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This word which was incorrectly used to mean
"reject" was picked by the Oxford American Dictionary
as the 2010 word of the year!
a. refute
b. repudiate
c. refudiate
d. jettison
Answer: [c] refudiate
The word which does not mean anything until this year. It
became popular when Sarah Palin, former Alaska Governer
and Vice Presidential candidate, used this word in her twitter
posting which sent the language enthusiasts scurrying to
dictionaries. Her posting said "refudiate the proposal"
to mean "reject" - a combination of 'refute' and
'repudiate'. Probably you will see this word added to the
dictionary in the next edition.
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This word was invented in this year and is
now used to refer to the TV episodes that can be watched
over the internet.
a. youtube
b. webisodes
c. zulu
d. webcast
Answer: [b] webisodes
New business models are being evolved to allow you to watch
the TV episodes over the web which are now known as "webisodes".
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Not a new word but an old word which has
became popular among children and adults to mean a "delicious"
food.
a. yum-yum
b. ware-wah
c. nom-nom
d. scrum-scrum
Answer: [c] nom-nom
Popular among children who were following "Cookie
monster" in Elmo episodes, it is now fully adopted
by children and adults to express delight while eating
- Oh nom nom nom!
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These following words has nothing do with
violence but were three of the most discussed
words in 2010.
a. stop kill
b. top kill
c. static kill
d. bottom kill
Answer: [b],[c],[d]
top kill, static kill, bottom kill,
The above three words became the most discussed words
in 2010 to plug the oil leak in Gulf of Mexico. In a nutshell,
all the three words refer to the various techniques that
can be adopted to 'kill' the gushing oil from the well
by reducing the pressure of the oil's flow and ultimately
stopping it. In top kill, drilling mud is pumped into
the well at the rate of 40 to 50 barrels per minute to
reduce the pressure. In static kill a synthetic fluid
is pumped in through the valves on the blowout preventer
to reduce the pressure and finally capping it with a concrete.
In bottom kill the space between the pipe's steel casing
and the wall of the well (called annulus) is filled with
concrete. Got it?
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You can forward a information to your friends
network using the "Forward" button in an email
application. But this word which means "forward a small
message" has become popular this year.
a. forward-sm
b. fsm (forward small message)
c. tweet
d. retweet
Answer: [d] retweet
Tweet which was 2009 word of the year has created a sibling
in 2010 - retweet - which means "a reposted or forwarded
message on Twitter".
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This word was voted as the most annoying word
of 2010 during a Marist University survey. Interestingly
this word holds the honor for being the most annoying
word of 2009 too!
a. like
b. whatever
c. actually
d. To tell you the truth
e. You know what I mean
Answer: [b] whatever
If you have a school going kid at home then you would have
experienced this feeling yourself. In the Marist University's
survey to find the most annoying word among the five given
above, "whatever" was voted the most annoying
word of the year. Note, this does not mean the other words
are not annoying, it is just less annoying!
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This
word which means an enforced or extreme economy was the most
searched Merriam-Webster's dictionary word.
a. austerity
b. severe
c. harsh
d. stringent
Answer: [a] austerity
With world's economy in difficult phase many countries, especially
European, have slashed many social benefits to the citizens
like reducing the retirement age, cutting the pension and
others. Many protests followed such harsh (austerity) measures.
No wonder austerity was one of the most searched word on Merriam
Webster's dictionary this year.
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