Wow! Who knew ‘teabagger’ was runner up for word of the year?
ByNot I, at least until I found The Washington Examiner’s Beltway Confidential’s link to my post about the New American Tea Party.
Awwww! Beltway Confidential is finding her blog colleagues all shy and bashful for not noting earlier this week that “teabagger” was among the runners-up for this year’s New Oxford American Dictionary’s 2009 Word of the Year.
And yes, the publisher notes — they included the word as a reference to those who protest President Obama’s fiscal policies. What were you thinking?
But you are dying to know: What was the word of the year?
Unfriend.
We feel that one. Having been unfriended with fuming alacrity several times over the past year on Facebook, it does seem like unfriend is an appropriate choice. Some other also-rans: …
And no, I don’t have a tramp stamp.
Popularity: 2% [?]
This term is both vulgar and demeaning.
While I’m not prone to violence I really wanted to b*tch slap the smirk off of Rachel Maddow’s face everytime she used this term. **I force myself to watch shows such as her in order to be “balanced.” Its ALWAYS so predictable, I don’t know why I even bother.**
It is all too typical for Dems/Libs/Progressives.
Heaven forbid they use facts and concept rather than personal attacks and insults.
They do so with impunity knowing we are basically a civilized society. Otherwise they would STFU lest get a pounding.
Even when they choose physical violence they can’t do it themselves. They have to use the Black Panthers or some union thugs.
Punks.