Word Routes
Exploring the pathways of our lexicon
Presenting the Nominees for 2014 Word of the Year
January 9, 2015
By Ben Zimmer
Greetings from Portland, Oregon, where the American Dialect Society is holding its annual conference. On Thursday, in my capacity as chair of the society's New Words Committee, I presided over the nominating session for various categories in our Word of the Year selection.
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