Date: Fri, 29 Dec 1995 09:25:42 -0400

From: "Bethany K. Dumas, U of Tennessee" dumasb[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UTKVX.UTK.EDU

Subject: Re: WORD(s) OF THE YEAR NOMINATIONS



Well, Natalie, you must have been posting your message just as I posted

my query asking what was going on in Chicago! Thanks. Here are my responses:



NOMINATIONS: My Comments:



MOST USEFUL

brownfield never heard it

E.Q. never heard it

meme never heard it



MOST UNNECESSARY

montanabahn never heard it

Generation Y okay, I can go with this

Vanna White shrimp don't know what it means



MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED

www I don't know anybody who says "www"

(but I know people who say "World Wide Web"

or "Web")

corporate welfare No. (I hear "corporate greed" more often.)

hello? Not new -- but certainly widespread.



MOST ORIGINAL

postal (to go postal) Okay.

cybrarian Never heard it

spamming That's been around for a while, folks, at

least two years. (Didn't I vote for it

last year?)



MOST OUTRAGEOUS

newt (v) My nomination for WOTY (I don't find it at

all outrageous.)

astroturf This word is at least two decades old!

starter marriage Haven't heard it



MOST EUPHEMISTIC

24-7 ???

home meal replacement never heard it

patriot ???



WORD OF THE YEAR

go postal Yes.

www See above comment



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