B&B members, who have long lived in fear of the Shaveocalypse, will want to be aware that The American Dialect Society has chosen -(po)calypse, -(ma)geddon -- "hyperbolic combining forms for various catastrophes" -- as its 2012 Most Useful Word of the Year. Nice to know that we're on the cutting edge -- and where else would we be? -- of a linguistic trend.
The overall Word of the Year honor went to hashtag.
The overall Word of the Year honor went to hashtag.
