Sunday, December 17, 2017

Words Do Matter


Since words do matter, far more than we realize, I have decided to do some quick and dirty Internet searching to add to my prior posts on selected words.


More words of the year 2017 ---

Oxford: youthquake
Dictionary.com: complicit
Collins Dictionary: fake news


Back in 2016 ---

Merriam-Webster:  surreal
American Dialectic Society:  dumpster fire
Oxford:  post-truth

Dictionary.com:  xenophobia


For the history of how "Word of the Year" or WOTY are selected go here.


Do you think you can write a short paragraph or poem using the above??



10 comments:

  1. the surreal xenophobia of the post-truth dumpster fire of a fake news culture in which all are complicit has caused a youthquake.

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    1. OH, Honey, you are sooo good!

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  2. OK, Ellen has done for us all!

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  3. Kudos to Ellen for her clever usage of them all. And thanks to you for bringing these words to my attention. :-)

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  4. Ellen got it perfectly. :)

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  5. I wondered who was going to select "fake news." Now I know.

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  6. There's no way to improve on Ellen's. These words show there's never a dull moment in this world.

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  7. Wishing you and yours the happiest Holiday Season. Love Granny Annie

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