...and The Word Of The Year 2013 Is...

[sp1814]

'selfie' - according to the Oxford English Dictionary.

Agree?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24992393

[joggerjayne]

50-100 miles?

So ... Camembert, then?

[jno]

apparently refudiate was a Sarah Palin word. I never heard of it.

[sandyRoe]

there are strange things done neath the midnight sun by the women who moil for votes...

[sandyRoe]

Let me rephrase that:
There are strange words tongued neath the midnight sun by the women who moil for votes

[ChillDoubt]

I particularly remember omnishambles because it was first heard in the TV series The Thick Of It.
My favourite word of that year didn't make the list, it was also from the same series.
The word was 'catastraf*ck'.

[FredPuli43]

It is very curious how words creep into the language. People use 'tod' for alone or lonely; he's on his tod, he's a bit tod; but the American jockey who won the 1,000 Guineas in 1898 would be astonished that Londoners took his first name and used it in rhyming slang. He was Tod Sloan.

OK is another. Surely nobody thought that a comic misspelling of "All correct" would outlive the fad for such constructions and become the OK which everyone uses for 'that's fine' , 'agreed' or 'yes'.

Omnishambles seems set fare to become universal for localised chaos.

[ChillDoubt]

As far as I can tell, on my tod appears to have been replaced with 'on my Bills', as in Billy-No-Mates.

[emmie]

i would rather they said self portrait, selfie sounds really strange.

[ichkeria]

Yes, having read the link, you appear to be correct :-)

One thing I have noticed is the increasing use of the preposition "around" where previously people used "about": "we had some discussions around this topic"

For some unfathomable reason I find it intensely irritating, but also odd how it seems to spread like a plague

[sp1814]

It won't be long before 'should of' will be accepted as an alternative to 'should have'.

And that will be a dark, dark day.

[craft1948]

Noooo sp that's one of my pet hates...........

[emmie]

"at this moment in time", gosh how did they ever get past the Oxford bods, it's such an odd expression, and means nothing.

[craft1948]

I can't seem to get the hang of twerking...........

[craft1948]

I have to go careful triggs, my hip may pop.

[sp1814]

And let's not forget the king of all irritating phrases:


Going forward.

[mikey4444]

What a daft word...probably used by people who pepper there conversations with phrases like "know what I mean" and "basically" among others.