From the American Dialect Society:
What is the word or phrase which best characterizes the year 2008? What expression most reflects the ideas, events, and themes which have occupied the United States and its residents?
Nominations should be sent to woty@americandialect.org.
The best “word of the year” candidates will be:
—new or newly popular in 2008
—widely or prominently used in 2008
—indicative or reflective of the national discourse
I’m thinking of submitting, “Under the bus.” What do you think? Tell me you didn’t get sick of hearing it during the primaries.