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BLOG is the Merriam-Webster Word of the Year 2004
BLOG is the Merriam-Webster Word of the Year 2004
[What will the top word be in 2005? Add your prognostication to our comments and give your reasons, if any, for choosing that word. We link to some of the possible trends for 2005 further below.]
Via Blogger, Greg Frost at Reuters reports in his Nov. 30, 2004 article that
'Blog' Tops U.S. Dictionary's Words of the Year
Frost writes:
"A four-letter term that came to symbolize the difference between old and new media during this year's presidential campaign tops U.S. dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster's list of the 10 words of the year."
That "four-letter word" is BLOG.
A definition of the term Blog plus a list of the top 10 words for 2004 are found at Merriam-Webster.
Read also how the words are selected.
In 2003 the Word of the Year was DEMOCRACY.
What word will win in 2005? We looked at some pages dealing with trends:
Hot Trends for 2005
(authenticity, age 35, multitasking, obesity, the third place, snobization (snobmoddities), uniqueness (outcool), life caching)
Travel and Vacations Trends for 2005
(low-cost airlines, de-hubbing, boutique hotels, style-lifers and style-lifing, grey geese, cultural travel, internet travel, globesity)
Fast Forward 2005 - Fast Company's 101 ideas, people, and trends
Top Food Trends 2005
(organic, probiotic) (membership required)
Trendwatching.com
(freedom, mobility, independence, youniverse, massclusivity)
Global Trends - CSIS - Center for Strategic & International Studies
(environment, social values)
Smart Trends for 2005
(tap the countertrend, eat off the big guys' plate, switch the niche, borrow a business model)
via Business Opportunities Weblog
Design Trends for 2005
(water, femininity, stability, expressionism)
Fashion Trends for 2005
(colours, fabrics, patterns, textures, knits, furs, techniques)
More Fashion Trends for 2005
Prom Fashion Outlook 2005
(year of the stars)
Hair Trends 2005
(nature girl, face off, windy ways)
The 100 Best Trends, 2005
(generation Y, nanotechnology, duppies)
World Christian Trends 2005
Technology Trends 2005 - Gartner Symposium
(connected society, smart objects, semantic connectivity, wireless broadband networks, digital ink, radio frequency ID (RFID) tags, smart dust, smart pills)
More Technology Trends 2005
(enterprise mobility, IP telephony, supply chain management)
see also White Papers
Consumer Trends 2005 (expensive eBook in German)
Meeting Trends 2005
Females and Sexiness 2005
Material Trends 2005
Five Business Trends 2005
Economic and Media Forecast 2005 (by geographic region) including Advertising
via Adverblog
Emerging and Evolving Trends for 2005
Trends in Open Source 2005
OUR PREDICTION: We think that the word VALUES has a good chance to win in 2005.
Permalink : Andis Kaulins : 12/01/2004 09:50:00 AM
BLOG is the Merriam-Webster Word of the Year 2004
BLOG is the Merriam-Webster Word of the Year 2004
[What will the top word be in 2005? Add your prognostication to our comments and give your reasons, if any, for choosing that word. We link to some of the possible trends for 2005 further below.]
Via Blogger, Greg Frost at Reuters reports in his Nov. 30, 2004 article that
'Blog' Tops U.S. Dictionary's Words of the Year
Frost writes:
"A four-letter term that came to symbolize the difference between old and new media during this year's presidential campaign tops U.S. dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster's list of the 10 words of the year."
That "four-letter word" is BLOG.
A definition of the term Blog plus a list of the top 10 words for 2004 are found at Merriam-Webster.
Read also how the words are selected.
In 2003 the Word of the Year was DEMOCRACY.
What word will win in 2005? We looked at some pages dealing with trends:
Hot Trends for 2005
(authenticity, age 35, multitasking, obesity, the third place, snobization (snobmoddities), uniqueness (outcool), life caching)
Travel and Vacations Trends for 2005
(low-cost airlines, de-hubbing, boutique hotels, style-lifers and style-lifing, grey geese, cultural travel, internet travel, globesity)
Fast Forward 2005 - Fast Company's 101 ideas, people, and trends
Top Food Trends 2005
(organic, probiotic) (membership required)
Trendwatching.com
(freedom, mobility, independence, youniverse, massclusivity)
Global Trends - CSIS - Center for Strategic & International Studies
(environment, social values)
Smart Trends for 2005
(tap the countertrend, eat off the big guys' plate, switch the niche, borrow a business model)
via Business Opportunities Weblog
Design Trends for 2005
(water, femininity, stability, expressionism)
Fashion Trends for 2005
(colours, fabrics, patterns, textures, knits, furs, techniques)
More Fashion Trends for 2005
Prom Fashion Outlook 2005
(year of the stars)
Hair Trends 2005
(nature girl, face off, windy ways)
The 100 Best Trends, 2005
(generation Y, nanotechnology, duppies)
World Christian Trends 2005
Technology Trends 2005 - Gartner Symposium
(connected society, smart objects, semantic connectivity, wireless broadband networks, digital ink, radio frequency ID (RFID) tags, smart dust, smart pills)
More Technology Trends 2005
(enterprise mobility, IP telephony, supply chain management)
see also White Papers
Consumer Trends 2005 (expensive eBook in German)
Meeting Trends 2005
Females and Sexiness 2005
Material Trends 2005
Five Business Trends 2005
Economic and Media Forecast 2005 (by geographic region) including Advertising
via Adverblog
Emerging and Evolving Trends for 2005
Trends in Open Source 2005
OUR PREDICTION: We think that the word VALUES has a good chance to win in 2005.
Permalink : Andis Kaulins : 12/01/2004 09:50:00 AM
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