"(Double Engine) Bird Strike" Word of the Year 2009?

Thanks to Capt. Chesley B. "Sully" Sullenberger III's emergency landing of United Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson, more of the world knows the hazards posed by a bird strike—or the "incredibly rare" double engine bird strike!

And the distinctive Chesley B. "Sully" Sullenberger III is now in play for Name of the Year 2009.