Popular slang, phrases, news events such as sexting, mini-Madoff, Great Recession, octomom have made it to a list of buzzwords, offering a linguistic look back at 2009.
Popular slang, phrases, news events such as sexting, mini-Madoff, Great Recession, octomom have made it to a list of buzzwords, offering a linguistic look back at 2009.
New interactive online dictionary called Wordnik that tracks down trends and terms that extend a language, posted the inventive terms.
New Survey Looks at 'sexting' Among US Teens
Fifteen percent of US teenagers aged 12 to 17 who own mobile phones have received nude or nearly nude images of someone they know, according to a survey released on Tuesday.
Fifteen percent of US teenagers aged 12 to 17 who own mobile phones have received nude or nearly nude images of someone they know, according to a survey released on Tuesday.
The list includes:
aporkalypse: Undue worry in response to swine flu. Includes unnecessary acts like removing nonessential kisses from Mexican telenovelas and the mass slaughter of pigs in Egypt.
Houston Schools Ban 'sexting'
In Houston, Texas, thousands of students are returning to school to discover a new rule: no sexting -- the distribution of nude or semi-nude photographs or videos by text message.
In Houston, Texas, thousands of students are returning to school to discover a new rule: no sexting -- the distribution of nude or semi-nude photographs or videos by text message.
Chimerica: The intertwined economies of China and the United States, which together dominate the world economy. Popularized by Niall Ferguson in his book The Ascent of Money.
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Sexting may Not be So Safe on the Company Phone
The US Supreme Court will mull upon whether bosses need to be given the permission to read text meesages with sexual overtones sent by an employee using the company phone.
The US Supreme Court will mull upon whether bosses need to be given the permission to read text meesages with sexual overtones sent by an employee using the company phone.
drive like a Cullen: To drive like a bat out of hell, like a member of the Cullen family in the Twilight vampire books by Stephenie Meyer.
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'Sexting' Teens Should Not Face Child Pornography Charges: Canadian Study
Youths exchanging nude photos of themselves over cellphones, known as sexting, should not face child pornography charges, as some have in the United States, a humanities conference heard Tuesday.
Youths exchanging nude photos of themselves over cellphones, known as sexting, should not face child pornography charges, as some have in the United States, a humanities conference heard Tuesday.
green shoots: Signs of an economic recovery or of a company's financial turnaround.
jeggings: jean leggings.
mini-Madoff: A person who perpetrates a Ponzi scheme smaller than Bernie Madoff's.
netbook: An inexpensive portable computer, usually smaller than a laptop but larger than a smartphone, intended mainly for use with the Internet.
Octomom: Nadya Suleman, who gave birth to octuplets in January.
sexting: The sending of sexual messages or pictures by mobile telephone.
vook: A digital book that includes some video in its text.
warmist: Someone who believes that the earth is jeopardized by becoming warmer. Shortened from global warmist and used mainly by people who are skeptical about global warming.
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