Lemondrop

Ugh. Can't we go back to 2009 and say "I'm going on staycation so I can Twitter about Obama and also watch 'Avatar' unless I have swine flu"?

Sorry, but we're disappointed with the alleged Top Words of 2010. The Global Language Monitor has released its list of the most popular media buzzwords of the past year, which are apparently determined using the "Predictive Quantities Indicator (PQI), the proprietary algorithm that tracks words and phrases in the media and on the Internet." Huh. OK.

Swine flu aside, 2010's offerings were significantly less fun than last year's.

1. Spillcam
2. Vuvuzela
3. The Narrative
4. Refudiate
5. Guido/Guidette
6. Deficit
7. Snowmaggeddon/Snowpocalypse
8. 3-D
9. Shellacking
10. Simplexity

Oy. We kind of hate these. First, "refudiate" (coined by Sarah Palin) is not so much a word as the opposite of one. "Spillcam" just serves as a reminder of that time when the entire Gulf Coast got ruined. "Vuvuzela" represents just about the most annoying sound in the history of sports. (For an explanation of the rest of the list, check here.)

Let's all work extra hard to make 2011 a banner year for Top Words, by bringing back phrases like "free puppies" and "banner year."