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January 12, 2005The American Dialiect Society selects Words of the Year since 1990. For 2003: "metrosexual." For 1992: "not!" . Exclamation mark included. hahaha.On the same page, ADS also selects the following words of each year since 1990: -most useful -most creative -most unnecessary -most outrageous -most euphemistic -most likely to succeed -least likely to succeed -best revival For 2003, Least Likely to Succeed (word or phrase least likely to be here next year) goes to:
I was surprised that tomacco received the award in 2003, because I sensed that the Simpsons' tomacco episode had aired earlier (1999). Turns out, a Simpsons fan from Oregan pulled it off in 2003:
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