Hard to believe that we're halfway through the year already. July means the start of another season of lawn concerts at NISSLEY VINEYARDS. Cheers!
A panel of linguists has decided the word that best reflects 2008 is bailout, which refers to the rescue by the government of companies or industries on the brink of failure.
The 2008 presidential contest generated a new category for election-related words. The winner here? Maverick, defined as a person who is beholden to no one.
The American Dialect Society chose the Word of the Year on January 9, 2009 at its meeting in San Francisco. Other words receiving votes included change, shovel-ready and any word formed from the name Barack Obama.
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