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As the year draws to a close, one cannot help but pause in thought, spare a few moments to reflect upon all the happenings of the year that slips into the past. How the year 2011 treated you would largely determine whether you loved it or loathed it.
“Squeezed middle” is the Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year 2011.
Generally it has been an year of protests across continents - protest against crony capitalism and the economic cruelty of the 1% against the “other 99%” by innovating financial products designed to unjustly enrich the wealthy, while handing out a raw deal to the ‘squeezed middle’. While squeezed middle is British Labour Party leader Ed Miliband's term for those seen as bearing the brunt of government tax burdens while having very little to pay it off.
“Occupy” is Global Language Monitor WOTY 2011
The “Occupy Wall Street” movement along with the occupied territories of Iraq and Afghanistan helped “occupy” pitch for top spot in the Global Language Monitor’s exercise this year.
‘Arab Spring’ was voted as the Phrase off the Year 2011 by Oxford Dictionaries
In North Africa and the middle eastern countries, the year witnessed unrest of the masses against complacent, vain, self-serving leaders exploiting them in every conceivable manner for decades. What began as an uprising in Tunisia in December 2010, later spread as the Jasmine revolution to other countries in the region and is now collectively termed as the ‘Arab Spring’ by the western countries. Power-drunk despots, who had unleashed their tyranny on their subjects for several decades, were dislodged from their thrones as public sentiment turned against them in 2011 after bearing the brunt of their atrocities.
The other words that also-ran in the race to the top may be seen in the links below;
Oxford Dictionaries shortlist of words for WOTY 2011
Global Language Monitor’s WOTY 2011
As has been expressed by the ArTIcKles Blog, we Indians ought to choose our own Word of the Year the Indian Word Of The Year (IWOTY).
What do you think the Indian Word of the Year 2011 be? Do suggest words for IWOTY 2011 - leave your comment in this blogpost.
Turning 35
2 months ago
7 comments:
My opinion:
Indian word of the year: "Kolaveri" - Almost nobody knows the meaning of it, but everybody hums it.
Indian phrases of the year:
"Civil Society" - For making it clear Civilians are not a part of the society by default, but there are some who are Civilians and Society both at the same time!
"Strong Lokpal" - The meaning of this phrase depends entirely on who's talking about it.
Regards,
@knotty_v
Anna - It has been the year of Anna.One man ,One mission,Mission Lokpal,the reverberations heard far and wide & seen all over the world pulsating humanity.
In my opinion, the INDIAN WORD OF THE YEAR 2011 (IWOTY) is 'INCORRIGIBLE INDIA '
KOLAVERI...D
yes happy new year
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Clearly Anna
@knotty_v,@VK @Nandu @Ugich Konitari, Thank you for your suggestions!
Suggestions from Amol S by email as below, Thanks Amol
For me new words for 2011 are:
commonwealth : I see that from now onwards it will be synonymous with 'commoner's wealth being sunk into a blackhole.'
2G : another 'ji' after Gandhiji, absolute antonyms to each other.
graft: i learned it's second meaning this year when used as a noun, especially seems to be reserved for politician's handbook/manual.
lokpal: I think, this word has been the only best deliverable from Anna's fast campaign so far, else earlier common man never thought there could be such a provision in the constitution.
self-aggrandizement : thanks to Mayawati, i learned a new word.
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