And
the 2011 "word of the year" is ...
Update your vocabulary !
As
the civilization evolves, the language evolves along with
it. In 2010, unfamiliar words like stop kill, top kill,
static kill and bottom kill became popular. You can read
our "2010 word of the year" coverage here.
This year the common verb 'occupy' took a new avtar of its
own with "Occupy Wall Street" movement. There
was at least one Occupy "town name" movement organized
across various US towns last year.
Now,
check your awareness with 2011 words. Have fun!
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Which of the following acronymns found a
place in the Oxford English Dictionary in 2011?
a. OMG - Oh My Goodness
b. WTH - What The Heck
c. LOL - Laughing Out Loud
d. FYI - For Your Information
Answer: [all : a,b,c,d]
These acronymns which became popular with Instant Messaging
softwares and Mobile Texting were added to the Oxford English
Dictionary this year. The language enthusiasts had mixed
reactions about this.
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The following word was picked as the word
of the year by Dictionary.com. Do you recognize?
a. tergiversate
b. zugzwang
c. insidious
d. occupy
Answer: [a]
Tergiversate, pronounced as ter-ji-ver-sate, was picked
as the word of the year by Dictionary.com. Tergiversate
means to change one's attitude or opinions repeatedly with
respect to a cause, subject, etc.; Unlike 'flip flop', 'tergiversate'
suggests a lack of intentionality - it's a change in state
more out of necessity, as new events happen at great speed,
whether in the economy, politics or attitudes.
Meaning for other words:
b. zugzwang - pronounced sung swang - means, a situation
in which a player is limited to moves that cost pieces or
have a damaging positional effect.
c. insidious - means a slow and harmful effect
d. occupy - means to take up a place
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Which of the following word won the American
Dialect Society's "Most useful word" of 2011.
a. humblebrag
b. FOMO
c. bi-winning
d. twinkling
Answer: [a]
A nice word to describe twitter generations. This word
is used to describe celebrities who express false humility
on the social sites.
Meaning for other words:
b. FOMO - “Fear of Missing Out,” describing
anxiety over being inundated by information on social
media.
c. bi-winning - term used by Charlie Sheen to describe
himself pridefully, dismissing accusations of being
bipolar.
d. twinkling - system of wiggly hand gestures to register
approval or disapproval.
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Few of the overused words/phrases in 2011
based on Lake Superior State University poll. Did you
use them too?
a. amazing
b. occupy
c. shared sacrifice
d. winning the future
Answer: [a]
"Amazing" has become one of the most overused
words by the reality TV show hosts. That is the first
comment judges and hosts are using to describe a contestant's
performance.
Meaning for other words:
b. occupy - means to take up a place.
c. shared sacrifice - the term used by politicians world
wide to support the austerity measures.
d. winning the future - Obama started this and now Newt
Gingrich is following the same.
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Do you know these new words which are floating
around? Time to add to your vocabulary.
a. tiger mom, tiger mother
b. the 99 percenters, job creators
c. blow back
d. kardash
e. the new normal
f. ginormous
Answer: [a]
a. tiger mom, tiger mother - an exceedingly strict parent
b. the 99 percenters - those held to be at a financial or
political disadvantage to the top moneymakers, the one-percenters.
n-percenters, n-percent.
--- job creators - a member of the top one-percent of moneymakers.
c. blow back - response with a pushback.
d. kardash - unit of measurement consisting of 72 days,
after the short-lived marriage of Kim Kardashian and Kris
Humphries.
e. the new normal - The phrase is often used to justify
bad trends in society and to convince people that they are
powerless to slow or to reverse those trends.
f. ginormous - bigger than enormous, lesser than gigantic.
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