Voting is now open for the (Australian) Macquarie Dictionary’s Word Of The Year for 2010. Previous winners (since the inception of the award in 2006) are: 2006 Muffin Top 2007 Pod Slurping 2008 Toxic Debt 2009 Shovel-ready The list of previous winners suggests that this is really the phrase of the year, rather than a …
Courtesy of Abraham Piper at 22 Words, (and the folk at Mental Floss), here’s a list of 200 (then) contemporary synonyms for drunkenness compiled by Benjamin Franklin. These may be of some sort of use for those inclined to overindulge in seasonal festivities. (And, in answer to my enquiring children, I have probably personally experienced …
Refudiate has been named the New Oxford American Dictionary’s 2010 Word of the Year I’ve posted about the word and its origin here. refudiate verb used loosely to mean “reject”: she called on them to refudiate the proposal to build a mosque. [origin — blend of refute and repudiate] A cute piece of intellectual elitist …
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