Anti-Word of the Year 2007
Merriam-Webster has selected w00t as its word of the year. Notice that it is a “w” with two zeroes and a “t”, but the purists will call it w007. I am not a purist (geek) who uses 133t speak (elite speak). In fact, if I hadn’t read the article, I wouldn’t know about w007 or 133t.
My favorite from them only placed fifth. It was blamestorm. Anyone who has ever worked in the corporate world can appreciate this. It caused me to recall working at software companies where the sales and support staffs worked hand-in-hand. Well, it was more like hand-to-hand. Support people thought salespeople lied and salespeople thought support people didn’t have enough to do.
I guess it gets boring at the end of the year at the dictionary place and they want to put their name out there just in case someone has absolutely no idea what to give someone for Christmas. Oh, that reminds me, I’ll get them a dictionary.
So I want to name my anti-Word of the Year…Drum roll please. It’s athleticism. It has become the most overused word in sports. Come on color commentators, find something different.
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