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Monday, January 2, 2012

Words Of The Year: From Human Megaphone To Planking

Job creators, the 99 percent, human megaphone, planking, winning! Remember these words from 2011? Well the lists are out. Some words will be remembered for years to come, but others are likely to end up in a dictionary dustbin, much like the now-forgotten 2007 word of the year: “grass station.”

Which words will you remember from 2011? Tell us in our comments section or on our Facebook page.

We welcome comments from all of our listeners. Post below. Please stay on topic and be civil. Comments may be moderated by us, but you are solely responsible for the content of your comments.

  • Laurie Goldman

    I believe the term is “The people’s mic (as in microphone).  I never heard “human megaphone until today on your show.

  • Lgoldman

    add “the 99%”

  • bob

    This segment managed to pass my usually high tolerance for annoyance.  Robin, stop gushing!  H&N is not an audition tape from Emerson for an internship; most of your listeners are, in fact, mature adults.

  • ken wilson

    I nominate the word, “authentic” as anything other than a pejorative term.  Now that it has been used, apparently without irony, to describe several presidential candidates.

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