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After hearing the American Dialect Society's words and phrases of the year I thought it would be fun to have a Saintsreport words and phrases of the year.
So what would be the words and phrases of the year for Saintsreport?
American Dialect Society's words and phrases of the year
Here are the words chosen by the American Dialect Society as 2007's best words or phrases:
_ Word of the Year: Subprime, an adjective used to describe a risky or less than ideal loan, mortgage or investment.
_ Most Useful: Green, designates environmental concern.
_ Most Creative: Googleganger, person with your name who shows up when you Google yourself.
_ Most Unnecessary: Happy Kwanhanamas, Happy Holidays. Kwanza + Hanukkah + Christmas.
Today in Americas
Romney gets aggressive with Republican rivals FBI reports drop in violent crime after 2 years of increasesA rush of water leaves a U.S. town in anguish_ Most Outrageous: Toe-tapper, a homosexual. Sen. Larry Craig, an Idaho Republican, was arrested in June for an encounter in a Minneapolis airport bathroom in which toe-tapping was said to have been used as a sexual come-on.
_ Most Euphemistic: Human terrain team, a group of social scientists employed by the U.S. military to serve as cultural advisers in Iraq or Afghanistan.
_ Most Likely To Succeed: Green, designates environmental concern.
_ Least Likely To Succeed: Strand-in, protest duplicating being stranded inside an airplane on a delayed flight.
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/01/05/america/Word-of-the-Year-List.php
So what would be the words and phrases of the year for Saintsreport?