Bailout: Word Of The Year

via Boston Herald:

The word “bailout,” which shot to prominence amid the financial meltdown, was looked up so often at Merriam-Webster’s online dictionary that the publisher says it was an easy choice for its 2008 Word of the Year.

Last year’s winning word was “W00t,” spelled with two zeros and used by online game players to express triumph or happiness.

A year earlier, “truthiness” topped the list after it was coined by Comedy Central’s Stephen Colbert.

Source: Boston Herald