LEXICONICAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Its no secret the Razorboy likes his words, and I am therefore understandably titillated with anticipation at the news that on Jan. 8, members and friends of the American Dialect Society (ADS) will review the top coinages of the year and, in what's become the lexical equivalent of the Oscars, bestow the distinction of "Word of the Year."

The 2009 nominations are: "aporkalypse," describing worldwide hand-wringing and panic over swine flu; "I'mma let you finish," a meme spurred by Kanye West's interruption of Taylor Swift's acceptance speech at an awards show; "Dracula sneeze," the playful shorthand for sneezing into the crook of one's arm; and "Great Recession," widely used to describe the economic downturn.

Truth be told, I’m pulling for my own entry, “confuzzled” a combination of confused and puzzled that sums up my current state succinctly.

Previous winners of the ADS's Word of the Year include: bailout (2008), truthiness (2005), metrosexual (2003), weapons of mass destruction (2002), 9/11 (2001), soccer mom (1996), information superhighway (1993) and Not! (1992).