Google named ‘word of the decade’ by American speech scholars
As reported in the British Telegraph, Google was chosen as the Word of the Decade by the American Dialect Society (ADS) as EVERYONE uses it as a verb these days! Other nominees for Word of the Decade were “9/11″, “Facebook”, “blog”, “text”, “WiFi” and “war on terror”.. though, happily, Google won! You can read the full article here.
The ADS also chose “tweet” as the Word of the Year, edging out the suffix “-er”, “fail”, “H1N1” (the virus that causes swine flu) and “Dracula Sneeze”, which is covering one’s mouth with the crook of one’s elbow when sneezing. I like “tweet” as it’s happier than “unfriend” which was chosen by the New Oxford English Dictionary though I would have LOVED it if “Dracula Sneeze” had won!
By the way, the image above is Google from Ye Olde Colonial days (courtesy of Google Blogoscoped) and below is an image of Google a little while later, but still Pre-Internet. What do you all think about Google being the word of the decade? Good thing the word wasn’t “duotrigintillion!”
Telephone
I’ll agree with this choice.
What is the word for when a brand name becomes synonymous with that type of product?
Eaxamples:
Kleenex = all types of tissues
Q-tip = cotton swabs
don’t forget the Frisbee!
When I was young my cousin and I, each had a collection of rubber monsters we called “googlie guys”. When we did an exchange we said “I’ll trade you this google for that google”. I feel let down by the ADS because I could have given then that word a long time ago!
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Date.com is FRUSTRATING! Filled out everything, but the Body Type field doesn’t work and won’t let you continue. Doesn’t anybody check these things out before launching them?
Trust me, the applications works.
It really does.
So far, the people that have complained have been out of the US.
If I remember, you are in Panama?
Nope, back in Canada. If you click on “Body Type” all you get is the “please select”. There is no drop-down list.
What browser are you using?
If you are using Chrome, people have reported issues with certain web sites. If you are using MSIE, try FF or vice versa.
Also, if you have popup blocking enabled, you may want to turn that off as it interferes with scripting on certain sites.
Wouldn’t think of using IE. Using FireFox. It’s only this one field that has the error.
checmark,
See my notes and screenshot
http://www.hotforwords.com/201.....ent-165228
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@hotforwords though isn’t google a trademark rather than a word?
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@hotforwords Don’t we still have another year to go before we determine this?
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@hotforwords Saw Avatar, now can’t wait for 3D Alice in Wonderland to be released in March.
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I do not think, especially formed of scholars that holler…[ESOTERIC]
…had to fix my pulley and blower(my heat pusher) and then fix what I fixed 
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Hi Teach,
This popped when I sent the email you mentioned. Does that mean that I need to re-send?
WARNING: RunAsUser for MSP ignored, check group ids (egid=519, want=51) WARNING: RunAsUser for MSP ignored, check group ids (egid=519, want=51)
Hi doncross2bear,
I sent a message via the contact page and I did not get the error message. I’ll let Marina know about the error so she will look for your message or will let you know if you need to resend.
By the way, what browser are you using?
I am using FireFox 3.5.7
By the way doncross2bear,
Did you receive a confirmation email?
When I sent my email just a few minutes ago,
I received a confirmation email where
the Subject line says: “I received your message!”
The message is labeled, in part, from : “Do Not Reply…”
If you received such a message, then it went through.
If you did not get such as message, then try again or
try using FireFox if you are not already using it.
Yeppers, I got the confirmation; should’ve looked before I posted.
BTW I was using Chrome, kinda checking it out. Jury’s still out. Haven’t tried Firefox 3.5.7. Have to try it.
Much thanks for your assistance; you’re a good T.A., sir. I love being here; so much cool stuff to learn.
Cheers,
Don
Thank you for your kind words Don.
I love this site and what Marina has done, so it is with great pleasure that I serve the community here. There are lots of great people on here and lots of videos and articles to explore. The Forum is also a great place to express yourself in many different ways.
Let me know if you need help with anything. You can reply to any of my comments and I will get the email.
~PK
Seems appropriate for “google” to be the word of the decade. Historical notes on Strunk and White’s The Elements of Style (article has 3 pages): http://bit.ly/8cUzUG
thats pretty funny
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keep on with your keepin on
Speaking of words (don’t we?) I just learned a new one while going thru some scanned blueprints of a stadium. The passageway that leads from an outer concourse through the “bowl” of a stadium to the seating area is called a VOMITORY, for cryin’ out loud. Etymology is just what you’d expect; Latin vomere, Late Latin vomitorium, due to disgorging of spectators. Maybe I’m just weird for finding that amusing. My boss wasn’t amused at the news, as he was trying to eat a late lunch at the time. Cheers, dc
Is there a conection between the words [happy] & [happenstance]?
I remember the days when you had to go the library to do research.
I wonder if “library” was ever the word of the decade?
It’s pretty funny. For my school work, the professors will often specify “print sources.” They say we need to remember how to do physical research. JSTOR has been my new best friend these last couple of years.
Googlelishly FIRST!
I love that article. Interesting word selections and indicates how people feel about certain words.
Marina, I also like the RELATED posts below the article. I know it has been there for awhile, and I like it.
Hi Karl. I think you need to look again. You have 8 others ahead of you. Twitter isn’t fair when you tweet back to Marina’s site it puts all of the Twitterers first.
Hey thanks Mike, but notice the number over there to the right.
I am still Number 1, or número uno as Che might say.
The tweets below are web inserts and are labeled all zeroes.
I, number 1, still lives on,