Writing Prompt: Word of the Year 2012
Writing Prompt: Word of the Year 2012
Have you ever noticed that the way people talk changes over time? Words that used to be popular start to sound annoying after a while, and new words that you never heard of before start to sound cool and fun. So today's Writing Prompt is a question for you. What was the most popular new word of 2012?
The American Dialect Society chooses a word every year that highlights what's prominent in the world of grown-ups that year. In 2011, the word was "occupy" because everyone was talking about the protest movements around Occupy Wall Street. In 2010, the words was "app" because apps were a new thing and everyone was going crazy for them.
The word of the year should be:
- new or newly popular in 2012
- widely and/or prominently used in 2012
- OR about something that's popular in 2012
What's YOUR word of the year for 2012? Leave a Comment to tell us what word was on everyone's lips at your school in 2012.
Have a happy new year!!!
— 
it's GANGNAM STYLE :) <3
Comment #26 | Posted by: Bree on January 07, 2013 at 06:02 AM
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Comment #27 | Posted by: cerberusdog3 on January 07, 2013 at 06:34 PM
people used the word nerd alot at my school
Comment #28 | Posted by: bryan on January 07, 2013 at 08:21 PM
I think the Word of the Year for 2012 should be word. I mean, do you know how many times we have said "word" on this comment page? Think about it peoples.
Comment #29 | Posted by: ARTISTICPUPPY18 on January 07, 2013 at 08:22 PM
gangnum style!!!
Duhhh!
Comment #30 | Posted by: redhart173 on January 07, 2013 at 10:13 PM
i agree it should be dude
Comment #31 | Posted by: aidan on January 09, 2013 at 12:34 PM
The word should be... Gagnam Style, disaster's, One Direction, and long
Comment #32 | Posted by: Max on January 09, 2013 at 01:33 PM
obama
Comment #33 | Posted by: mcswirly13 on January 09, 2013 at 01:35 PM
I totally agree with PERCYWISAWESOME and FASHIONEYES58!! and I thought it was just our school who says stuff like that!!
Comment #34 | Posted by: ambergigantic7 on January 09, 2013 at 08:01 PM
lewis is the cutest one in 1d
Comment #35 | Posted by: missie on January 10, 2013 at 05:56 PM
BEST PROMPT
Comment #36 | Posted by: ANNIE on January 11, 2013 at 05:01 PM
HOTDOG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Comment #37 | Posted by: grace on January 15, 2013 at 10:35 AM
I think now that it is 2013 that we should make the world a better place.Not going crazzy for apps.We should reuse ruduce and recylce more than last year.
Comment #38 | Posted by: calmsunset on January 17, 2013 at 06:09 PM
Epic followed with fail so epic fail. Then there is gangnam
Comment #39 | Posted by: Maxine on January 20, 2013 at 03:09 AM
Basically anything that goes around the internet....like Mitt Romney and the Olympics had a lot of stuff about them going around.
on the stacks a lot was siggy or 'oh no the graphical editor!' and stuff :P
Comment #40 | Posted by: me (brainyathena :P) on January 20, 2013 at 09:06 PM
I think that the word is DISASTER because of how many disasters have happened so far this year. I also think it could be STORM because of all the storms so far this year.
Comment #41 | Posted by: SILVERCAKE20 on February 13, 2013 at 06:54 PM
I think the word of the year was OMG because i used it other people used it even my mom used it so peple everywhere use so it yhink OMG WAS THE WORD OF THE YEAR
Comment #42 | Posted by: c on March 09, 2013 at 03:51 PM
The most used word in the year 2012 was obviously the word "swag".
Comment #43 | Posted by: Gene on March 26, 2013 at 12:13 PM
I think the word is epic because grownups use that word and all the kids stare at them and say that was so last year. the word of this year is definitely Gangnam from the song!!!
Comment #44 | Posted by: korkie on March 27, 2013 at 06:14 PM