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whichbe commented on the word wordie word of the year 2008
I nominate omgwtfbbq.
December 23, 2008
pollyanna commented on the word wordie word of the year 2008
The elections in America were such an overblown event this year so I recommend unvetted.
December 23, 2008
Telofy commented on the word wordie word of the year 2008
Being rushed I'm afraid this choice might be subject to alterations, yet for now my nominee is ataraxia.
December 23, 2008
jennarenn commented on the word wordie word of the year 2008
Oh, fun. Are we doing Lists of the Year as well?
December 23, 2008
whichbe commented on the word wordie word of the year 2008
Wordie List of The Year 2008 is a great idea.
December 23, 2008
frindley commented on the word wordie word of the year 2008
I nominate git.
December 23, 2008
gangerh commented on the word wordie word of the year 2008
Schadenfreudgeon, schurely?
December 23, 2008
mollusque commented on the word wordie word of the year 2008
I've tagged nominees with woty08. (Last year's tag was woty07.)
December 23, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word wordie word of the year 2008
Nifty, mollusque! Continuity. I like it.
December 23, 2008
BrainyBabe commented on the word wordie word of the year 2008
Is the spirit of this to nominate a word coined or popularised in 2008, or one which sums up the zeitgeist? Or is it more like the Nobel Prize, that you just keep tactically voting for your favourites year after year until the right one wins, eventually?
December 23, 2008
BrainyBabe commented on the word wordie word of the year 2008
Is the spirit of this to nominate a word coined or popularised in 2008, or one which sums up the zeitgeist? Or is it more like the Nobel Prize, that you just keep tactically voting for your favourites year after year until the right one wins, eventually?
December 23, 2008
BrainyBabe commented on the word wordie word of the year 2008
I nominate blet, just because I like it.
December 23, 2008
reesetee commented on the word wordie word of the year 2008
Most of the action for 2007 happened here and here, with a little here. In the end, for some reason, seanahan chose the winners, but the original intent was to have Wordies nominate, then vote on winners.
Of course, we started earlier last year, I think. Don't know about everyone else, but this is quite a busy week to get this going. Still, I'm game! :-)
December 23, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word wordie word of the year 2008
You can nominate whatever you want. Generally, in the past at least, it's been a word that excited much comment and usage across the site. Madeupical springs to mind. Hork is another. *runs off to nominate it*
December 23, 2008
reesetee commented on the word wordie word of the year 2008
Madeupical, I'm proud to say, was WOTY for 2007. :-)
December 23, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word wordie word of the year 2008
I will probably go for hork. But I need to think a little more about it.
December 24, 2008
reesetee commented on the word wordie word of the year 2008
Think more, think more!
December 24, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word wordie word of the year 2008
Yes, that's why I mentioned madeupical. It has entered the Wordie lexicon, so to speak, and is a mighty, mighty word to have chosen to represent an entire year (2007).
Other words/phrases that seem to have been used outside of their original contexts on the site include hork (of course), gluppit the prawling strangles, teh alsome or just alsome, Weirdnet, eyefeel, cephalopygian...
December 24, 2008
sionnach commented on the word wordie word of the year 2008
In the spirit of nominating one's own child again and again until all the other children have developed motley skin diseases with unsightly blemishes and/or those old fogies on the Nobel committee come to their senses and recognize true freakin' genius when it's right under their non-glowing noses, and noting that somewhere in Västerbotten, yet another exsanguinated reindeer lies dead in a snowdrift:
RHODORHINORANGIFERICIDE
Try it out, roll it around the tongue. It's got good mouthfeel. It's got Graeco-Latin street cred (unlike, say, certain crazed 'nominees' beginning with 'schad' and ending in 'geon', who really should reapply to be considered for the Wordie SNWotY08* award). This word fills a need.
Won't you vote for it this year, so that the senseless yuletide reindeer carnage can finally end?
But I'd be happy with a cephalopygian win too.
*: Special Needs Word of the Year 2008
December 24, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word wordie word of the year 2008
Well, then I suggest my omphaleriomagnetism too :)
December 24, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word wordie word of the year 2008
*snort*
December 24, 2008
reesetee commented on the word wordie word of the year 2008
*snicker*
December 24, 2008
mollusque commented on the word wordie word of the year 2008
Please, not hork. I almost signed off of Wordie last time that word got significant play.
December 24, 2008
skipvia commented on the word wordie word of the year 2008
I'm partial to raccoonnookkeeper for its spectacular visual appeal and and in spite of the fact that it's monumentally difficult to type.
December 24, 2008
sionnach commented on the word wordie word of the year 2008
How about zwartbles?
December 24, 2008
sionnach commented on the word wordie word of the year 2008
WHO WILL BE THE 10,000TH WORDIE???
December 24, 2008
rolig commented on the word wordie word of the year 2008
For me the most wonderful word I learned on Wordie in 2008 was mono no aware. I fully agree with Mollusque about the horrible, snicker-inducing, bartesque word hork.
December 27, 2008
dontcry commented on the word wordie word of the year 2008
multislacking gets my hands-down vote. If it doesn't win I'll just hork.
December 27, 2008
plethora commented on the word wordie word of the year 2008
I nominate tappen!
December 27, 2008
whichbe commented on the word wordie word of the year 2008
ATTENTION: TIME TO VOTE! I will do a tally of the votes on the 8th, in a week.
January 2, 2009
whichbe commented on the word wordie word of the year 2008
It's very close so your vote can easily determine the winners.
January 6, 2009
Prolagus commented on the word wordie word of the year 2008
And mascot!
January 6, 2009
whichbe commented on the word wordie word of the year 2008
Two more days to vote!
January 7, 2009
bilby commented on the word wordie word of the year 2008
Nice email address, whichy.
January 7, 2009
dontcry commented on the word wordie word of the year 2008
THREE??? I only voted for one! *runs around wordie like a chicken without a head*
January 7, 2009
whichbe commented on the word wordie word of the year 2008
dontcry: you can revote listing 3 if you'd like.
January 7, 2009
dontcry commented on the word wordie word of the year 2008
Done! I just voted for two more in woty and loty categories. Whew...close one...
January 7, 2009
whichbe commented on the word wordie word of the year 2008
Well, today is the last day to vote! Results will be posted tomorrow. You need not be a long-standing Wordie user to vote for any of these--all that's required is having an opinion and an email account.
You can vote for UP TO THREE nominees in any category.
Check out the nominations list on the tag woty08.
There's also Wordie List of The Year 2008,
Phrase of the Year,
and Tag of the Year.
(and Prolagus says mascot too)
January 8, 2009
whichbe commented on the word wordie word of the year 2008
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (reminder!)
January 8, 2009
reesetee commented on the word wordie word of the year 2008
Ow! That hurt my eyes!
January 8, 2009
sionnach commented on the word wordie word of the year 2008
Tomorrow (the 8th) is my birthday. Yes, I share a birthday with Elvis. Think how much simple joy you could bring me by having me wake up on my special day only to find that one of MY words (or lists) has been chosen as a winner.
Not that I would ever stoop to trying to influence the jury; no, not I.
January 8, 2009
plethora commented on the word wordie word of the year 2008
Elvis AND Bowie, 'nach.
You have a rockin' birthday.
January 8, 2009
Prolagus commented on the word wordie word of the year 2008
That's not fair!
January 8, 2009
reesetee commented on the word wordie word of the year 2008
Wait--Pro, isn't your birthday Jan. 8th too? And mine! Mine is also Jan. 8th! What a coincidence!
*pulling hard on sionnach's wool hat*
January 8, 2009
sionnach commented on the word wordie word of the year 2008
Gentlemen! Please, you're embarrassing yourselves. Whining and fraud have no place here on Wordie.
Tee-hee. I'm off in search of birthday hash browns.
January 9, 2009
dontcry commented on the word wordie word of the year 2008
Happy birfday, 'nach!
January 9, 2009
whichbe commented on the word wordie word of the year 2008
*TRUMPETS!@*
It’s time to announce the WINNERS of the 2008 Wordie Awards. This years voting panel consisted of merely 17 participants, so the results might have become unfairly weighted by "the regulars"--I will leave it to others to deem that appropriate or not. Let’s get right to it.
First up, the Ominous and Friendly Wordie Mascot™, a list compiled by the prestigious Prolagus.
We in fact only had 5 people vote on this particular category. One vote was cast for: cheesemite, skunk ape, ambulatory watermelon, squiddy, weirdpet, phantom limb. Two votes were cast for john mcgrath desktop buddy, and, our winner, with 3 votes...
*** Our new Wordie Mascot is: charging baby tapirs! what are you doing here.
Tag of the year, another pointedly unpopular voting topic. I've only recently explored tagging in the last few months myself, and have actually gone a little insane with it. Getting one tick o' the vote is special gift, not allowed, colon cancer, and freedomized. Managing to gleam the attention of two votes: ishkabilby, meta, quiet, and should be a swear. Special attention goes to █████ with 3 votes.
*** Our winner of Tag of the Year 2008, with four nods of validation, maintaining a degree of self-aware irony is... overtagged!
Sometimes we Wordies don't just methodically and obsessive-compulsively list words. Sometimes we load up our Phrasey Modules. For those phrases in the house (you know who you are!), this is for you.
Attracting enough attention for a vote, we have: nicely disrespectful, favor cancelled, charging baby tapirs! (more???), turd deflectors, cape horn voice, padded face hole, with noses woefully unlicked by monkeys, tie me to the mall with a malt of third, and sleep like a crew of hedgepigs in an ivy-tuft.
Now say that five times fast.
Snatching up two votes are some inedibles: yes we have no bananas, and syrup of ipecac. Three votes have done visited marathon of phony umbrage taking and gluppit the prawling strangles. Four votes bare witness to bristol stool scale (wtf??).
In these times you need to question your reality head-on with your phrases.
*** With that said, it makes me pleased to announce our five-vote winner of Wordie Phrase of the Year 2008... why do you hate freedom. So, why do ya, punk?
Some day aliens may stumble upon this site in some far distant post-apocalyptic feature and ask, "Is Wordie really about the words, or is about the lists?" To that I say: use onelook.com instead. But Wordie, dear wordie, a wonderful tool for compiling words in a universal, digital, nonspace-space cyberdrome. For this, we honor some of your lists.
Special enough to get listed (i.e. having just one vote), first up, we have: The Porn Birds by bilby, Words that shouldn't be used on a first date. by TaciturnYetProlix, The Measure of Man by reesetee, Hedgepiglet by yarb, Defunct professions by sionnach, Words and phrases that I would love to have on a Wordie T-shirt by Prolagus, Carol Wright Gifts by palooka, AND Nicknames you shouldn't give to an axe-wielding, loincloth-wearing barbarian warrior with bulging thews by pterodactyl.
That would’ve been a mouth-full had I spoke and not typed it.
Our lists that snagged two votes are: Oddball Opposites by reesetee, Eternal Questions by plethora, Dale counting sheep by sionnach, Squiddy by plethora, Things That Get Way More Fun When You Add a "G" to Them by chained_bear, My Little Phonies by whichbe, Wordie PRO! by Prolagus, AND Fictional music genres by yarb.
Our last 3 lists have broken from the pack. With four votes, we have An Arsenal for Civil Defunse by chained_bear. And with 6 votes, we have the much-esteemed sweet tooth fairy by gangerh (recently cited by John as the most-favorited list on Wordie).
*** Squeaking to victory with 7 votes, our Wordie List of the Year 2008 is... Change one letter by sionnach. Happy birthday!
Our last category had a huge vote-spread... not surprising with over 50 nominees! Word of the Year 2008 has the honor of being burned into our collective brains like a rat-infused plague for longer than it may deserve. I Report, You Decide.
Words getting one vote: clinchpoop, bovilexia, ataraxia,git, unvetted, preworry, bailout, blet, eyefeel, fernando poo, limn, zwartbles, aceituno, omphaleriomagnetism, schadenfreudgeon, and rhodorhinorangifericide.
Scoring two votes: mono no aware, omgwtfbbq, cephalopygian.
Three-votees: teh alsome, 7457 (wtf?), tappen (this was my initial prediction as the winner), and blatteroon (such a lovely word).
A surprise second-place goes to muffineer, with 4 votes.
*** The winner has 6 votes and is perhaps an embarrassingly honest declaration of Wordie's core itself, thus deserving of the glory that is, of course, the Wordie Word of the Year 2008.
The winner is... multislacking!
Thanks ya’ll, for making my 2008 Wordie adventures grand. Some follow-up notes to come in a bit.
January 9, 2009
yarb commented on the word wordie word of the year 2008
I didn't realise those pesky baby tapirs showed up twice in the database.
January 9, 2009
chained_bear commented on the word wordie word of the year 2008
They're really more like ambulatory watermelons. Does that clear it up any?
I want to nominate sionnach's "Whining and fraud have no place here on Wordie" for next year's phrase of the year. Is it too early?
Also, a hearty "thank you" to whichbe for compiling everything. Congrats to the winners. Hear, hear!
January 9, 2009
dontcry commented on the word wordie word of the year 2008
Awesome, whichbe! Thanks for the fun!
January 9, 2009
reesetee commented on the word wordie word of the year 2008
Wahoo! Congratulations to all the winners! Especially sionnach, whom I now believe to be Elvis. Apparently he is still in the building. :-D
Thanks, whichbe, for doing the legwork and for your...uh...fascinating commentary!
*cut to 17 mins. of commercials*
January 9, 2009
yarb commented on the word wordie word of the year 2008
Yes, thanks whichbe for your more than capable administration.
And a happy 80th birthday to sionnach.
January 9, 2009
pterodactyl commented on the word wordie word of the year 2008
Fantastic!
In joyful celebration of whichbe's skills as an MC, I offer this list: Whichbe hosts the 2008 Wordie Awards.
January 9, 2009
sionnach commented on the word wordie word of the year 2008
Omigod! I am so verklemmt. This has got to be my BEST BIRTHDAY EVER!
Thanks to everybody who voted for my change one fetter, charge one letter, change one litter change one letter list. And a very special thanks to whichbe for coordinating and being such an engaging MC.
And to any sore losers out there, I just have one question:
Why do you hate freedom?
January 9, 2009
chained_bear commented on the word wordie word of the year 2008
psst!! brackets!!
January 9, 2009
chained_bear commented on the word wordie word of the year 2008
Sionnach? Why do you hate freedom???
January 9, 2009
reesetee commented on the word wordie word of the year 2008
Oh, it's going to be a looooong year.... ;->
January 9, 2009
rolig commented on the word wordie word of the year 2008
I too wish to extend my thanks to whichbe for such masterful organizing/juggling of phrases, lists, tags and words in a stunning display of the very opposite of multislacking. And congranulations and hippy birchday to our award-winging lastmaker Sionnatch! And congrats also to the_grene_kni3t, who first listed the WWOTY08 but seems to have been doing some multislacking of her/his own in the past couple months. And to Ms. C._Bear for her indefatigable defense of freedom in first listing the WPOTY08.
January 9, 2009
mollusque commented on the word wordie word of the year 2008
Multithanks, whichbe! Did anyone vote for all five of the winners, or all four of the "of the years"?
January 9, 2009
chained_bear commented on the word wordie word of the year 2008
I think I voted for the winning LOTY, POTY, and TOTY. But I can't really remember and I'm far too lazy to go check my damn email.
I reluctantly admit the WOTY is not particularly pleasing to me. It smacks of those OTHER word sites and end-of-year-"best of" lists, not the brazenly original and quirky ones I'd expect from Wordie.
P.S. rolig, your second sentence is a festival of Wordiehol!! :)
January 9, 2009
gangerh commented on the word wordie word of the year 2008
Thank you, whichbe, for your splendid orchestration of this year's 'Oties'. Your awesome commentary is particularly pleasing. I eagerly await the Oty Award Ceremony. Can I be Toastmaster, please?
January 9, 2009
plethora commented on the word wordie word of the year 2008
Thanks for all your hard work whichbe :)
Truly, you are a most devoted Wordie.
January 9, 2009
whichbe commented on the word wordie word of the year 2008
Aw, thanks. This is what I'd recommend: through 2009 we anticipatorily tag words with woty09. Then we'll have a more comprehensive, less last-minute list of nominees to draw from next year and we could even do a narrowing-down process. Gangerh I implore you to host next years awards.
January 10, 2009
reesetee commented on the word wordie word of the year 2008
Good idea, which. I'd intended to do that all through 08 but never seemed to remember....
January 10, 2009