Publishers Weekly Best Selling-Books, Fiction, Hardcover 2009: The Lost Symbol Dan Brown2008: The Appeal John Grisham2007: A Thousand Splendid Suns Khaled Hosseini2006: For One More Day Mitch Albom2005: The Broker John Grisham2004: The Da Vinci Code Dan Brown2003: The Da Vinci Code Dan Brown2002: The Summons John Grisham2001: Desecration Jerry B. Jenkins and Tim LaHaye2000: The Brethren John Grisham American Dialect Society Word of the Year ( 2009: to be announced Jan. 7, 2010)2008: bailout2007: subprime2006: plutoed2005: truthiness2004: red state / blue state / purple state2003: metrosexual2002: weapons of mass destruction2001: 9/112000: chad
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Lake Superior State University List of Banished Words: 2010: Shovel-ready, transparent/transparency, czar, tweet, app, sexting, “friend” as a verb, teachable moment, in these economic times … , stimulus, toxic assets, too big to fail, bromance, chillaxin’2009: Maverick, staycation, bailout, desperate search, green, Wall Street / Main Street, not so much, carbon footprint / carbon offsetting, <3, icon or iconic, game changer2008: Perfect storm, waterboarding, organic, wordsmith/wordsmithing, author/authored, post 9/11, surge, give back2007: Gitmo, combined celebrity names, awesome, pwn/pwned, we’re pregnant, undocumented alien, truthiness, ask your doctor, chipotle, “i-”anything2006: Surreal, hunker down, person of interest, community of learners, up or down vote, FEMA, junk science, git-er done, dawg, talking points, holiday tree2005: Blue states / red states, flip flop (-er, -ing), battleground state, pockets of resistance, improvised explosive device, enemy combatant, carbs, you’re fired!, über, “izzle”-speak, wardrobe malfunction, blog, webinar, safe and effective, erectile disfunction, body wash2004: Metrosexual, X, punked, bling or bling bling, LOL, embedded journalist, smoking gun, shock and awe, captured alive, shots rang out, ripped from the headlines, hand-crafted latte, sanitary landfill2003: Marital breach, on the ground, weapons of mass destruction, homeland security, extreme, now more than ever, branding, challenge, it’s a good thing, as per, reverse discrimination, got game, undisclosed secret location2002: disenfranchise, surgical strike, friendly fire, bring them to justice, faith-based, bipartisanship, anything modified by “Doppler,” 9/11, If … then the terrorists win, synergy, ramp up, edgy, functionality, killer app, reality TV, in the wake of … , no-brainer2001: Speaks to, celebrate, fuzzy math, chad, going forward, negative growth, manual recount by hand, academically fragile, shaken up, dot.com, leverage, factoid, dude, diva2000: millennium, 24/7, thinking outside the box, “e-” anything, cybrarian, segue, quality of life, for the children, at risk, sea change, wake-up call, adding “-ing” to words like action and solution
