News: Word of the year - subprime! Who would have guessed!
Interesting article on MSNBC today... the word of the year for 2007 is "subprime"!!!
Let's just ask if we can get rid of our debt. Yeah... wish it was that easy!
"CHICAGO - Even the American Dialect Society knows how risky home mortgages are these days. The group of wordsmiths chose "subprime" as 2007's Word of the Year at its annual convention Friday.
"'Subprime' has been around with bankers for awhile, but now everyone is talking about 'subprime,'" said Wayne Glowka, a spokesman for the group and a dean at Reinhardt College in Waleska, Ga. "It's affecting all kinds of people in all kinds of places."
About 80 members of the organization spent two days debating the merits of runners-up "Facebook," "green," "Googleganger" and "waterboarding" before voting for an adjective that means "a risky or less than ideal loan, mortgage or investment."
The choice signifies the public's concern for a "deepening mortgage crisis," the society said in a statement."
So, who says real estate isn't exciting! I wonder what this year's word is going to be? I hope it's "recovery"!