2015 Word of the Year: -ism

[maskedmelon]

In recognition of the towering intellects at Merriam-Webster I share with you their 2015 selection for word of the year:

-ism

Let not this non-word's un-wordly nature exempt it from dutifully fulfilling its role as that which it is not. When words regularly are used to mean precisely those things which they do not, it is fitting that we should acknowledge such a bane to reason in celebration of our continued perversion of language and rational thought!



What is you favorite -ism?

[Pokesan]

onanism

[Freakish]

Emojism

[Lune]

Jism

[Filthy_Pagan]

Oxford> Medrilam wetfarts


Ism is a suffix, not a word

l2english


2015 is the year of making up bullshit and protesting it

[iruinedyourday]

the new starwars movieisms & Id5ism.

[maskedmelon]

Originally Posted by Filthy_Pagan [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Oxford> Medrilam wetfarts


Ism is a suffix, not a word

l2english


2015 is the year of making up bullshit and protesting it

For those of you who do not know how to google, a link to the subject story can be found below. It has been featured on our typical bag of alphabet networks including cbs, npr and msn.

http://time.com/4148181/merriam-webs...-the-year-ism/

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[Filthy_Pagan]

Originally Posted by maskedmelon [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

http://time.com/4148181/merriam-webs...-the-year-ism/

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http://time.com/4114886/oxford-word-...ar-2015-emoji/

I give up. There is no hope for humanity. Even Oxford has fallen.

[maskedmelon]

A sad day indeed. Lament not the fall, but the unfortunate truth that we are not blind to it.

Emoji is an interesting word though given that it is a Japanese compound word formed by the forced union of an English word (emotion) and a Japanese word (ji is the kanji for character, symbol, figure) that was subsequently adopted in English. ^^

[Filthy_Pagan]

It wasn't even the word "emoji" though, it was

According to their data, the “Face With Tears of Joy” emoji, also known as LOL Emoji or Laughing Emoji, comprised nearly 20% of all emoji use in the U.S. and the U.K., where Oxford is based.
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