Blog Named Word of the Year

December 1, 2004
Merriam-Webster just named their 2004 word of the year, based on number of online lookups. And the winner is blog. One of my favorite words, defenestration, just squeaked in at number 10, while others on the short list related to the U.S. elections or other news events this year (incumbent, electoral, insurgent).
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3 Responses to Blog Named Word of the Year

  1. Dad says:
    December 1, 2004 at 8:07 pm

    What’s a TrackBack, anyway?
    Why in the world would so many people look up defenestration, anyway?

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  2. Dad says:
    December 1, 2004 at 8:12 pm

    I would have a similar question about peloton, but I guess we can thank Lance Armstrong for the public’s curiousity about that one.

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  3. Michelle says:
    December 1, 2004 at 8:48 pm

    defenestration: what my sister Laura said she wanted to do (to herself) about midway through the twelfth month of her “newborn” STILL not consistently sleeping through the night.
    BTW, that “baby” is 22 y/o today! Happy birthday, Brookie!

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