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Macmillan English Dictionary
2004 Chart of the Most Popular New Words of 2003

13 words go up, 23 go down, and there are 7 non-movers. sex up rises an impressive 21 places, closely followed by Henmania, which is up 20, with lavender language and stress puppy also showing good gains over the year. The biggest fallers are Bright and flash mob, which fall 13 and 10 places respectively, while google, virtual Friday, hand-me-up, marmalade dropper and baby hunger all hold on to their original Top 20 rankings.

21	01	sex up	3	23	middle youth
	02	google	3	24	sesquipedalian
	03	virtual Friday	1	25	sheeple
15	04	lavender language	3	26	trolleyology
	05	hand-me-up	10	27	flash mob
	06	marmalade dropper	1	28	saviour sibling
11	07	stress puppy	3	29	Stepford
1	08	slow food	5	30	senior moment
8	09	weaponsofmassdestruction	2	31	abibliophobia
3	10	textual harassment	1	32	plagiarhythm
7	11	coulrophobia	3	33	Comstockery
1	12	phat	3	34	matutolypea
3	13	earworm	7	35	nosocomephrenia
	14	baby hunger	3	36	embed
1	15	bustitution		37	xenotransplantation
3	16	barista	2	38	remanufacture
3	17	me time	4	39	SARS
6	18	BOGOF	4	40	enigmatologist
20	19	Henmania	1	41	chugger
1	20	bogotify	1	42	semordnilap
1	21	al desko		43	attrit
13	22	Bright

This chart is based on the number of page views in 2004 of archived articles published in 2003.
Click here to view the original 2003 chart.

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