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洛基英语/wenkxd.htm 2012 年度最差英语词汇 Every yearis chock-full of words,andwehave feelings about those words.Welive withthem,we love them,welet themroll around in ourmouths,and weexpressthem.Wethink about themand spit themout,vehemently,whenweare angry.Wegrow tired ofthem,we dislike some onsight, and we dropthem,eventually,and moveon tohate others.Many times, we usethesame words year afteryear,and sometimes,we rail onthosewords(seeourcontinued excoriation of poorold moist.What did moist everdo toany ofus?).Thereare words,phrases,and coinagesthat endup marking eachyear—someold, somenew.There arethe long-existing wordsthathave shifted in meaning,orbecomepopularized becauseofa public usage,like malarkey,asinvoked by Joe Biden in his vice presidential debate with Paul Ryanin the fall.And thereare theoneswecreate, like Romneyshambles,ormansplain. Ormaybe thecoinage entersour consciousnessbecauseofa newsstory,event, orperson(fiscalcliff,Kony).Howeverwe meetthem,weusethem in all sorts ofways,and thereare also all sortsofwaysin whichwe candislike them: their sound,whatthey remind usof,whatthey make usthink, their actualmeaning, their overuse,their descentinto meaninglessness,and soon. 每年都被各种词汇填满，而我们对这些词汇并非无动于衷。我们与它们一起生活，喜爱它们， 说着它们，演绎着它们。我们思考这些词汇并在生气时激动地脱口而出。我们逐渐对这些词 汇生厌，即使看到都嫌烦，我们最终抛弃它们，继续憎恶另外一些。年复一年，我们常常用 着相同的字眼，有时却对它们多加奚落（看看我们对又老又可怜的“潮湿”的苛责吧，它可 曾对我们做过什么坏事吗？）正是词汇、短句、潮语为每一年写下注脚——有些旧，有些新。 有些已经存在很久的词语变了意思，或因为一些公共使用而变得普及，例如“胡扯”，乔· 拜登在秋季与保罗·瑞恩进行副总统辩论时就用过。还有那些我们新造的，例如“罗姆尼大 乱”或“吹水佬”。或因为新闻、大事或人物（例如，“财政悬崖”, “科尼”）而引起我们 注意的热词。我们通过各种各样的方式遇见它们，使用它们，我们也有各式各样的原因去讨 厌它们：发音、联想、暗示、潜台词、滥用、无意义化等等。 But,look, the listthat follows,comprising ouryear in worstwords,isnt justabout word-hating. Therewere also wordsandphrasesandsilly and seriousexpressions we loved! Fine, theyrenot onthe list,but well briefly recognize a few ofthemhere: Like,forinstance,malarkey. Snoreastercane (in name if notin deed). TrèsBrooklyn, maybe it was