Oxford University Press have come up with what according to them, is the 2007 Word of the year . It is "Locavore", meaning someone who eats food grown or produced locally. Though they are quick to add locavore is very much “on the cusp”, ie not yet firmly established in widespread usage. That means Oxford lexicographers will continue to monitor its progress to see if it eventually warrants inclusion in the next edition of New Oxford American Dictionary. The runners up, most of which I would vote for ahead of Locavore, include Upcycling and Cloudware.
Previous Word of the year winners, as nominated by OAP and other organizations include Blog, Podcast and my favourite Plutoed.
On a smilar note, Sterbetourismus (Death Tourism) has been selected as the Swiss Word of the year, a pointer to tourists' attraction to Switzerland's liberal laws on assisted suicides.
In an Indian context perhaps, some new words for 2007 could be “Gowdered” (when both father and son take you for a ride) or “RGVed” (A badly remade Classic).
Have any of your own for 2007?
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4 comments:
Interesting. To me more words mean more headache. :-)
hehe...but an equal number of words are becoming obsolete, so I guess it evens out :)
hi... ur blog is really impressive..its very well put too.. neways looking forward to more interesting posts frm you...parag
Thanks Parag!
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