Word of the Year

[BJCooperIT]

Merriam-Webster Inc., publisher of a leading U.S. dictionary, is asking visitors to its Web site to pick:

The One Single Word That Sums Up 2006​

Get your vote in by December 4th. I have to give this one careful consideration. Your suggestions?



[sup]Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.[/sup][sup] ~George Bernard Shaw[/sup]
Consultant Developer/Analyst Oracle, Forms, Reports & PL/SQL (Windows)
My website: www.EmuProductsPlus.com

 

[jebenson]

I think "scandal" should be a contender, followed closely by "incompetent".



I used to rock and roll every night and party every day. Then it was every other day. Now I'm lucky if I can find 30 minutes a week in which to get funky. - Homer Simpson

Arrrr, mateys! Ye needs ta be preparin' yerselves fer Talk Like a Pirate Day! Ye has a choice: talk like a pira

 

[Trevoke]

I tend to think that the word which sums up a year the best is "year".

"That time in Seattle... was a nightmare. I came out of it dead broke, without a house, without anything except a girlfriend and a knowledge of UNIX."
"Well, that's something," Avi says. "Normally those two are mutually exclusive."
-- Neal Stephenson, "Cryptonomicon"

 

[drlex]

I'd offer 'insurgents', which I don't recall getting as much air-time/column inches last year.

soi la, soi carré

 

[Dagon]

How about 'Iraq' (if only to annoy the likes of Bush and Blair) ?

 

[philhege]

Quagmire" fits a number of situations, political, physical, and otherwise.

Phil Hegedusich
Senior Programmer/Analyst
IIMAK

http://www.iimak.com

-----------
I'll have the roast duck with the mango salsa.

 

[MeGustaXL]

After looking it up in M-W, I've chosen 'snafu'

Chris

If yer see a Rook on 'is own, im's a Crow. If yer sees a flock o' Crows, them's Rooks - My Uncle Cecil

 

[KenCunningham]

In the same vein, everything seems 'fubar' just now.

I don't mind people who aren't what they seem. I just wish they'd make their mind up.

 

[drlex]

A couple of neologisms gleaned from the Spectator newspaper this week:

To Smirt - The combined act of smoking and flirting by employees required to exit their workplace to smoke.

Brownsploitation - The rush to market products associated with Dan Brown and the 'Da Vinci Code'.

soi la, soi carré

 

[Dagon]

I thought "Brownsploitation" would be the UK Chancellor of the Exchequeur (Gordon Brown) introducing yet another back-door tax.

 

[CajunCenturion]

I submitted 'sectarian'.


--------------
Good Luck
To get the most from your Tek-Tips experience, please read FAQ181-2886
As a circle of light increases so does the circumference of darkness around it. - Albert Einstein

 

[BJCooperIT]

I voted for disparaging.

 

[Dagon]

Went for "extremism" in the end.

 

[BJCooperIT]

CajunCenturion, if you do not mind me asking, which definition of sectarian do you think applies the most to 2006?

 

[CajunCenturion]

Such questions are always welcome.

The definition would be "of or relating to a sect".

--------------
Good Luck
To get the most from your Tek-Tips experience, please read FAQ181-2886
As a circle of light increases so does the circumference of darkness around it. - Albert Einstein

 

[Welshbird]

Umami for me.

Fee

The question should be [red]Is it worth trying to do?[/red] not [blue] Can it be done?[/blue]

 

[smokeycat]

Have you been watching UKTV food fee?

 

[Welshbird]

Constantly Smokeycat.

Keeping in shape is not an easy thing.

Round is a shape of course.....

Fee

The question should be [red]Is it worth trying to do?[/red] not [blue] Can it be done?[/blue]

 

[Ladyazh]

Tom Cruise (just kidding)

 

[CajunCenturion]

Ladyazh, I wouldn't be surprised to find 'scientology' on some word-of-the-year lists.

'Podcast' is another word that may find it's way onto the lists.

--------------
Good Luck
To get the most from your Tek-Tips experience, please read FAQ181-2886
As a circle of light increases so does the circumference of darkness around it. - Albert Einstein