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Word of the Year 2007

Merriam-Webster has just announced its word of the year. The word is w00t. I guess this reflects the huge influence the Internet is having on our use of language, a tendency that we often discuss on this blog.

Check out the announcement and see the top 10 words.

This entry was posted on Thursday, December 13th, 2007 at 2:28 pm by David Hoskin and is filed under Communication. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

One Response to “Word of the Year 2007”

  1. Anastasya Partan Says:
    December 19th, 2007 at 4:30 pm

    How bizarre! I’m not even sure where I stand on that. It’s closer to a smiley :) than a word, isn’t it? So, will LOL (loads of laughs or laugh out loud) and BRB (be right back) be words soon too?

    The Eats, Shoots and Leaves lady is very concerned with how Messenger and SMS are affecting the way we write proper English - and I bet she’s planning a riot in front of Merriam-Webster about w00t right now.

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