Wednesday, November 17, 2010

New Oxford American Dictionary Word of the Year

NY Times: A Twitter Flub Becomes a Word of the Year

My question: How could Cookie Monster's nom nom lose to Sarah Palin's refudiate? I mean, seriously, did they read this definition?:

nom nom (informal) exclamation an expression of delight when eating. [origin — imitative; popularized by the noises made by the character Cookie Monster on Sesame Street (usually as “Om nom nom nom”)]