Buzzwords of 2008

Posted by Miss Cellania in Everything Else on December 23, 2008 at 3:37 pm



Lexicographer Grant Barrett assembled a list of the Buzzwords of 2008 for The New York Times. The biggest part of the words came from the US presidential race, and a big chunk were inspired by the economic meltdown. A couple were born from the Beijing Olympics. But the biggest is a verb turned into a noun for use on the internet. Link -via the Presurfer


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10 comments to "Buzzwords of 2008"

  1. Capella
    December 23rd, 2008 at 7:16 pm

    Ok, are they fucking kidding with the font?
    Who chose it and why?
    I can't even READ half of the words.

  2. The Slapster
    December 23rd, 2008 at 7:24 pm

    Agreed, did somebody just discover the entire pack of Annoying Photoshop Filters over there at the NYT? Yikes.

    Ah, I see the offending party is credited at the end:
    http://www.jhische.com

    To use one of their cleverly over-used meme words: Fail.

  3. Franklin
    December 23rd, 2008 at 8:00 pm

    This blog has some of the meanest most small-minded people ever. Those illustrations are gorgeous! She created the type herself and her other work is equally amazing. You guys need to be nicer and more civilized.

  4. Alex
    December 23rd, 2008 at 9:22 pm

    Maybe it's different for hip people, but for a fuddy duddy like me, the font they used is horrible! It's very difficult to read.

  5. Bee
    December 23rd, 2008 at 10:32 pm

    You mean a noun turned into a verb, right?
    For example: Interneting

  6. Miss Cellania
    December 23rd, 2008 at 11:55 pm

    The article describes "FAIL" as a verb turned into a noun.

  7. Evil Pundit
    December 24th, 2008 at 1:58 am

    I can actually read the font.

    But none of the words or phrases in the picture at the head of this post mean anything to me -- and I spend a lot of time cruising the Internet.

    Perhaps some of the words in the original article might be actual buzzwords -- but I'm not going to click on a link to the New York Times to find out. I have standards.

  8. just a guy
    December 24th, 2008 at 3:31 am

    "Fail" is really a verb turned into a noun, as in the "FAIL" captions - Those captions are describing the action in present tense. But I guess it is used as a noun - but it's more than than now... it's a transcendent state in which group of things, people, and places can exist in many different combinations, containing both action and object. It's almost sublime on it's simplicity to dscribe a picture, when used correctly. :P

  9. just a guy
    December 24th, 2008 at 3:33 am

    edit: I meant to say:
    “Fail” ism'y really just a verb turned into a noun..."
    sorry. XD

  10. liphttam1
    December 24th, 2008 at 10:30 pm

    what fonts not to use lesson one, THAT!


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