Kirby ConrodJan 11, 2023
thanks to @[email protected] for chatting with me about @[email protected] #woty2022 -USSY for @[email protected] !
https://www.inquirer.com/news/ussy-american-dialect-society-word-suffix-of-year-20230111.html
Language scholars decided ‘-ussy’ was the word of 2022. Here’s what that means.

Tthe American Dialect Society decided that “-ussy” was the word (or suffix) of the year for 2022. Here's what that means.

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Show threadEncyclopedia BriannicaJan 10, 2023

My other personal winners of niche categories for #WOTY2022:

Favorite wonderfully stupid backformation of the year: morbin

Favorite #Tumblr term of the year: blorbo (from my shows)

Favorite once-and-never-again term: Twosday (2/2/2022)

Favorite sign of internet rebellion: #RatVerified

Meme song of the year: Cbat

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Encyclopedia BriannicaJan 10, 2023

#ThatWordChat show about #WOTY2022 just ended. I may do an actual write-up for my phrases of the year, but if I don't:

Favorite #CutthroatCompound of the year: The Slap Butts, written by Michael Che when he was trolling Kanye West. (pic is below)

Favorite blend of the year: RuPocaLipStick, referring to a dramatic moment in RPDR: UK vs the World. RuPaul + Apocalypse + Lipstick. Beautiful.

Favorite sentence starter of the year: My brother in Christ/My sister in Christ

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Show threadBecause LanguageJan 10, 2023

@Fritinancy @cwwilkie

But did you notice how elated some linguists are about it? There a sense of pleasure that the #WotY2022 is silly and naughty, instead of being about politics or covid.

nevJan 7, 2023

The Linguistic Society of America's Word of the Year 2022 is "-ussy". ಠ______ಠ

 https://twitter.com/becauselangpod/status/1611545825557241862

#WOTY2022

Because Language on Twitter

“UNBELIEVABLE! And fantastic. -USSY is #WOTY2022 and I love it. Congrats to @americandialect, who put their whole linguüssy into this year's vote. Also people who live tweeted: @jessgrieser @mixedlinguist @megandfigueroa @Fritinancy @GretchenAMcC @raciolinguistic @Dr_Bakos +”

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Laurel StvanJan 7, 2023
Ready to switch again from following the live tweets of American Dialect Society’s #WOTY2022 back to @charlotteclymer’s live tweeting of the 14th Speaker of the House vote. What a start to the year! (While running Mastodon on the side 😀 )
Kirby ConrodJan 7, 2023
one thing i like about -ussy is the separation of gender away from genitals tbh #woty2022
Rikker DockumJan 6, 2023

Linguists - I’m helping run the unofficial slack for #LSA2023 again. Come say hi and talk about anything LSA related. We have a live chat channel for the #WOTY2022 vote tonight as well!

DM me if you’d like the join link (If you were on it last year you already have a login)

Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her)Jan 5, 2023

Q for any other #linguists experiencing #LSA2023 and #ADS2023 fomo. Is the #WordProm (#WOTY2022) going to be accessible online this year? If so, what's the schedule?

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https://www.americandialect.org/2023-sked

Schedule for 2023 Annual Conference in Denver

Here’s the schedule, now with abstracts (PDF, 525K), for the annual American Dialect Society conference to be held in Denver January 5-8, 2023. Updates to the schedule will be posted at this …

American Dialect Society
Mignon FogartyJan 2, 2023

OK, let's do this thing!

These are the final two words in the word-of-the-year bracket. Which one better captures the zeitgeist of 2022?

#woty #woty2022

Inflation
46.7%
quiet quitting
53.3%
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