2008 Oxford Word Of The Year
And the winner is...
Hypermiling: to attempt to maximize gas mileage by making fuel-conserving adjustments to one’s car and one’s driving techniques.
A suitable word of the year, given how high gas prices became, and still are.
Some interesting contenders:
Frugalista: person who leads a frugal lifestyle, but stays fashionable and healthy by swapping clothes, buying second-hand, growing own produce, etc.
Wardrobe: has become a verb, as in: Ms. Mendes has a long-standing relationship with the house of Calvin Klein and has been wardrobed by Calvin Klein Collection.
Rewilding: the process of returning an area to its original wild state/flora/fauna etc.
With my habit of guessing meanings of words and terms before looking them up, this last one definitely got me thinking:
Topless Meeting
I will not provide the definition. You can just read the whole article about the 2008 Oxford Word Of The Year for yourselves, if you wish. (But make a guess first before clicking, just for fun.)
Hypermiling: to attempt to maximize gas mileage by making fuel-conserving adjustments to one’s car and one’s driving techniques.
A suitable word of the year, given how high gas prices became, and still are.
Some interesting contenders:
Frugalista: person who leads a frugal lifestyle, but stays fashionable and healthy by swapping clothes, buying second-hand, growing own produce, etc.
Wardrobe: has become a verb, as in: Ms. Mendes has a long-standing relationship with the house of Calvin Klein and has been wardrobed by Calvin Klein Collection.
Rewilding: the process of returning an area to its original wild state/flora/fauna etc.
With my habit of guessing meanings of words and terms before looking them up, this last one definitely got me thinking:
Topless Meeting
I will not provide the definition. You can just read the whole article about the 2008 Oxford Word Of The Year for yourselves, if you wish. (But make a guess first before clicking, just for fun.)
posted by pgenrestories at 10:33 AM
2 Comments:
frugalista almost sounds like a filipino word ^^ ecohacking just sounds cool. i wanna be a moofer XD (moofing sounds cooler than telecommuting, or teleworking =|)
Hey, Tina! You're right! "Frugalista" does almost sound like a Filipino word! Like you, I'm all for ecohacking. Moofer sounds like a brand of milk to me! :)
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