The 2006 Word of the Year (drumroll):
to pluto: to demote or devalue something, as what happened to the former planet when the General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union decided to ditch it as a”real” planet.
A list of my favories from the ADS:
murse: man purse
climate canary: an organism or species whose poor health or declining number hint at a larger environmental catastrophe on the horizon
macaca: an American citizen treated as an alien (winner in Most Outrageous)
sharrow: an arrow-like design painted on a roadway to mark a bicycling route
data Valdez: an accidental release of a large quantity of private or privileged information. Named after the 1989 oil spill by the Exxon Valdez
Winner of Most Creative: Lactard: a person who is lactose-intolerant
Winner of the Most Unnecessary: SuriKat:the supposed nickname of the daughter of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes
Least Likely to Succeed: grup: A Gen-Xer who does not act his or her age
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