One of my favorite professors just posted his word of the year post so I thought it would be time for me to list the words I think qualify as the top 5 words of the year:
1. Recession: We've been hearing it almost all year and especially in the last few months.
2. Hope: While Prof. Baron picked Obama, I'm going to avoid the proper nouns in favor for hope which certainly was heard more often during this election than any other.
3. Change: This goes with hope, the word became the catch phrase of this election.
4. Staycation: between gas prices and the economy, the staycation was probably the catchiest new word of the year.
5. Foreclosure: We've been through the dotcom bust, but that seemed temporary compared to the current mess with foreclosures.
Any words you would add?
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I'd add bloggers. I know that blogging's popularity is by no means a 2008 thing, but the contention between the "mainstream media" (which might be another word) and the blogosphere was particularly important, i thought, throughout the coverage of the media. there was sarah palin who ridiculed people who sit at home in their pajamas reporting and commenting on news, and also rachel maddow, a member of the mainstream media, who voiced her support for and solidarity with bloggers.
and speaking of sarah palin, let's throw in "you betcha."
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