Word of the Year

The American Dialect Society (ADS) on January 9, 2009 will determine it's annual word-of-the-year (WOTY) for 2008. Their 2007 winner was " subprime ". Earlier this year, " bailout " was chosen by publisher Merriam-Webster as it's word of the year for 2008. " Bailout " is also high on the ADS 2008 list of nominations from the public.

Read more: Early nominations for the grandaddy of all 2008 word-of-the-year votes are released -- American Dialect Society

Not sure when nominations open to the public for 2009 word of the year ...

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