"Teabaggers" Is A Word!

...Officially, the Oxford Dictionary folks have made their decision, Anderson can add to his resume the honor of inventing a word, verb, noun, etc. The word may not have made the "Word of the Year" for them; but for me, and I suspect for many of you too, "Teabaggers" IS the "Word of the Year."

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'Teabagger' finalist for Oxford Word of the Year; Anderson Cooper approves
By Andrea Reiher

November 19, 2009 3:47 PM

"Teabagger" was one of the finalists for the Oxford Word of the Year for 2009 -- somewhere, Anderson Cooper snickers.

Teabagger is defined by Oxford as "a person, who protests President Obama's tax policies and stimulus package, often through local demonstrations known as 'Tea Party' protests."

Last spring on CNN's "AC 360," David Gergen, the director of the Center for Public Leadership, said that the Republican party was "searching for [their] voice." Anderson Cooper responded, "It's hard to talk when you're tea-bagging."


We heart Anderson Cooper.

"Teabagger" didn't win, however. The 2009 Oxford Word of the Year is "unfriend," as in "to remove someone as a 'friend' on a social networking site such as Facebook."

Other finalists include "hashtag," "sexting," "funemployed," and "death panel." Our personal favorite nominee was "tramp stamp."

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