Word of the Year: hypermiling

from World Wide Words:


Once again the Oxford American Dictionary is first past the post in the race to announce the Word of the Year.

Last year, you may recall, it chose "locavore" (see http://wwwords.org?LOCA).

This year, its word is another you've read about in these columns, "hypermiling" (http://wwwords.org?HPRM).


The finalists included

"frugalista", a person who leads a frugal lifestyle, but who stays fashionable and healthy by swapping clothes and buying second-hand;

"moofer", a mobile out-of-office worker, who works away from base with the help of modern communications; and

"topless meeting", one in which the participants are barred from using their laptops, Blackberries or mobile phones.