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Macmillan English Dictionary
Most Popular New Words of 2003

01 weaponsofmassdestruction 23 trolleyology
02 google 24 sheeple
03 virtual Friday 25 senior moment
04 coulrophobia 26 middle youth
05 hand-me-up 27 sesquipedalian
06 marmalade dropper 28 nosocomephrenia
07= slow food 29 saviour sibling
07= textual harassment 30 Comstockery
09 Bright 31 plagiarhythm
10 earworm 32 Stepford
11 phat 33= embed
12 BOGOF 33= abibliophobia
13 barista 35 SARS
14= me time 36 enigmatologist
14= baby hunger 37= xenotransplantation
14= bustitution 37= matutolypea
17 flash mob 39 Henmania
18 stress puppy 40 remanufacture
19 lavender language 41 semordnilap
20 al desko 42 chugger
21 bogotify 43 attrit
22 sex up    

This chart is based on the number of page views of archived articles from September to December 2003.

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