Yesterday (Jan 13th) at LifePoint as an introduction to our New Theme and verse for 2013, we looked at the AMERICAN
DIALECT Society's suggestion and pick for the word of the year in 2012. Here they are for your enjoyment (edited).
Presiding at the Jan. 4 voting session
MOST
USEFUL
YOLO: acronym for “You Only Live Once,” often used
sarcastically or self-deprecatingly
hate-watching: continuing to follow a television show
despite having an aversion to it
beardruff: dandruff from one’s beard
MOST
CREATIVE
mansplaining: a man’s condescending explanation to a
female audience
alpacalypse: the Mayan apocalypse predicted for Dec. 21,
2012 (alpaca + -lypse)
*gate lice: airline passengers who crowd around a gate
waiting to board
dancelexia: inability to pull off dance moves (such as
misspelling “YMCA”)
MOST
UNNECESSARY
Frankenstorm: term for Hurricane Sandy’s hybrid storm
system (after Frankenstein’s monster)
HD: abbreviation for “high-definition,” used for things
that could not be high-definition 21
feels: slangy shortening of “feelings”
MOST
OUTRAGEOUS
Dunlop effect: when one’s stomach protrudes over
ill-fitting pants (“belly done lop over the belt”)
MOST
EUPHEMISTIC
Gray Thursday: name given to Thanksgiving as a shopping
day before Black Friday
MOST
LIKELY TO SUCCEED
fiscal cliff: threat of spending cuts and tax increases
looming over end-of-year budget negotiations
superstorm: an unusually large and destructive storm,
such as Hurricane Sandy
LEAST
LIKELY TO SUCCEED
cray-cray: slangy shortening and reduplication of
“crazy”
Gangnam style: the trendy style of Seoul’s Gangnam
district, as used in the Korean pop song of the same name
*phablet: mid-sized electronic device between a
smartphone and a tablet
meggings: a blend for “male leggings”
WORD OF THE YEAR
*#hashtag:
a word or phrase preceded by a hash symbol (#), used on Twitter to mark a topic
or make a commentary
taken from http://www.americandialect.org/hashtag-2012
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