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 meramarina Diglot Moderator United States Joined 5971 days ago 1341 posts - 2303 votes  Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: German, Italian, French Personal Language Map | Message 1 of 8 24 November 2009 at 11:02pm | IP Logged | ||
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Oxford University Press has announced the English Word of the Year for 2009:
It is unfriend, as in: to unfriend a person from your online social network. The list is interesting. There are some amusing new words. You can see it here: Word of the Year Are new words created as often and as easily in other languages? Does anyone know of a similar list for other languages? Note: There is no tag for new words or neologisms available, unless I missed it. Edited by meramarina on 24 November 2009 at 11:06pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
 Fasulye Heptaglot Winner TAC 2012 Moderator Germany fasulyespolyglotblog Joined 5851 days ago 5460 posts - 6006 votes 1 sounds Speaks: German*, DutchC1, EnglishB2, French, Italian, Spanish, Esperanto Studies: Latin, Danish, Norwegian, Turkish Personal Language Map | Message 2 of 8 25 November 2009 at 5:27pm | IP Logged | ||
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There is a similar word contest in Germany every year. A jury chooses "das Unwort des Jahres" (= the most negative new word of the year).
Unwort des Jahres 2007: "Herdprämie" (= extra money for women to let them stay at home with their families instead of having a job) Unwort des Jahres 2008: "Notleidende Banken" (= banks suffering from deficits during the worldwide financial crisis) Unwort des Jahres 2009: - not chosen yet - http://www.unwortdesjahres.org Fasulye Edited by Fasulye on 20 January 2010 at 8:39pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Fasulye Heptaglot Winner TAC 2012 Moderator Germany fasulyespolyglotblog Joined 5851 days ago 5460 posts - 6006 votes 1 sounds Speaks: German*, DutchC1, EnglishB2, French, Italian, Spanish, Esperanto Studies: Latin, Danish, Norwegian, Turkish Personal Language Map | Message 3 of 8 19 January 2010 at 9:09pm | IP Logged | ||
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WORD OF THE YEAR 2009 in Germany: "Wort des Jahres 2009"
1. "Abwrackprämie" (money given by the state to people who junk their old used cars) 2. "Kriegsähnliche Zustände" (refers to the warlike situation in Afghanistan in 2009) 3. "Schweinegrippe" (word which is used in German media for N1H1-pandemy) Source: Gesellschaft für Deutsche Sprache http://www.gfds.de/ Fasulye Edited by Fasulye on 20 January 2010 at 8:31pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| meramarina Diglot Moderator United States Joined 5971 days ago 1341 posts - 2303 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: German, Italian, French Personal Language Map | Message 4 of 8 19 January 2010 at 9:42pm | IP Logged | ||
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That is interesting. I recognize "Schweinegrippe," in fact I read so many German articles about it that I sometimes forget the English word "swine flu"! But more people are calling it H1N1 in English now, anyway.
"Abwrackprämie" in American English is "Cash for Clunkers," I think. Maybe the is a more formal name for it but that's what I've always seen and heard. I have not heard the other one "Kriegsähnlice Zustände." Does the German word of the year always have to be a negative word, or is there more than one contest? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Gusutafu Senior Member Sweden Joined 5525 days ago 655 posts - 1039 votes Speaks: Swedish* | Message 5 of 8 19 January 2010 at 11:21pm | IP Logged | ||
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Yes, words are easily formed in all languages, otherwise life in a high-tech society would be quite tedious!
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| Fasulye Heptaglot Winner TAC 2012 Moderator Germany fasulyespolyglotblog Joined 5851 days ago 5460 posts - 6006 votes 1 sounds Speaks: German*, DutchC1, EnglishB2, French, Italian, Spanish, Esperanto Studies: Latin, Danish, Norwegian, Turkish Personal Language Map | Message 6 of 8 20 January 2010 at 8:37pm | IP Logged | ||
Yes, there is more than one contest, I have found several, but as far as I read it, they all deal with negative words. Fasulye Edited by Fasulye on 20 January 2010 at 8:40pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Fasulye Heptaglot Winner TAC 2012 Moderator Germany fasulyespolyglotblog Joined 5851 days ago 5460 posts - 6006 votes 1 sounds Speaks: German*, DutchC1, EnglishB2, French, Italian, Spanish, Esperanto Studies: Latin, Danish, Norwegian, Turkish Personal Language Map | Message 7 of 8 20 January 2010 at 8:48pm | IP Logged | ||
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In the Netherlands: WOORD VAN HET JAAR 2009
1. ontvrienden (19%) (= to unfriend) 2. Mexicaanse griep (18%) (= N1H1 - pandemy) 3. hypotheekleed (15%) (= mortgage misery) Source: Van Dale http://woordvanhetjaar.vandale.nl/ Fasulye Edited by Fasulye on 20 January 2010 at 8:51pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| TixhiiDon Tetraglot Senior Member Japan Joined 5468 days ago 772 posts - 1474 votes Speaks: English*, Japanese, German, Russian Studies: Georgian | Message 8 of 8 20 January 2010 at 10:48pm | IP Logged | ||
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We have the "Trendy Word Big Prize" (s: Ryuukougo Taishou) every year here in Japan too.
The winner for 2009 was (seiken koutai), meaning "change of government", which might not seem particularly interesting unless you knew that the Liberal Democratic Party finally got voted out after 50 almost uninterrupted years of power. Another interesting one, which I hear all the time at the moment, is Hjq (soushoku danshi), which literally translates as "grass-eating man" and refers to young guys in Japan who dress and act in a rather irresponsible and effeminate manner. Swine flu is there too. On the streets people say CtGU ("pig flu": buta infuruenza) but it is officially known by its more polite, but much less interesting, name of V^CtGU ("new type influenza": shingata infuruenza). 1 person has voted this message useful |
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