If you missed out on other 2006 word of the year votes, there’s still time in Australia. Macquarie Dictionary has voting in various categories until midnight on Sunday, January 21, 2007 (presumably Sydney’s Australian Eastern Daylight Time, GMT +11).
Look for “the most valuable contribution to the English language in 2006 in each category.”
I don’t want to influence your voting, but I have to point out a one thing.
Spaghettini? That’s been around for years and years. Is it new to Australia or in the news there? It’s in America’s 2002 Webster’s New World College Dictionary (4th ed.). While we’re on the subject, I found out the thickness goes spaghetti (“little cords”) as the thickest, then spaghettini (“little little cords”), then vermicelli (“little worms”), then angel-hair pasta.
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