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    Why the Oxford University Press' 'Word of the Year' Is a Huge Scam

    Word of the Year: Still Not Twatwaffle
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    11/17/09

    In reply to Why the Oxford University Press' 'Word of the Year' Is a Huge Scam
    The funny thing is that in Canada, everybody says "de-friend". #lexicography
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    Image of BookishLookish BookishLookish
    11/17/09

    @Pope John Peeps II: Leave it to the Oxford to fuck up a wet dream. #lexicography
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    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    11/17/09

    In reply to Why the Oxford University Press' 'Word of the Year' Is a Huge Scam
    I'm more interested in the Pie of the Year. #lexicography
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    11/17/09

    @BadUncle: The Pie of the Year is YOU. #lexicography
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    Image of BookishLookish BookishLookish
    11/17/09

    @Pope John Peeps II: What is the correct accompaniment with Bad Unc pie, I wonder. #lexicography
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    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    11/17/09

    @BookishLookish: Sweet, creamy larceny. #lexicography
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    Image of Kimrod Kimrod
    11/17/09

    In reply to Why the Oxford University Press' 'Word of the Year' Is a Huge Scam
    Is delouse pretty much the same as unfriend?

    In that case, may I delouse myself of all popular twits & twats covered in the media and start over? #lexicography
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    Image of AzureTexan AzureTexan
    11/17/09

    In reply to Why the Oxford University Press' 'Word of the Year' Is a Huge Scam
    I'm from Texas. Maybe "unfried" SHOULD be the word of the year. #lexicography
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    Image of msquared msquared
    11/17/09

    @AzureTexan: Doesn't anyone remember what happened with KFC's grilled chicken? #lexicography
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    Image of AzureTexan AzureTexan
    11/17/09

    @msquared: Good point. Bring on the chicken-fried steak. #lexicography
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    Image of The Sneak The Sneak
    11/17/09

    In reply to Why the Oxford University Press' 'Word of the Year' Is a Huge Scam
    A scam that you quite willingly fell for, obviously. #lexicography
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    Image of Orgasmic-Chemist Orgasmic-Chemist
    11/17/09

    @The Sneak: I think this is a great article, and I don't think he fell for it. Unless you believe in any press is good press, blah blah blah. #lexicography
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    Image of The Sneak The Sneak
    11/17/09

    @Orgasmic-Chemist: Oxford believes it. That's enough. #lexicography
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    Image of jeetjet jeetjet
    11/17/09

    In reply to Why the Oxford University Press' 'Word of the Year' Is a Huge Scam
    2002: "Starred"
    2008: "Destarred"
    2009: "Greyed" #lexicography
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    11/17/09

    @jeetjet: 2005: "Disemvowelled"
    2009: "Red commenter" #lexicography
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    Image of afterpartyblog afterpartyblog
    11/17/09

    In reply to Why the Oxford University Press' 'Word of the Year' Is a Huge Scam
    1. No one under the age of 35 says "unfriend." It's "defriend." You "defriend" someone on facebook.

    and, @SpyMagician

    2. Douche has been around since the late 90's; its current meaning just didn't make its way into the lexicon of soccer moms until Jon Gosselin and Christian Audigier joined forces. #lexicography
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    Image of TheSometimesWhy TheSometimesWhy
    11/17/09

    In reply to Why the Oxford University Press' 'Word of the Year' Is a Huge Scam
    I am at a loss for words.

    Unfuck me. #lexicography
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    Image of MrInBetween MrInBetween
    11/17/09

    @TheSometimesWhy: Don't you mean, "Defuck me?" #lexicography
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    Image of Magister Magister
    11/17/09

    @MrInBetween: Would a "refuck" be a "do-over"? #lexicography
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    Image of SpyMagician SpyMagician
    11/17/09

    In reply to Why the Oxford University Press' 'Word of the Year' Is a Huge Scam
    As far as colloquial use of once forbidden "foul language goes", "douche" clearly wins this year. #lexicography
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    Image of Adrian Chen Adrian Chen
    11/17/09

    @SpyMagician: Maybe that can be Gawker's Word of the Year. And Every Year. #lexicography
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    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    11/17/09

    In reply to Why the Oxford University Press' 'Word of the Year' Is a Huge Scam

    "What the Word of the Year really is a testament to is how good of a Sunday Styles editor whoever chooses it would make."

    Oh what a tangled trainwreck that we weave first when be grammatical we practice to! #lexicography
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    Image of Adrian Chen Adrian Chen
    11/17/09

    @Uncle_Billy_Slumming: Ha, good point! Who needs copy editors when you have commenters? #lexicography
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    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    11/17/09

    @Adrian Chen: ...or booze! :) #lexicography
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    Image of Matt Cherette Matt Cherette
    11/17/09

    @Uncle_Billy_Slumming: Or commenters with booze! I experimented with that on Saturday night. #lexicography
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    Image of TheCaliDude TheCaliDude
    11/17/09

    @Matt Cherette: Anytime I've had a few drinks I make a serious effort to stay off Gawker because I might be tempted to drunk comment. #lexicography
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    Image of Matt Cherette Matt Cherette
    11/17/09

    @TheCaliDude: Luckily for me, the post I drunk-commented in was a free for all. Still wish I could take back one or two sentences, alas. #lexicography
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    Image of ShanghaiLil ShanghaiLil
    11/17/09

    In reply to Why the Oxford University Press' 'Word of the Year' Is a Huge Scam
    I celebrated by unfriending like, thirty people. They were fucking dull anyway. #lexicography
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    Image of Glib and Bitchy Glib and Bitchy
    11/17/09

    In reply to Why the Oxford University Press' 'Word of the Year' Is a Huge Scam
    Burger King ad people let out a collective "Yes!"
    [bx.businessweek.com] #lexicography
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    Image of jasonelias jasonelias
    11/17/09

    In reply to Why the Oxford University Press' 'Word of the Year' Is a Huge Scam
    unfriend-a gross word deemed relevant and accepted into the lexicon by a bunch of total morons.
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    Image of En0s1 En0s1
    11/17/09

    @jasonelias: "morAns" there I fixed it for you. #lexicography
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    Image of jasonelias jasonelias
    11/17/09

    @En0s1: Thanks! #lexicography
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