more Words of the Year

> WORLD WIDE WORDS ISSUE 671 Saturday 2 January 2010
 MORE WORDS OF THE YEAR
 
The WOTY season continued this week with a  list of words from the Oxford University Press that summed up 2009.

 They were chosen by Susie Dent, dictionary expert of the Channel 4 television programme Countdown and author of several annual volumes about word change from Oxford. Some have been mentioned here already, such as UNFRIEND (though she also includes DEFRIEND as an alternative), STAYCATION, BOSSNAPPING, EPIGENOME and GEOENGINEERING.
 
Others in her list are ZOMBIE BANK (a financial institution whose liabilities are greater than its assets, but which continues to operate because of government support), JEGGINGS (close-fitting leggings of a fabric that resembles denim; from "jeans" plus "leggings"), and FREEMIUM (a business model in which some basic services are provided free, with the aim of enticing users to pay for additional, premium features or content; from "free" plus "premium").
 

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