WORD OF THE YEAR 2007 NOMINATIONS: FIRST CUT!

Yeah yeah yeah...Obama and Huckabee blah blah blah. The real news is that the first cut has been made for Words of the Year 2007!

Larry Craig and real estate words are prominent in this year's crop. Click here for the offical PDF.

MOST USEFUL
bacn
celebu- (are you happy now, Trapezia?)
connectile dysfunction
green-
wrap rage ("anger brought on by the frustration of trying to open a factory-sealed purchase")

MOST CREATIVE
boom (military: left of boom/right of boom)
Googlegänger
lolcat (yes!)
tapafication

MOST UNNECESSARY
Happy Kwanhanamas!
truther
vegansexual

MOST OUTRAGEOUS
nappy-headed ho (this has got to be the winner)
make it rain
toe-tapper

MOST EUPHEMISTIC
human terrain team
shmashmortion/smushmortion
va-j-j/va-jay-jay/vajayjay (one of my nominations)

MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED
global weirding
green- (looking like a huge favorite, though I don't think it's really a 2007 word)
Super-Duper Tuesday/Tsunami Tuesday
wide stance, to have a (this looks much more like a 2007 word with, um, legs)

LEAST LIKELY TO SUCCEED
Billary/Hill-Bill
earmarxist
quadriboobage
strand-in
strike beard

REAL ESTATE WORDS
exploding ARM
liar's loan/liar loan
NINJA
scratch and debt loan
subprime (is this really a 2007 word?)

LARRY, HE HARDLY BLEW YE

More evidence that I'm a loser: In all the years I've gone to men's bathrooms, I've yet to notice the friendly foot, the enticing hand, the toilet stall sex tryst.

So, in order to understand the latest developments in national politics, I needed some explanations.

Fortunately, Slate has been all over this one.

Bathroom Sex FAQ
Craig's Lust

And here's a CNN interview with a leader of Atlanta's Anti-Sex League.



Source (4:53)


But of course, the zealous suppression of homosexuality couldn't possibly be the big issue here. The big issue would be the fate of the reconstituted Singing Senators. As recently as July, Larry Craig reunited with John Ashcroft and Trent Lott to perform at a fundraiser for the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute. I imagine Larry's resignation comes as a terrible blow for John and Trent.

Just as Stephen Colbert predicted, it really hasn't been the same since Jim Jeffords left the group.



Source (3:55)