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Ryan Catalani

'Occupy:' Geoff Nunberg's 2011 Word Of The Year : NPR - 0 views

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    "If the word of the year is supposed to be an item that has actually shaped the perception of important events, I can't see going with anything but occupy. ... The word itself can take credit for a lot of its success - this isn't an item like "debt ceiling," that just happened to be hitched to a big story. But give props to the magic of metonymy ... And talking about "the one percent" has its advantages. It seems to put things on an objective basis and strips away the vagueness and the emotional overtones that go with talking about "the rich.""
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