Word Trackers Pick The Year's Favorite

Officials at Merriam-Webster report more people looked up the meaning of "austerity" than any other word during the last 12 months. They've chosen it, therefore, as 2010's "Word of the Year."




               What's It All Mean

The folks who tell us the meaning of words
Keep an eye on what we look up;
And it seems this year, our favorite showed
An economy that's rather shook up.

It seems that we all go searching for
Words that we've heard or seen,
Because news reports prompt many of us
To find out what all those words mean.

And Webster's folks are keeping tab
On those words that we see and hear
So they can pick our favorite one
As the pet word of the year.

This year's winner would indicate
The economy's severity
And Webster's editors declare
The winner is "austerity."

 
©  2010  Jim Gordon