昨日の記事[2010-01-14-1]で紹介したように，American Dialect Society による2009年の英語流行語大賞のプレスリリースに，1990年以降の受賞語句がまとめて掲載されている．見やすいように，大賞受賞語句を一覧にしてみた．英語ならずとも，確かに時代を感じるなあ．
| Year | Word of the Year | Word of the Decade | Word of the Century | Word of the Millennium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | ||||
| 2008 | bailout | |||
| 2007 | subprime | |||
| 2006 | to be plutoed, to pluto | |||
| 2005 | truthiness | |||
| 2004 | red / blue / purple states | |||
| 2003 | metrosexual | |||
| 2002 | weapons of mass destruction or WMD | |||
| 2001 | 9-11, 9/11 or September 11 | |||
| 2000 | chad | web | jazz | she |
| 1999 | Y2K | |||
| 1998 | e- | |||
| 1997 | millennium bug, Y2K bug or Y2K problem | |||
| 1996 | mom (as in soccer mom) | |||
| 1995 | (tie) World Wide Web and newt | |||
| 1994 | (tie) cyber and morph | |||
| 1993 | information superhighway | |||
| 1992 | Not! | |||
| 1991 | mother of all | |||
| 1990 | bushlips |
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