From The Lede:
The 2007 Word of the Year is (drum-roll please) locavore . . .coined only two years ago in San Francisco.
Falling just short of the top prize was the crucial word in a catch-phrase for the ages, born at an appearance by Senator John Kerry at the University of Florida in September. In mid-scuffle with security guards, Andrew Meyer blurted out a verb formed from the brand name for an electric stun gun, and the dictionary authorities approve:tase (or taze): to stun with a Taser
[Snook having UF connections, was on the cutting, um tasing, edge of this one!]
There are several more listed on Oxford’s blog. And if your appetite for new words and word uses is still unsated, the Dictionary Evangelist is kind enough to name some runners-up to the runners-up.
For more about the real meaning of the newest star in Oxford’s galaxy of words, check out Snook’s blog links under “School is to Food.”
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