• We’re currently investigating an issue related to the forum theme and styling that is impacting page layout and visual formatting. The problem has been identified, and we are actively working on a resolution. There is no impact to user data or functionality, this is strictly a front-end display issue. We’ll post an update once the fix has been deployed. Thanks for your patience while we get this sorted.

Merriam-Webster's Words of the Year 2004

F

Fausto

Elite Member
Interesting reflection of the year's events

Based on your online lookups, the #1 Word of the Year for 2004 was

BLOG noun [short for Weblog] (1999) : a Web site that contains an online personal journal with reflections, comments, and often hyperlinks provided by the writerClick on each of the other words in the Top Ten List for their definitions in the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary:

2. incumbent
3. electoral
4. insurgent
5. hurricane
6. cicada
7. peloton : noun (1951) : the main body of riders in a bicycle race 😎
8. partisan
9. sovereignty
10. defenestration
Click to expand...
 
Originally posted by: sygyzy
Originally posted by: Stojakapimp
peloton? i've never heard of that in my life. Too many political things on that list
Click to expand...

Tour de France much?
Click to expand...
I'll be more people polled would know the definition of "restrictor plate" than "peloton". 😛

 
:|:thumbsdown:

this list is suck. Websters hasnt done anything cool since they added "doh" to the English language.
 
no, if you watch SNL you'll realize they've been using that for decades. Jimmy Carter is a FREAKIN FLIP FLOPPER


stay the course
 
Originally posted by: aves2k
de·fen·es·tra·tion ( P ) Pronunciation Key (d-fn-strshn)
n.
An act of throwing someone or something out of a window.
Click to expand...

This seems out of place on the list.
Click to expand...

I mean when a neoconservative defenestrates it's like Raskolnikov filibuster
deoxymonohydroxinate.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Back
Top