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Top Phrases 1. Red States / Blue States A dangerously deep split or just the simplest way of cutting an amazingly complex demographic pie.
Issues ranging from gay marriage to the morality of the war in Iraq lumped into a phrase.
The cultural divide supposedly separating Red States from Blue States.
Immediate2 enters the lexicon3 courtesy of the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show.
The level of incivility exhibited in public discourse4 (dis-coarse) descends5 to a level not seen since the Civil War.
Whether in reality or in myth, the concept greatly damaged the Kerry campaign.
Looks like this one is going to stick around for a while:
Originally, the early followers6 of Howard Dean.
Actually, US Navy PCFs (Patrol Craft Fast), though little noticed in the din7 of the campaign.
Courtesy of Ahh-nold, the Governator of Kalh-EE-Fon-I-A.
1. 3,300,000 Margin8 of victory by President Bush over Senator Kerry.
Number of Armed services personnel killed in combat in Iraq.
Identifier of public-interest organizations such as MoveOn.org and the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth; a nightmare of unintended consequences for Sen. McCain.
As in the 9/11 Commission report and film by Michael Moore.
Number of years Boston suffered under the ‘Curse of the Bambino’ until winning the Fall Classic.
Worldwide a€?grossa€? in dollars of Mel Gibsona€?s Passion of the Christ.
Top Internet Words Moving into Widespread Use
1. IM As in Instant Message.
To perform several tasks at the same time; now a requirement of all non-outsourced jobs.
What happens after you’ve been multi-tasking too long.
Top Sports-related Words
1. Reverse the Curse The Red Sox finally overcome the Curse of the Bambino after 87 years.
College football's Bowl Championship Series has been called the "Bogus Championship Series" again.
Perhaps the President knew something when he mentioned them in last year’s state of the Union.
Lance Armstrong wins his sixth consecutive9 Tour.
Top Words in Pop Music 1. iPod The iPod is becoming to the 2000's what the Walkman was to the 80's and 90's.
Genuine emoting in music; often a catharsis for the artist’s own emotional turmoil10.
Atlanta native Lil' Jon usurps11 Flava Flav's position as King of the catch-phrase.
DJ Danger Mouse turned heads by combining the vocals12 from rapper Jay-Z's Black Album, with music constructed with samples of The Beatles' White Album.
110 degrees were not enough to stop the 60,000 music fans who trekked13 into the desert this year for the annual concert.
1. Red and Blue as in `Red States' and `Blue states'.
Just about any color you can imagine has been thusly dubbed14. Even the color black has been called the New Black.
As in Revolution: see the Ukraine.
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