Date: Thu, 21 Dec 1995 10:11:26 -0500

From: Allan Metcalf AAllan[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]AOL.COM

Subject: WOTY from David Barnhart



AS usual, ADS will choose Words of the Year at next week's annual meeting. We

expect to post the final nominees after they're chosen Thursday the 28th.

Meanwhile, here are the nominations from David Barnhart. Your comments are

welcome. - Allan Metcalf

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barnied....wrecked

boli...........an Italian sandwich

browfield..............a vacant city lot

cream...................money

digerati.................digital literati

elves.....................kind of lightning

fuhrman, v. ...........to exhibit a kind of racial prejudice

gaydar..................ability to spot gay people

greenmail..............environmentally friendly mailing service

human capital.......educational achievements of a country's population

IPL.........................Internet public library

I-way....................Information Superhighway

jet..........................another new kind of lightning

jet outware, v. .....to leave

laptop...................notebook or laptop computer

leaderless resistance ....... decentralized terrorism

militia....................any privately organized military force

nomination market.............. futures market in political bets

nonverbal conversation..... fisticuffs

pit: the pit.............protected area in a collapsed building

postal: go postal................. berserk

rolling stopper .....driver who coasts through a stop sign

Saffir-Simpson scale..........classification system for tropical storms

seeker service....church service for proselytizing

sero-discordant..................having conflicting HIV test results

severation ..........dissociation of a person with his government

sidebar................an aside

sprite...................yet another new kind of lightning

starter marriage.................first marriage

stepping.............. being in your face

street luge...........sled with wheels for riding on streets

tax, v. .................to take

techno-intoxication...............fascination with and craving for electronic

games

they.....................singular gender-neutral pronoun

24-7.....................twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week

Vanna White shrimp.............large shrimp for restaurant market

waymazing.........more than most amazing

whatever............as a gratuitous remark



There are a few more which have yet to be incorporated into the list.