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| DATE | 2017-01-10 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Re: [Hangout-NYLXS] Word of the Year for 2016
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Sitting in Israel right now, I know of not a single American here who
voted for Clinton or supported her.
On Sat, Jan 07, 2017 at 12:35:02PM -0800, Rick Moen wrote:
> The much-anticipated annual vote, held this year at American Dialect
> Society's convention in Austin, was concluded yesterday. This is a
> society of linguists, lexicographers, and grammarians. Their flagship
> event, bestowing of their annual award, crowns the one word _or phrase_
> that most epitomized the year just ended, and that saw widespread or
> innovative usage.
>
> 2016's winner: 'dumpster fire'
>
> That is deemed to pithily capture the spirit of 2016, and, of course,
> comes partly from things like the Brexit follies but largely from our
> own Groper-in-Chief.
>
> The Orange One also was the source or focus of almost all of the
> runner-ups: 'normalize', 'deplorables', 'nasty woman', 'unpresidented',
> 'gaslight', 'alt-right', 'post-truth', 'tweetstorm', 'fake news',
> 'small/tiny hands', 'cuck/cuckservative', 'pussy', and 'yuge',
>
> Awarded Euphemism of the Year: 'locker-room banter'
>
>
> Have a great Inauguration Day!
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