2007’s word of the year is…
“‘Subprime’ named Word of the Year,” by the AP from CNN.com, reports that the American Dialect Society chose “subprime” over challengers such as “waterboarding” and “Facebook.” I guess a natural…
"'Subprime' named Word of the Year," by the AP from CNN.com, reports that the American Dialect Society chose "subprime" over challengers such as "waterboarding" and "Facebook."
I guess a natural exercise would be for poets to try crafting poems celebrating "subprime" and even the other contenders. Maybe an insult poem from runner-up "green" about "subprime"?
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Robert Lee Brewer is Senior Editor of Writer's Digest, which includes managing the content on WritersDigest.com and programming virtual conferences. He's the author of 40 Plot Twist Prompts for Writers: Writing Ideas for Bending Stories in New Directions, The Complete Guide of Poetic Forms: 100+ Poetic Form Definitions and Examples for Poets, Poem-a-Day: 365 Poetry Writing Prompts for a Year of Poeming, and more. Also, he's the editor of Writer's Market, Poet's Market, and Guide to Literary Agents. Follow him on Twitter @robertleebrewer.
