Having an MSN conversation with a good friend this afternoon he said that masticate is the new word of 2007. To me this word is sooo 2004 due to an old friend. I pointed out that pwnage is the word of 2007, he said it totally 2006. So now I have a call out;
What is the new word of 2007?
What was the word of 2006?
Comment it.
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Masticate…yes…very 2004.
Pwned - word of 2006 but out for 2007 (see below).
2007 words that have been rolling off of tongues lately around me…
Transcendance
Narcisitic
Asension…hehe
I have no idea on words…but I do hope that “survey” will go out as I’m tired of seeing it as everyone’s unoriginal MySpace bulletin title!!!
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Lake Superior State University 2007 List of Banished Words:
PWN or PWNED — Thr styff of lemgendz: Gamer defeats gamer, types in “I pwn you” rather than I OWN you.
“This word is just an overly used Internet typo. It has been overused to the point that people who play online games are using it in everyday speech.” — Tory Rowley, Corunna, Michigan.
http://www.lssu.edu/banished/current.php
A couple words that I find a little gay but are still slated for usage in ‘07 are:
wardrobing: n. The practice of purchasing an item such as a piece of clothing or a device, using it briefly, and then returning it to the store for a refund.
empty spam: n. A spam message that contains passages from classic literature, but no discernible advertisement, phishing attempt, or malicious code.
wikification: n. The process of opening online content to allow for collaboration from users; to turn an online site into a wiki
Shopper’s block: The inability to think of a suitable present for a particular person
Jumbrella: A large umbrella or canopy, particularly one used to cover the outdoor patio of a restaurant or bar.
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And the acual published list of New 2007 words is:
1. BLAMESTORMING: Sitting around in a group, discussing why a deadline was missed or a project failed, and who was responsible.
2. SEAGULL MANAGER: A manager, who flies in, makes a lot of noise, craps on everything, and then leaves.
3. ASSMOSIS: The process by which some people seem to absorb success and advancement by kissing up to the boss rather than working hard.
4. SALMON DAY: The experience of spending an entire day swimming upstream only to get screwed and die in the end.
5. CUBE FARM: An office filled with cubicles
6. PRAIRIE DOGGING: When someone yells or drops something loudly in a cube farm, and people’s heads pop up over the walls to see what’s going on.
7. MOUSE POTATO: The on-line, wired generation’s answer to the couch potato.
8. SITCOMs: Single Income, Two Children, Oppressive Mortgage. What Yuppies turn into when they have children and one of them stops working to stay home with the kids.
9. STRESS PUPPY: A person who seems to thrive on being stressed out and whiny.
10. SWIPEOUT: An ATM or credit card that has been rendered useless because magnetic strip is worn away from extensive use.
11. XEROX SUBSIDY: Euphemism for swiping free photocopies from one’s workplace.
12. IRRITAINMENT: Entertainment and media spectacles that are Annoying but you find yourself unable to stop watching them. The J-Lo and Ben wedding (or not) was a prime example - Michael Jackson, another…
13. PERCUSSIVE MAINTENANCE: The fine art of whacking the crap out of an electronic device to get it to work again.
14. ADMINISPHERE: The rarefied organizational layers beginning just above the rank and file. Decisions that fall from the adminisphere are often profoundly inappropriate or irrelevant to the problems they were designed to solve.
15. 404: Someone who’s clueless. From the World Wide Web error Message “404 Not Found,” meaning that the requested site could not be located.
16. GENERICA: Features of the American landscape that are exactly the same no matter where one is, such as fast food joints, strip malls, and subdivisions.
17. OHNOSECOND: That minuscule fraction of time in which you realize that you’ve just made a BIG mistake. (Like after hitting send on an e-mail by mistake)
18. WOOFS: Well-Off Older Folks.
19. CROP DUSTING: Surreptitiously passing gas while passing through a Cube Farm.
Personally I think “Stellar” should be the word of the century, but that’s just me.
Masticate? Sounds like…
Masticate was like so long ago. I’m going with Stellar even though I don’t like that word very much