Most organizations that intend to do so, have announced their word of the year for 2009. Let me share them with you with my example of the proper usage of each word.
The Oxford University Press 2009 word of the year is “unfriend.”
My Mormon cousin is on local TV every week, and many fans become her friend on Facebook. One individual was chatting with her and saw my name as one of her friends. “Do you know Sterkworks is a lesbian?” the friend asked. “Do you know Sterkworks is my cousin?” the response, and she was very happy to unfriend his ass.
Merriam-Webster’s word of the year is “admonish.”
What a boring word of the year, which came about from the whole Joe Wilson outburst at President Obama. I admonish Merriam-Webster to select a more interesting word of the year in 2010.
The Global Language Monitor word of the year is “Twitter.”
I have my own rules for the word Twitter. Twitter is a noun and should be used in a sentence as such. “Do you use Twitter?” not “do you Twitter?” Tweet is a verb, and you would say “do you tweet?”
Webster’s New World word of the year is “distracted-driving.”
If you text on the road and practice distracted-driving, you are a fucktard.
Sterkworks’ word of the year is “fucktard.”
I have revisited that oldie but goodie, and use it only in reference to cars and their drivers. When 15 cars park at the end of my driveway so I cannot leave my house, I consider them a gaggle of fucktards.
