Broken Wing

The battle for 2006 word of the year begins now!

The naming of the 2005 word of the year, "truthiness", introduced to popular culture by Stephen Colbert, started off a firestorm of controversy, leading to a lot of publicity for all those involved, as well as some serious academic research. In light of my love for making up new words (see here), as well as my insatiable apetite for publicity, I've decided to unveil my submissions for 2006 word of the year. I'll start with some of the rejects, but feel free to add these to your vocabulary, since many of them are still better than most other words.

Techtard - This word refers to people like great-grandparents, the Amish, and most of my friends, who struggle with modern technology. People who are confused by non-AOL internet, have never heard of MySpace, and refuse to use any abacus made of synthetic materials. So why is it rejected? While this is a fun word, it doesn't roll off the tongue too nicely, it may be offensive to the mentally challenged (since they are generally more intelligent than techtards), and there are already plenty of creative words available for insulting people. Posted by mill1991 at January 16, 2006 02:58 PM | TrackBack