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Macmillan English Dictionary
Most Popular New Words of 2004

01 metrosexual 27 extreme ironing
02 paraskevidekatriaphobia 28 phishing
03 Googlewhacking 29 self-build
04    bluejacking 30= stealth tax
05 bissextile 30= mob-handed
06 freegan 32 shopgrifting
07 orthorexia 33 smart dust
08 miswanting 34 flexitarian
09 studentification 35 fat tax
10 speed dating 36 voice lift
11 tmesis 37 grief tourist
12 movieoke 38 trifecta
13 potscaping 39 rumint
14 alcolock 40 protire
15 egosurfing 41 Paralympian
16 cyberslacking 42 security mom
17 marriage lite 43 living bandage
18 pluot 44 WiFi
19 retrosexual 45 chad
20 flyboarding 46 polypill
21 obesogenic 47 QWERTY phenomenon
22 Britcom 48 migrate
23 spoiler 49 nouse
24 bird flu 50 dirty bomb
25 technology butler 51 bouncebackability
26 SmartStamp 52 sonic branding

This chart is based on the number of page views in 2004 of archived articles published in 2004.
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