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FILTER RESULTS ►French Word Police Ruke Against 'Hashtag'
I am feeling a bit proprietary about ‘hashtag’ these days, since Ben Zimmer of the American Dialect Society has researched the word and determined that I was the first to use it, back in 2007. As a result, I was shocked, shocked to learn...Show More Summary
The Worst Words of 2012 | The Hot Word | Hot & Trending Words Daily Blog at Dictionary.com
The Worst Words of 2012 | The Hot Word | Hot & Trending Words Daily Blog at Dictionary.com: Although the coinage ‘hashtag’ was dubbed word of the year by the American Dialect Society (who also chronicled my role in that neologism), the...Show More Summary
Wednesday Words: The Final Word of the Year and More
hashtag (v.): to mark topics or make commentary on Twitter by means of a hash symbol (#) followed by a word or phrase. The American Dialect Society, the mother of all word-of-the-year-proclaiming outlets, elected hashtag as the most pivotal word of 2012 at their annual meeting in early January. Show More Summary
8 Words of the Year from Other Countries
As we recently reported, the American Dialect Society picked hashtag as the word of the year for 2012. The dictionary folks at Merriam-Webster chose capitalism and socialism, based on the number of lookups those words got during the year. The team at Oxford American Dictionaries chose GIF. As the nominees for these contests are chosen [...]
And the winner is...
MANY organisations pick a word of the year, but this blogger was too distracted by the holidays to notice most of the ones that were announced last year. In any case, I have always been partial to the American Dialect Society (ADS) awards, announced last week, but this year I have to admit that I wasn't impressed by many of the winners. Show More Summary
Holly R. Cashman: 'Marriage Equality' Narrowly Loses American Dialect Society's Vote On 2012's Word Of The Year
"Marriage equality" did win the "Most Likely to Succeed" category in a landslide vote. It trounced the competition, which included "fiscal cliff," "superstorm," "MOOC" (for "massive open online course") and "big data," with a total of 156 votes.
Holly R. Cashman: 'Marriage Equality' Narrowly Loses American Dialect Society's Vote For 2012's Word Of The Year
"Marriage equality" did win the "Most Likely to Succeed" category in a landslide vote. It trounced the competition, which included "fiscal cliff," "superstorm," "MOOC" (for "massive open online course") and "big data," with a total of 156 votes.
'Hashtag' Named Word of the Year by American Dialect Society
The baby named Hashtag buzzed about on the Internet in November may or may not have been a hoax. But the American Dialect Society has given the Twitter-inspired term a boost by christening "hashtag" the word of the year, reports Jennifer Schuessler on Arts Beat.
Tweet This: 'Hashtag' Named Word of the Year by American Dialect Society
The winner triumphs over "fiscal cliff" and "Gangnam style," among other contenders.
'Hashtag' Is Selected As Word Of The Year By The American Dialect Society
I was involved in a twitter thread today with Ben Zimmer, who is a well-known lexicographer, and chair of the New Words Committee of the American Dialect Society. He has been researching the Twitter hashtag, which was recently selected...Show More Summary
‘Hashtag’ Declared 2012?s Word of the Year
The American Dialect Society has named "hashtag" as the word of the year, beating out "Gangnam Style," "YOLO" and "fiscal cliff," among others. More About: Twitter
What's the "word of the year"?
According to the American Dialect Society. Phrases get to be words in this competition. Guess: YOLO, #hashtag, Gangnam style, fiscal cliff, 47 percent?
The American Dialect Society’s Word of the Year Is Hashtag
The American Dialect Society's Word of the Year Is... The American Dialect Society met last night in Boston for its 23rd annual word of the year vote.
The word of the year is: Hashtag
American Dialect Society | Visual Thesaurus In a vote for 2012?s Word of the Year on Friday evening, “the slate filled with some expected choices, such as YOLO, fiscal cliff, 47 percent, and Gangnam style,” writes Ben Zimmer, linguist and … Read more
ADS Word of the Year: "hashtag"
The American Dialect Society (meeting in Boston in conjunction with the Linguistic Society of America) has chosen its Word of the Year for 2012: hashtag. The Twitter term, which has become a pervasive metalinguistic marker, beat out such contenders as YOLO, fiscal cliff, marriage equality, 47 percent, and Gangnam style. The official announcement is here, [...]
#hashtag
Well, there were few Wisconsin folks in the room for the American Dialect Society's just finished Word of the Year vote, so I suppose it falls to me to give the Mr Verb account. Packed room, hilarious comments (Q: Are nominations from...Show More Summary
Will ‘double down’ be word of the year?
NPR | Boston Globe | Visual Thesaurus Later this week, the American Dialect Society will select its word of the year for 2012. Possibilities include YOLO and selfie, linguist Ben Zimmer told NPR, but people may already be … Read mor...
NPR's Words of the Year Target Republicans Of Course
National Public Radio, continuing the mainstream media practice of year-end lists that target Republicans, discussed contenders for the American Dialect Society's "Words of the Year" today, including three neologisms that targeted Republicans...Show More Summary
The Oral-Aural Merger?
I sent a message to the American Dialect Society email list earlier this month, about a pronunciation that I’ve begun to wonder about recently. Here’s what I wrote, but with more accurate IPA symbols inserted: I’m sure this has been analyzed somewhere at some point, but I don’t know where. What is the dialect that [...]
WOTY: Fiscal cliff?
Ben Zimmer at this very moment is talking on NPR about 'fiscal cliff' and the issue of the term as a possible Word of the Year came up. It was specifically mentioned that he chairs the American Dialect Society's 'New Words' committee. Hurrah. Little note: Further evidence for the richness of 'fiscal cliff', just do a Google image search.
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