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第1页共7页编号：时间：2021年x月x日书山有路勤为径，学海无涯苦作舟页码：第1页共7页美国方言协会作为一所权威语言研究机构，每年都会投票选出当年最具影响力的英语(论坛)词汇。今年他们选出的当季明星词是tweet，而十年间的明星词则是google。“Tweet”2009WordoftheYear,“Google”WordoftheDecade,asvotedbyAmericanDialectSocietyInits20thannualwordsoftheyearvote,theAmericanDialectSocietyvoted“tweet”(noun,ashortmessagesentviatheTwitter.comservice,andverb,theactofsendingsuchamessage)asthewordoftheyearand“google”(agenericformof“Google,”meaning“tosearchtheInternet)asitswordofthedecade.PresidingattheJan.8votingsession.“Bothwordsare,intheend,productsoftheInformationAge,whereeverypersonhastheabilitytosatisfycuriosityandtobroadcasttoaselectfollowing,bothviatheInternet.”Barrettsaid.“Ireallythoughtblogwouldtakethehonorsinthewordofthedecadecategory,butmorepeoplegooglethanblog,don’tthey?Plus,manypeoplethink‘blog’justsoundsugly.MaybeGoogle’strademarklawyerswouldhavepreferredit,anyway.”WORDOFTHEYEARWINNER:tweet,noun,ashortmessagesentviatheTwitter.comservice,andverb,theactofsendingsuchamessage.Othernomineesforwordoftheyear:-erAsuffixusedinsuchwordsasbirther,someonewhoquestionswhetherObamawasbornintheUnitedStates;deather,someonewhobelievesthegovernmenthasdeathpanelsinitshealthcarereformplan;Tenther,someonewhobelievestheFederalgovernmentismostlyillegalbecauseitusurpsrightswhichbelongtotheStates,inviolationofthe10thAmendment;andtruther,someonewhodoubtstheofficialaccountofthe9/11attacks.failAnounorinterjectiondescribingsomethingegregiouslyunsuccessful.Usuallyusedasaninterjection:“FAIL!”H1N1Thevirusthatcausesswineflu.publicoptionAgovernment-runhealthcareinsuranceprogram,desiredbysometobepartofthecountry'shealthcarereform.DraculasneezeCoveringone’smouthwiththecrookofone’selbowwhensneezing,seenassimilartopopularportrayalsofthevampireDracula,inwhichhehidesthelowerhalfofhisfacewithacape.WORDOFTHEDECADEWINNER:第2页共7页第1页共7页编号：时间：2021年x月x日书山有路勤为径，学海无涯苦作舟页码：第2页共7页googleVerbmeaning“tosearchtheInternet.”Genericformofthetrademarked“Google,”theworld’sdominantInternetsearchengine.Othernomineesforwordofthedecade:9/11TheterroristattacksofSeptember11,2001.Pronounced“nineeleven.”blogAwebsiteforpublishingachronologicalandongoingseriesofrelatedentries,especiallywhentheyareallbythesameperson(s)oronthesametopic.Alsoaproductivecombiningform:blogosphere,blogerati,milblog,blogola.greenRelatedtoecologicalorenvironmentalconservationorprotection.Alsoaproductivecombiningform:greenwashing,greencollar,etc.textVerb.tosendatextmessageviaamobilephone.Noun:suchamessage.waronterrorAglobalefforttopreventterrorandterrorists.Wi-FiabbreviationWirelessFidelity,agroupoftechnicalstandardsenablingthetransmissionofdataoverwirelessnetworks.AmericanDialectSociety:WordsofPreviousYears2008WordoftheYear：bailout,therescuebythegovernmentofcompaniesonthebrinkoffailure,includinglargeplayersinthebankingindustry.MostUseful:BarackObama,bothnamesascombiningforms.MostCreative:recombobulationarea,anareaatMitchellInternationalAirportinMilwaukeeinwhichpassengersthathavejustpassedthroughsecurityscreeningcangettheirclothesandbelongingsbackinorder.MostUnnecesssary:moofing,from“mobileoutofoffice,”meaningworkingonthegowithalaptopandcellphone.CreatedbyaPRfirm.MostOutrageous:terroristfistjab,Aknuckleto-knuckle...