| Top Ten Words of 2003 |
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Top Ten Words of 2003
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Embedded |
News correspondents embedded in military units suggested to many that news correspondents were in bed with the military. |
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Blog |
Web logs have come of age and, regrettably, this lexical mutation with them. |
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SARS |
Farm animals strike back at the humans who eat them again with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome. |
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Spam |
This old word now refers to a plague contending with SARS for destructive potential. |
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Taikonaut |
The Chinese astronaut proved that China is a rising industrial power. |
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Bushism |
This word now has a real possibility for remaining in the language. |
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Allision |
U.S. National Transportation and Safety Board in investigating the Staten Island ferry tragedy concluded it wasn't a collision (between two moving objects) but an allision (a crash with an immoveable object) |
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Recall |
As in California Recall that resulted in the election of Arnold Schwarzenegger as the Governator |
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Middangeard |
Middle English for Middle Earth in the movies of Tolkien's trilogy, still fascinating millions around the world with its characters and insights into the origins of the English language. |
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Celibacy |
The word which holds the key to ending the seemingly eternal scandal of the US Catholic Church. |
Top Ten Phrases of 2003
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Shock-and-Awe |
Remember the initial strategy of the Iraqi War? There was probably more of this when we watched Saddam Hussein emerge from his 'spider-hole.' |
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Rush to War |
Something the US was accused of by our allies and the slogan of liberals attacked by Limbaugh. |
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Tire Pressure |
Announced the imminent disintegration of the Space Shuttle. |
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Weapons of Mass Destruction |
The reason given for the Rush to War. Removing a genocidal maniac wasn't reason enough? |
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16 Words |
"The British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa." |
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Guantanamo Bay |
The US Justice and Defense Departments thought they would "Gitmo" cooperation from suspected terrorists off shore. |
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Spider-Hole |
Looks like this one is going to stick around for a while: Sen. Lieberman is already accusing Howard Dean of 'crawling into a spider-hole of denial'. |
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Tipping Point |
When any topic moves from one level to the next or the state of a politician one word away from falling flat on his face. |
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Angry Left |
The early followers of Howard Dean seem to have frightened him to the center. |
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Halliburton Energy Services |
Vice President Cheney's old company was supplying our fighting men and women with fuel at enlightened prices before the dust settled in Iraq (if it has settled yet) | |
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