Mine is Sub-Prime.

No other word I can think of has had such an impact on so many people, affected economies and caused a run on a UK bank for the first time in a hundred years.

Moss

Mine is PROGRESS - personal and political

mine is (danish) BoobyJuice.

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Robocracy

Government run by robots. They will be able to lie and have scandals more efficiently than humans.

Sound familiar ?

I think my word would have to be 'Hindsight'

threesome

Bull-Oxen

Kan Win

Thaksin - 65 Million people suffering for one man's ambition.

and

Prosperity - Hoping everybody gets their fair share this year.

Mine is PROGRESS - personal and political

Good Luck on the personal progress.

mine is (danish) BoobyJuice.

Why am I not surprized! No explanation required

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Robocracy

Good one LK, but at first I thought you meant Robski's form of Revolution

I think my word would have to be 'Hindsight'

Again no explanation required Thad, but I wish you well in the future.

Moss

threesome

Absolutely no explanation required

Bull-Oxen

Kan Win

Now an explanation would be helpful, unless you are helping Squig out with his situation

Thaksin - 65 Million people suffering for one man's ambition.

and

Prosperity - Hoping everybody gets their fair share this year.

Very topical Soundman and for prosperity, Hear Hear.

Moss

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Tradigital

Stoozing n. The practice of borrowing money from a credit card during the card's introductory no-interest period and then investing that money to earn the interest as a profit.

Retronym

n. a new term created from an existing word in order to distinguish the original referent of the existing word from a later one that is the product of progress or technological development (e.g. acoustic guitar for guitar).

Pert

Barmy.

When i'm up in the boonies, I jokingly call my very young neice barmy. It's the first English word i taught her (my mrs told her what it means) and subsequently she has taught it to the the rest of the kids. About 30 or 40 kids all call me barmy now when i arrive in the village

Awareness.

Stoozing n. The practice of borrowing money from a credit card during the card's introductory no-interest period and then investing that money to earn the interest as a profit.

Or from a proffesional point of view - leverage or gearing & to investors with no clue - negative gearing.

My word of the year will probably be "INCOMING !!"

The bad guys still haven't figured out that their rocket attacks are ineffective, and do better at making themselves targets than damaging us.

My alternate word would be "Holidays !", as that is about the only thing to look forward to while working here ! What fun. Been back to work for just over 2 weeks, and less than 3 months to go until my next "Holidays !!"

Pert

Yup, Like That

Barmy.

Probably agree with that

Awareness.

Got any reasons for that?

Stoozing n. The practice of borrowing money from a credit card during the card's introductory no-interest period and then investing that money to earn the interest as a profit.

Or from a proffesional point of view - leverage or gearing & to investors with no clue - negative gearing.

Huh!!

Moss

"INCOMING !!"

Certainly sounds dangerous enough to me

My alternate word would be "Holidays !",

Gotta agree with that

Moss

Good to see kerryd back again! me ol#' mucker!

Stoozing n. The practice of borrowing money from a credit card during the card's introductory no-interest period and then investing that money to earn the interest as a profit.

Or from a proffesional point of view - leverage or gearing & to investors with no clue - negative gearing.

Funny story about how I learnt to write that word correctly: P.r.o.f.e.ss.ional

One "f", two "s"'s

I was at a french primary school - belgian actually - in the community of Wezembeek-Oppem, just between Bruxelles and Tervuren.

The teacher taught us how to spell "Professional" (same spelling as in english) by emphasising the "FESSE" in the word.

Now, we all knew what a "Fesse" was, cos that means a bum-cheek in french, and, as is the norm, we knew how to spell rude words before we could spell our own names.

Anyway, so whenever I am in doubt as to how to spell "professional", I always think of bum-cheeks.

Summer. It sings its meaning, creating immediate images of balmy days, diamond white beaches, coconut palms, deck chairs, mai tais and bikini-clad women. (Some of those things you can even get in Thailand.)

One "f", two "s"'s

I was at a french primary school - belgian actually - in the community of Wezembeek-Oppem, just between Bruxelles and Tervuren.

The teacher taught us how to spell "Professional" (same spelling as in english) by emphasising the "FESSE" in the word.

Now, we all knew what a "Fesse" was, cos that means a bum-cheek in french, and, as is the norm, we knew how to spell rude words before we could spell our own names.

Anyway, so whenever I am in doubt as to how to spell "professional", I always think of bum-cheeks.

<deleted> - I thought it was two efs and one s.

One "f", two "s"'s

I was at a french primary school - belgian actually - in the community of Wezembeek-Oppem, just between Bruxelles and Tervuren.

The teacher taught us how to spell "Professional" (same spelling as in english) by emphasising the "FESSE" in the word.

Now, we all knew what a "Fesse" was, cos that means a bum-cheek in french, and, as is the norm, we knew how to spell rude words before we could spell our own names.

Anyway, so whenever I am in doubt as to how to spell "professional", I always think of bum-cheeks.

<deleted> - I thought it was two efs and one s.

Where's the 2 "H's" and the "A" gone

Propheshional

Vasectomy.

Birthday calendar for 2008:

January 31 - son's 1st birthday & daughter's 4th

April 12 - son's 16th birthday

July 28 - daughter's 11th birthday

Yes, I think vasectomy is a good word for 2008.

JxP

Uncertainty

Where's the 2 "H's" and the "A" gone ohmy.gif laugh.gif

Propheshional

I prefer 'Proughghetiuhnel'

Pronunciation key:

ough = the last sound of RP English 'borough', or for an emphasized vowel pronunciation, o as in 'dough'

gh = f as in 'laugh'

ti = 'sh' as in 'commotion'

uh = 'uh' as in Uh?

el = as in 'apparel'.

QUOTE (lannarebirth @ 2008-01-07 23:02:53)

Awareness.

Got any reasons for that?

It's never a bad thing is it? I might have said "the absence of delusion, leading to contentment", but that's more than one word isn't it? Anyhow, may we all be blessed with it in the new year and ensuing years.

Where's the 2 "H's" and the "A" gone ohmy.gif laugh.gif

Propheshional

I prefer 'Proughghetiuhnel'

Pronunciation key:

ough = the last sound of RP English 'borough', or for an emphasized vowel pronunciation, o as in 'dough'

gh = f as in 'laugh'

ti = 'sh' as in 'commotion'

uh = 'uh' as in Uh?

el = as in 'apparel'.

Yes but your a cunning linguist Meadish. My version was for beginners studying English as a foreign language

Sorry MrBo, I was just trying to find another excuse not to work.