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CrackBerry is this dictionary's Word of the Year

According to an article in Smart Phone Today, the New World College Dictionary's 2006 word of the year is CrackBerry

"The etymological source of the nickname is the highly-addictive rock cocaine, called crack, for the first part of the word, combined with the berry from BlackBerry," James Alan Miller writes.

Hmm, ya think, Jimmy?

Miller notes that to determine the Word-of-the-year, the compilers of the New World College Dictionary "survey the new, emerging language of the past year," according to Editor in Chief Michael Agnes, "and choose one word (or phrase) that captures our imagination-whether with its intrinsic linguistic attributes or by the way it expresses how language reflects changing realities."

CrackBerry beat out some formidable competition, including "Pluto"-whose demotion from planet to dwarf planet is a PITA for lexographers and geographers alike; "netroots," political movements and candidate advocacy campaigns that spread over the 'Net; "carbon footprint" and "neuroeconomics."

I have my own definition of "neureconomics." You're neurotic because you're poor. Or maybe the reverse?

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