Nominate your 2007 Word of the Year. The American Dialect Society's word-of-the-year vote—the longest-running such vote anywhere—takes place in Chicago in January at its annual meeting. The academic society is now accepting word-of-the-year nominations at woty@americandialect.org. Word of the Year is interpreted in its broader sense as "vocabulary item"—not just words but phrases. Your nominations do not have to be brand-new, but they should be newly prominent or notable in the past year, and should have appeared frequently in the national discourse. The word-of-the-year vote is not a formal induction of words into the American language, but a whimsical affair. Nominate accordingly.
posted to Projects by Mo Nickels at 10:14 AM on November 17, 2007

A revamped Last fall I became the new cohost of the call-in radio show A Way With Words, a weekly hour-long question-and-answer program about language, grammar, word origins, and related topics. We've been working undercover ever since to take it in new directions, changing the show in great ways. Well, the first shows in the new season—my first as permanent new cohost—air Saturday, January 20, and then every week thereafter. They're broadcast from KPBS in San Diego via radio, streaming, and podcast, as well as on WFPL in Louisvile and on the Wisconsin Public Radio network.
posted to Projects by Mo Nickels at 10:26 PM on January 17, 2007