Comments on: 2007 Word of the Year announced http://www.lostremote.com/2007/12/11/2007-word-of-the-year-announced/ Where TV Finds the Future Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:39:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Brink http://www.lostremote.com/2007/12/11/2007-word-of-the-year-announced/#comment-622282 Brink Thu, 13 Dec 2007 21:14:21 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/12/11/2007-word-of-the-year-announced/#comment-622282 An actual word, not one used by a specific group and which will likely be gone in a few years, would have been more appropriate. An actual word, not one used by a specific group and which will likely be gone in a few years, would have been more appropriate.

]]> By: WiggyWack http://www.lostremote.com/2007/12/11/2007-word-of-the-year-announced/#comment-622137 WiggyWack Thu, 13 Dec 2007 19:00:27 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/12/11/2007-word-of-the-year-announced/#comment-622137 Probably a couple of years late. Maybe it should have been the word of 2003 or 2004, but 2007? Welcome to the present, Merriam-Webster. Probably a couple of years late. Maybe it should have been the word of 2003 or 2004, but 2007? Welcome to the present, Merriam-Webster.

]]> By: M Gorman http://www.lostremote.com/2007/12/11/2007-word-of-the-year-announced/#comment-622105 M Gorman Thu, 13 Dec 2007 18:30:49 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/12/11/2007-word-of-the-year-announced/#comment-622105 1 c4n'7 b3|13v3 7h47 M1rr14m-W3b573r w3n7 |337-5p34k 0n u5. 1 c4n'7 w417 70 533 7h353 w0rd5 4c7u4||y pr1n73d 1n 4 d1c710n4ry. 17'|| h4pp3n. 1 c4n’7 b3|13v3 7h47 M1rr14m-W3b573r w3n7 |337-5p34k 0n u5. 1 c4n’7 w417 70 533 7h353 w0rd5 4c7u4||y pr1n73d 1n 4 d1c710n4ry. 17′|| h4pp3n.

]]> By: sonof spaam http://www.lostremote.com/2007/12/11/2007-word-of-the-year-announced/#comment-621647 sonof spaam Thu, 13 Dec 2007 11:40:28 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/12/11/2007-word-of-the-year-announced/#comment-621647 I would have thought "torture". Or "waterboarding". (We sure could use a definition.) I would have thought “torture”. Or “waterboarding”. (We sure could use a definition.)

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.lostremote.com/2007/12/11/2007-word-of-the-year-announced/#comment-621181 Anonymous Thu, 13 Dec 2007 03:34:03 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/12/11/2007-word-of-the-year-announced/#comment-621181 How exactly is this representative of 2007, though? (It's not.) How exactly is this representative of 2007, though?

(It’s not.)

]]> By: Bill Gorman http://www.lostremote.com/2007/12/11/2007-word-of-the-year-announced/#comment-620467 Bill Gorman Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:56:18 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/12/11/2007-word-of-the-year-announced/#comment-620467 As a recovering WoW addict, I am startled by the extent to which l33t-speak has infected my email/chat/online vocabulary. Thank goodness it's still absent from my speaking vocabulary. I have to keep reminding myself that most people do *not* know what FTW! means. As a recovering WoW addict, I am startled by the extent to which l33t-speak has infected my email/chat/online vocabulary. Thank goodness it’s still absent from my speaking vocabulary.

I have to keep reminding myself that most people do *not* know what FTW! means.

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