never heard anyone use it!!!??
"Boobies"

"I like the Boobies on that Stripper"
The juries out on your structure...
"A preposition usually indicates the temporal, spatial or logical relationship of its objects to the rest of the sentence as in the following examples:"

and thus the evidence of what a poor idea the education system
bought into with the learn at your own speed system
that California used in the '70s..

flipflopgirl · Post by **flipflopgirl** » January 9, 2007 3:44 am

ragtopW wrote:
SMLCHNG wrote:Never heard anyone use it!!!??
"Boobies"

"I like the Boobies on that Stripper"

txaggirl91 · Post by **txaggirl91** » January 10, 2007 12:21 pm

just got some new words to add

1 BLAMESTORMING : Sitting around in a group, discussing why a deadline was missed or a project failed, and who was responsible.

2. SEAGULL MANAGER: A manager, who flies in, makes a lot of noise, craps on everything, and then leaves.

3. ASSMOSIS: The process by which some people seem to absorb success and advancement by kissing up to the boss rather than working hard

4. SALMON DAY : The experience of spending an entire day swimming upstream only to get screwed and die in the end.

5. CUBE FARM : An office filled with cubicles.

6. PRAIRIE DOGGING : When someone yells or drops something loudly in a cube farm, and people's heads pop up over the walls to see what's going on.

7. MOUSE POTATO: The on-line, wired generation's answer to couch potato.

8. SITCOMs: Single Income, Two Children, Oppressive Mortgage. What Yuppies get into when they have children and one of them stops working to stay home with the kids.

9. STRESS PUPPY : A person who seems to thrive on being stressed out and whiny.

10. SWIPEOUT: An ATM or credit card that has been rendered useless because magnetic strip is worn away from extensive use.

11. XEROX SUBSIDY : Euphemism for swiping free photocopies from one's workplace.

12. IRRITAINMENT: Entertainment and media spectacles that are Annoying but you find yourself unable to stop watching them.

13. PERCUSSIVE MAINTENANCE : The fine art of whacking the crap out of an electronic device to get it to work again. Often feel like doing this to my computer------

14. ADMINISPHERE : The rarefied organizational layers beginning just above the rank and file. Decisions that fall from the adminisphere are often profoundly inappropriate or irrelevant to the problems they were designed to solve.

15. 404 : Someone who's clueless. From the World Wide Web error Message "404 Not Found," meaning that the requested site could not be located.

16 GENERICA : Features of the American landscape that are exactly the same no matter where one is, such as fast food joints, strip malls, and subdivisions.

17. OHNOSECOND : That minuscule fraction of time in which you realize that you've just made a BIG mistake. (Like after hitting send on an email by mistake).

18. WOOFS : Well-Off Older Folks

19. Crop Dusting: Surreptitiously passing gas while passing through a cube farm.

Tequila Revenge · Post by **Tequila Revenge** » January 10, 2007 1:14 pm

ragtopW wrote:
LaTda! wrote:
ragtopW wrote:
SMLCHNG wrote:Never heard anyone use it!!!??
"Boobies"

"I like the Boobies on that Stripper"
The juries out on your structure...
"A preposition usually indicates the temporal, spatial or logical relationship of its objects to the rest of the sentence as in the following examples:"
and thus the evidence of what a poor idea the education system
bought into with the learn at your own speed system
that California used in the '70s..

I resemble that remark! English is still a foreign language to me. Thank God a married a lady who went to school in Virginia. I affectionately refer to here as the, "English Teacher."

Dutch Harbor PH · Post by **Dutch Harbor PH** » January 10, 2007 11:20 pm

Oh dear god!!!!.....I am a SITCOM...My folks and In-laws are WOOFS.....I've been having a SALMON Month! and my definition of Pairie Doggin' is something ENTIRELY Different!!!!

flipflopgirl · Post by **flipflopgirl** » January 10, 2007 11:23 pm

Jeeze i have SALMON days at work all the time!!!!

BuffettNews.com

2006 Word of the Year

2006 Word of the Year

Re: 2006 Word of the Year