This year’s choice for Word Of The Year from the New Oxford American Dictionary is “locavore.” Ben Zimmer, editor, says “‘Locavore’ was coined two years ago by a group of four women in San Francisco who proposed that local residents should try to eat only food grown or produced within a 100-mile radius. Other regional… [Continue]
Google the Verb
Did you notice the lower-case “google” used as a verb in my last post? The American Dialect Society chose “google” the verb as the “most useful word of 2002.” Then, a few months ago, the Oxford American Dictionary blessed “google” by including it as a verb in their latest edition. I’d heard “google” here and… [Continue]