Word of the year/decade/century/millennium

On this blog, I have an occasional series titled “Word of the day” but today I want to do something a little different with words by drawing on the selections of the American Dialect Society.

  • For 2011, the Society chose as word of the year ‘occupy’ – see here.
  • For the first decade of the 21st century, the Society chose as word of the decade ‘google’- see here.
  • For the 20th century, the Society chose as word of the century ‘jazz’ – see here.
  • For the millennium 1000-2000, the Society chose as word of the millennium ‘she’ – seeĀ here.

 




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