Clearly garwondler is a contender, but it is sort of a proper noun, isn't it? Do we want something more neutral? In which case truthiness is a contender....
"A one act play "Overheard at the Water Cooler" by Marc Silver and Maureen Pao which is written in Cube-speak, one of the slanguages descibed and deciphered in the book American Slang. Cube-speak is the lingo of the modern multi-cubicled office complex, also known as a Cubefarm.
-Britney: Boy, I needed a break from the cube farm.
-Kevin: No kidding! Did you catch the prairie-dogging when Caitlin's coffee-maker exploded?
-Britney: At least it provided a little drama to a morning when I was definitely glazing. Although did you get that weird e-mail that was being forwarded around?
-Kevin: No, I think the digital hygienist struck again.
-Britney: What are you working on?
-Kevin: Oh man, I need to get granular on the latest fire drill.
-Britney: Yeah, Irving is such a seagull manager. It's like, you gotta have triorities with that guy. I can't believe how long the obfun lasted yesterday, as if we didn't already have enough to do.
-Kevin: At least they served lunch. Did you see Tiffany's canfusion?
-Britney: Yeah, and the catering vultures lurking in the hallway? Don't those people have any shame?"
Ok, we've got a couple of announcements on the word front:
Dictionary.com has posted lists of the Most Voted On Words, Top 10 Looked Up Words, and the Top 10 Looked Up NEW Words. That can be found here. As expected, "truthiness" made the list, as did "sex"....how original.
Also, although it was announced last month, I thought I would mention that the New Oxford American Dictionary has selected the word carbon neutral as its Word of 2006. Appropriate, I think. Reminds me of a challenge I once made.....
WELL IT ISN'T A WORD BUT A QUOTE: Found on Proctor and Gamble
Always napkin paper release. "Have a good Period" It almost slipped by in 2006, but my wife shared it with me today....she said I quote, "What the Hell!"
wow, aren't 4 of those top-voted-on words from Colbert? He really is making an impact. Too bad for garwondler, good to know other architect favorites like juxtapose and defenestrate made the list though.
A sudden separation of land by flood or an abrupt change in the course of a stream, as by a stream breaking through a meander or natural levee or by a change in current when a stream deserts its old channel for a new one.
What was your favorite word of 2006?
Submit your entry at Dictionary.com, here.
Hmmm. This is a toughy.
Dizzler
Chumscrubber
intern
Garwondler, obviously
truthiness
GARWONDLER
3
Clearly garwondler is a contender, but it is sort of a proper noun, isn't it? Do we want something more neutral? In which case truthiness is a contender....
"A one act play "Overheard at the Water Cooler" by Marc Silver and Maureen Pao which is written in Cube-speak, one of the slanguages descibed and deciphered in the book American Slang. Cube-speak is the lingo of the modern multi-cubicled office complex, also known as a Cubefarm.
-Britney: Boy, I needed a break from the cube farm.
-Kevin: No kidding! Did you catch the prairie-dogging when Caitlin's coffee-maker exploded?
-Britney: At least it provided a little drama to a morning when I was definitely glazing. Although did you get that weird e-mail that was being forwarded around?
-Kevin: No, I think the digital hygienist struck again.
-Britney: What are you working on?
-Kevin: Oh man, I need to get granular on the latest fire drill.
-Britney: Yeah, Irving is such a seagull manager. It's like, you gotta have triorities with that guy. I can't believe how long the obfun lasted yesterday, as if we didn't already have enough to do.
-Kevin: At least they served lunch. Did you see Tiffany's canfusion?
-Britney: Yeah, and the catering vultures lurking in the hallway? Don't those people have any shame?"
i like 'digital hygienist' from ^^^.
i still can't figure out what some of it means.
GARWONDLER!!!
garWONDLERful
my favorite word this past year has been perspicacity
STOOPS!
callygyptian
ebriection
quaffable
INTERNETS
(you know, the one with email)
republican defeat - oops sorry, two words
rumsfeld resignation - oops sorry, two words
bass
synecdoche
hey! that was also my favorite word of 1991.
abbreviate
dongle
Dictionary.com polls will be open through Friday, December 15 so hurry to cast your vote! The winner will be announced December 18. Go garwondler!!
Ok, we've got a couple of announcements on the word front:
Dictionary.com has posted lists of the Most Voted On Words, Top 10 Looked Up Words, and the Top 10 Looked Up NEW Words. That can be found here. As expected, "truthiness" made the list, as did "sex"....how original.
Also, although it was announced last month, I thought I would mention that the New Oxford American Dictionary has selected the word carbon neutral as its Word of 2006. Appropriate, I think. Reminds me of a challenge I once made.....
"obviously" just because it is.
truthiness*
lincolnish*
Wikiality*
it-getter*
grinchitude*
factinista*
superstantial*
love
sex
defenestrate
antidisestablishmentarianism
supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
ubiquitous
juxtapose
Google
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
serendipity
*too new to be in "the dictionary"
From Dictionary.com
No garwondler!!!
RICOCKULOUS!
sexy back
However, you can find the garwondler in this dictionary.
SPECIFICITY
epic
WELL IT ISN'T A WORD BUT A QUOTE: Found on Proctor and Gamble
Always napkin paper release. "Have a good Period" It almost slipped by in 2006, but my wife shared it with me today....she said I quote, "What the Hell!"
wow, aren't 4 of those top-voted-on words from Colbert? He really is making an impact. Too bad for garwondler, good to know other architect favorites like juxtapose and defenestrate made the list though.
Islamic Fundamentalist Jihadist...
It's like W was reporting the results from "What's your Wu-Tang name generator"...
http://www.recordstore.com/wuname/wuname.pl
A sudden separation of land by flood or an abrupt change in the course of a stream, as by a stream breaking through a meander or natural levee or by a change in current when a stream deserts its old channel for a new one.
I'm partial to the word "meander" myself, although that one has been around for a long time.
Is "avulsion" suitable for use in a more poetic way?
only for tragedies and heart break. well, maybe for existentialist musings too.
Stephen Colbert is a genius....I'll follow his truthiness to the end of the earth!
loophole
bamboozle
boondoggle
Ghostride
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlTvSUCCqPo
Wittertainment
As stated by the good Doctor
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