{"id":2068,"date":"2003-12-27T13:06:22","date_gmt":"2003-12-28T05:06:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/12\/27\/top-word-lists-of-2003\/"},"modified":"2019-12-06T15:02:38","modified_gmt":"2019-12-06T23:02:38","slug":"top-word-lists-of-2003","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/12\/27\/top-word-lists-of-2003\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Word Lists of 2003"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:12566,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.yourdictionary.com\\\/about\\\/topten2003.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20210507180030\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.yourdictionary.com\\\/about\\\/topten2003.html&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-11 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23:53:03&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-11 23:53:03&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.yourdictionary.com\/about\/topten2003.html\" title=\"Top Ten Word Lists of 2003 Announced by yourDictionary.com\">Top 10 Words of 2003<\/a>:<\/strong>\\<br \/>\nembedded\\<br \/>\nblog\\<br \/>\nSARS\\<br \/>\nspam\\<br \/>\ntaikonaut\\<br \/>\nBushism\\<br \/>\nallision\\<br \/>\nrecall\\<br \/>\nMiddangeard\\<br \/>\ncelibacy YourDictionary.com has released their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yourdictionary.com\/about\/topten2003.html\" title=\"Top Ten Word Lists of 2003 Announced by yourDictionary.com\">Top Word Lists of 2003<\/a>: the Top Ten Words of 2003, Top Ten Personal Names of 2003, Top Ten Youthspeak Words, Bonus Youthspeak Phenomenon of Note, Top Phrases of 2003, 5 Top Mispronunciations by President Bush in 2003, Best New Product Names, Worst New Product Names, Top Enron Inspired Words, Top Internet Words Moving into Widespread Use, Top Sports-related Words, and Top Word Trends in Pop Music Names.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the words and terms in the lists I&#8217;d heard before, though there were a few exceptions (Poolife?). I thought this bit at the very end was especially cool, though&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n  <strong>Most frequently spoken word on the Planet:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>  <strong>1. OK<\/strong> Still the most popular word in languages around the world. &#8220;OK&#8221; originated in a joke in the 1830&#8217;s, spelled &#8220;oll korrekt&#8221; in Boston newspapers, the joke being, both words were incorrect. It became so popular, that it was soon abbreviated to simply &#8220;O. K.&#8221; Despite its popularity, the word would have fallen by the wayside had not Martin van Buren, called &#8220;Old Kinderhook&#8221; for being born in Kinderhook, N.Y. used it in his presidential reelection campaign of 1840. So don&#8217;t &#8220;misunderestimate&#8221; the impact of presidential usage on the growth of our vocabulary. It is also spelled &#8220;okay.&#8221;\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>(via <a href=\"http:\/\/radio.weblogs.com\/0001011\/2003\/12\/27.html#a5944\" title=\"Top 10 Words of 2003\">Scoble<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bonus list<\/strong>: In the comments to Scoble&#8217;s post, <a href=\"http:\/\/weblogs.asp.net\/oldnewthing\" title=\"The Old New Thing\">Raymond Chen<\/a> pointed out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/info\/03words.htm\" title=\"MERRIAM-WEBSTER'S WORDS OF THE YEAR 2003\">Merriam-Webster&#8217;s top 10 words of 2003<\/a>, as determined by how frequently they were looked up on the online dictionary:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/cgi-bin\/dictionary?va=democracy\">democracy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/cgi-bin\/dictionary?va=quagmire\">quagmire<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/cgi-bin\/dictionary?va=quarantine\">quarantine<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/cgi-bin\/dictionary?va=matrix\">matrix<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/cgi-bin\/dictionary?va=marriage\">marriage<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/cgi-bin\/dictionary?va=slog\">slog<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/cgi-bin\/dictionary?va=gubernatorial\">gubernatorial<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/cgi-bin\/dictionary?va=plagiarism\">plagiarism<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/cgi-bin\/dictionary?va=outage\">outage<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/cgi-bin\/dictionary?va=batten\">batten<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>YourDictionary.com has released their Top Word Lists of 2003. 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