Non-Impressive Word of the Year

December 11, 2014 / Melody Smith / Comments Off on Non-Impressive Word of the Year

In a sign of the times, though I am not entirely certain it is a good one, the word of the year is a term used in electronic cigarette smoking. This news came from CNET in their article, “Inhale Oxford’s Word of the Year: ‘Vape’.”

If you’ve ever used electronic cigarettes, you’ll be happy to know that your demographic is now celebrated by Oxford Dictionaries. “Vape” has been tagged as the Word of the Year. It means “to inhale and exhale the vapor produced by an electronic cigarette or similar device; while both the device and the action can also be known as a vape.”

What words did vape beat out in the competition? There was normcore, defined as boring clothing worn as a fashion statement and slacktivism, which is defined as “informal actions performed via the Internet in support of a political or social cause but regarded as requiring little time or involvement.”

Last year’s word of the year was selfie. It is unclear to me where we are headed for 2015. If a picture is worth a thousand words, I could go for some more photos.

Melody K. Smith

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Melody Smith

Melody K. Smith has provided organizational, social media and digital communication services to a large non-profit for the past twenty years. Prior to that she championed employee engagement and communications in the healthcare field. She holds a Bachelors degree in Marketing. When not wrangling and writing TaxoDiary content for your reading pleasure, Melody writes fiction, rescues dogs and throws legendary dinner parties.