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Appendix:American Dialect Society words of the year

The following are recognized words from the American Dialect Society word of the year.

See also the American Dialect Society official website.

List edit

Year Word of the Year Notes
1990 bushlips (similar to "bullshit" – stemming from President George H. W. Bush's 1988 "Read my lips: no new taxes" broken promise)
1991 mother of all – (as in Saddam Hussein's foretold "Mother of all battles")
1992 Not! (meaning "just kidding")
1993 information superhighway
1994 cyber, morph (“to change form”)
1995 World Wide Web, newt (to act aggressively as a newcomer).[1][2]
1996 mom (as in "soccer mom").[3][4]
1997 millennium bug [5][6]
1998 e- (as in "e-mail").[7][8]
1999 Y2K (Word of the Decade (1990–1999): web; Word of the Century (1900–1999): jazz; Word of the Millennium (1000–1999): she)[9][10]
2000 chad (from the 2000 Presidential Election controversy in Florida).[11][12]
2001 9-11, 9/11 or September 11 [13][14]
2002 weapons of mass destruction (WMD) [15][16]
2003 metrosexual [17][18]
2004 red states, blue states, purple states (from the 2004 presidential election).[19][20]
2005 truthiness popularized on The Colbert Report.[21][22]
2006 plutoed, pluto (demoted or devalued, as happened to the former planet Pluto).[23][24]
2007 subprime (an adjective used to describe a risky or less than ideal loan, mortgage, or investment).[25][26]
2008 bailout (a rescue by government of a failing corporation) [27]
2009 tweet (noun) (a short message sent via the Twitter service. Word of the Decade (2000–2009): google)[28]
2010 app [29]
2011 occupy (in reference to the Occupy movement)[30]
2012 #hashtag [31]
2013 because (preposition) [32]
2014 #blacklivesmatter [33]
2015 singular they [34]
2016 dumpster fire (🗑️🔥) (a chaotic situation, 2016 presidential election)[35]
2017 fake news [36]
2018 tender-age shelter/camp/facility (for children of asylum seekers at the U.S./Mexico border)[37]
2019 (my) pronouns (as in “pronouns: she/her”. Word of the Decade (2010–2019): singular they)[38]
2020 Covid [39]
2021 insurrection (in reference to the January 6 United States Capitol attack)[40]
2022 -ussy (as in bussy)[41]
2023 enshittification [42]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Ritter, Jim (1995 December 31) “1995's Word Of the Year: Either `Web' – Or `Newt'”, in Chicago Sun-Times‎[1], retrieved February 21, 2008
  2. ^ “1995 Words of the Year”, in Americandialect.org‎[2], American Dialect Society, 1996 January 13, retrieved February 21, 2008
  3. ^ Associated Press (1997 January 5) “Linguists pick 'soccer mom' as 1996's word”, in The Philadelphia Inquirer‎[3], retrieved February 21, 2008
  4. ^ “1996 Words of the Year”, in Americandialect.org‎[4], American Dialect Society, 1997 January 13, retrieved February 21, 2008
  5. ^ Smith, Sheron (1998 January 10) “Word! 'Millennium Bug' is picked as top phrase of 1997”, in The Macon Telegraph‎[5], retrieved February 21, 2008
  6. ^ “1997 Words of the Year”, in Americandialect.org‎[6], American Dialect Society, 1998 January 13, retrieved February 21, 2008
  7. ^ Gallentine, Shana (1999 January 21) “1998: Our society defined in just a few short words”, in The Red and Black‎[7], retrieved February 21, 2008
  8. ^ “1998 Words of the Year”, in Americandialect.org‎[8], American Dialect Society, 1999 January 13, retrieved February 21, 2008
  9. ^ Freeman, Jan (2000 June 18) “Steal this coinage”, in The Boston Globe‎[9], retrieved February 21, 2008
  10. ^ “1999 Words of the Year, Word of the 1990s, Word of the 20th Century, Word of the Millennium”, in Americandialect.org‎[10], American Dialect Society, 2000 January 13, retrieved February 21, 2008
  11. ^ Kershner, Vlae (2002 December 11) “Help us choose the 'Word of the Year'”, in San Francisco Chronicle‎[11], retrieved February 19, 2008
  12. ^ “2000 Words of the Year”, in Americandialect.org‎[12], American Dialect Society, 2001 January 13, retrieved February 19, 2008
  13. ^ Scott, Janny (2002 February 24) “A nation challenged: Language; Words of 9/11 Go From Coffee Shops To the Dictionaries”, in The New York Times‎[13], retrieved February 19, 2008
  14. ^ “2001 Words of the Year”, in Americandialect.org‎[14], American Dialect Society, 2002 January 13, retrieved February 19, 2008
  15. ^ “'W.M.D.' voted word of year”, in USA Today‎[15], 2003 January 6, retrieved February 19, 2008
  16. ^ “2002 Words of the Year”, in Americandialect.org‎[16], American Dialect Society, 2003 January 13, retrieved February 19, 2008
  17. ^ Newman, Andrew Adam (2005 October 10) “In Time of Studied Ambiguity, a Label for the Manly Man”, in The New York Times‎[17], retrieved February 19, 2008
  18. ^ “2003 Words of the Year”, in Americandialect.org‎[18], American dialect Society, 2004 January 13, retrieved February 19, 2008
  19. ^ Associated Press (2005 January 10) “Linguists' phrase of the year: 'Red state, blue state, purple state'”, in The Seattle Times‎[19], retrieved February 19, 2008
  20. ^ “2004 Word of the Year”, in Americandialect.org‎[20], American Dialect Society, 2005 January 7, retrieved February 19, 2008
  21. ^ Nash, Margo (2006 April 9) “Jersey Footlights”, in The New York Times‎[21], retrieved February 19, 2008
  22. ^ “Truthiness Voted 2005 Word of the Year”, in Americandialect.org‎[22], American Dialect Society, 2006 January 6, retrieved February 8, 2008
  23. ^ Newman, Andrew Adam (2007 December 10) “How Dictionaries Define Publicity: the Word of the Year”, in The New York Times‎[23], retrieved February 19, 2008
  24. ^ “'Plutoed' Voted 2006 Word of the Year”, in Americandialect.org‎[24], American Dialect Society, 2007 January 5, retrieved February 19, 2008
  25. ^ ““Subprime” voted 2007 word of the year”, in Americandialect.org‎[25], American Dialect Society, 2008 January 4, retrieved February 19, 2008
  26. ^ Mullen, Jim (2008 January 23) “LOL – Subprime is delighted to be word of the year”, in Chicago Sun-Times‎[26], retrieved February 19, 2008
  27. ^ “'Bailout' voted Word of the Year”, in Americandialect.org‎[27], American Dialect Society, 2009
  28. ^ Barrett, Grant (2009 January 8) ““Tweet” 2009 Word of the Year, “Google” Word of the Decade”, in Americandialect.org‎[28], retrieved January 9, 2010
  29. ^ ““App” voted 2010 word of the year by the American Dialect Society”, in Americandialect.org‎[29], American Dialect Society, 2011
  30. ^ ““Occupy” 2011 Word of the Year”, in Americandialect.org‎[30], American Dialect Society, 2012
  31. ^ ““Hashtag” 2012 Word of the Year”, in Americandialect.org‎[31], American Dialect Society, 2012
  32. ^ ““Because” 2013 Word of the Year”, in Americandialect.org‎[32], American Dialect Society, 2013
  33. ^ “2014 Word of the Year is #blacklivesmatter”, in Americandialect.org‎[33], American Dialect Society, 2014
  34. ^ “2015 Word of the Year is singular “they””, in Americandialect.org‎[34], American Dialect Society, 2016 January 8
  35. ^ ““Dumpster fire” is 2016 American Dialect Society word of the year”, in Americandialect.org‎[35], American Dialect Society, 2017 January 6
  36. ^ ““Fake news” is 2017 American Dialect Society word of the year”, in Americandialect.org‎[36], American Dialect Society, 2018 January 5
  37. ^ ““Tender-age shelter” is 2018 American Dialect Society word of the year”, in Americandialect.org‎[37], American Dialect Society, 2019 January 4
  38. ^ “2019 Word of the Year is “(My) Pronouns,” Word of the Decade is Singular “They””, in Americandialect.org‎[38], American Dialect Society, 2020 January 3
  39. ^ “2020 Word of the Year is “Covid””, in Americandialect.org‎[39], American Dialect Society, 2020 December 17
  40. ^ “2021 Word of the Year is “Insurrection””, in Americandialect.org‎[40], American Dialect Society, 2022 January 7
  41. ^ “2022 Word of the Year is “-ussy””, in Americandialect.org‎[41], American Dialect Society, 2023 January 6
  42. ^ “2023 Word of the Year Is “Enshittification””, in Americandialect.org‎[42], American Dialect Society, 2024 January 5

Further reading edit

  • Lerer, Seth (2007) Inventing English: A Portable History of the Language, New York, New York: Columbia University Press, page 195
  • Mencken, H.L. (2006) The American Language: An Inquiry into the Development of English in the United States, Alfred A. Knopf
  • Metcalf, Allan A. (2002) Predicting New Words: The Secrets of Their Success, Boston, Massachusetts: Houghton Mifflin Company, page 188
  • Wolfram, Walt with Natalie Schilling-Estes (2006) American English: Dialects and Variation, Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing, page 24

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