7 Responses

1. Chris B.

   January 27th, 2009 at 12:36 pm

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   If January is any indication of what is to come this year, my early prediction would be the word “stimulus.”

   T and F — you’ve got me there SPF.

2. Joey Liner

   January 27th, 2009 at 4:01 pm

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   Well I know what T is but don’t know what the F is

   I won’t spill the beans just yet!

   I believe the word of the year will be “Change” or “Obama”

   Sean- I don’t think the folks that decide the word will get that sophisticated based on the T; they have to use a word that the entire population uses regularly throughout the year.

   Joey

3. Mike

   January 30th, 2009 at 5:14 am

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   Totally fu..?
   lol

4. kg

   March 2nd, 2009 at 12:17 pm

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   S,

   How’s your “Buy Stocks Now” plan working out? A while back you were waxing double-positive about what a great time it was to buy into the market. If I recall, the DOW was around 8700 when the advice was dispensed.

   I would say the word for the year will be one of these:

   depression
   nationalization
   socialism
   takeover
   deflation
   unemployment
   bailout
   regulation
   universal (as in healthcare)

5. Sean P. Fenlon

   June 2nd, 2009 at 2:45 am

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   kg,

   Short for Kagey (aka Cagey)? Probably not the Kevin Garnett that I know.

   Good guesses methinks. Mostly good… 8700 seems low to me right now.

   Looking backwards, I think we’ll need to disqualify previous Word(s)-of-the-Year – after all, “bailout” already won in 2008.

   That still leaves you with 8 good guesses.

   My stock plan worked out well – here’s what I bought:

   TREE at $2.11
   GOOG at $311
   AAPL at $91.49

   I hope I’m wrong, but I sense some hostility in your comment – I hope not to fan those flames, even if I do not provide the best date(s) to sell the above-named stocks in the future.

   SPF

6. Sean P. Fenlon

   December 3rd, 2009 at 3:29 am

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   OMG!

   ADMONISH??? REALLY???

   This is so outrageously unexpected that I’m beside myself:

   http://www.merriam-webster.com/info/09words.htm

   But then again, I’m biased.

   SPF

   p.s. no need to disclose T and F in 2009 — later is better.

7. Wayne P.

   January 25th, 2010 at 10:39 pm

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   FHA