The results are in! The Committee’s choice of Word of the Year 2013 is: infovore noun a person who craves information, especially one who takes advantage of their ready access to it on digital devices. The Committee thought that the coinage infovore was a response to the perception that we now had access … Read more
The Committee’s choice of Word of the Year 2006 is: muffin top noun Colloquial the fold of fat around the midriff which, on an overweight woman, spills out over the top of tight-fitting pants or skirts. This seems to be an Australian creation which has spread around the world, carried on by the popularity of … Read more
The Committee’s choice of Word of the Year 2010 is: googleganger noun a person with the same name as oneself, whose online references are mixed with one’s own among search results for one’s name. [google + (doppel)ganger ] The Committee would like to give honourable mention to: vuvuzela noun a plastic horn (def. 13), up to one metre in … Read more
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