NPR's Fresh Air Picks its Word of the Year and it's JOE!

Resident linguist, Geoff Nunburg, selected his 2008 Word of the Year and it's all coming up Joe!

UPDATE: Sadly, Miriam Webster selected "Bailout" as their Word of the Year. Bailout? Really? I'm sure Geoff would agree that it lacks a certain flair. bailout...

Comments to Joe Hubris.

By Joe Hubris at 12/26/2008 - 03:54
Culture

Hubry Awards

And the Hubry Goes to... an Unnamed Secret Service Agent

And the Hubry Goes to... The GOP and its Magic Transvaginal Probe

And the Hubry Goes to... The Philadelphia Liquor Control Board and an Unnamed Citizen

The First Ever Hubry Award

And the Hubry goes to... The City of Philadelphia Zoning Board of Appeal

Philadelphia

Please Support the Victims of the Tohoku Disasters, One Year After

The Return of Ramen to Philadelphia

A Horse-Drawn Hearse--The Tradition Survives in Philadelphia

Evil, Mendacity and Kinetic Sculpture

Hanami in a Time of Sorrow

Culture

Departed Ram by Lisa Black

Please Support the Victims of the Tohoku Disasters, One Year After

Review: Borgen, One of the Best TV Shows You Will Never See

The Death of Cinema

Fixing the Broken: an Interview with Taxidermy Artist Lisa Black

Philosophy

Information vs. Entropy

Does All Evil Begin with a Lie?

Does All Evil Begin with a Lie? Joe Hubris Responds

Evil, Mendacity and Kinetic Sculpture

Information vs. Injustice in Egypt

Politics