9. januar 2013

Izrazi, ki so najbolj zaznamovali leto 2012 - doga, eastwooding, fracking, gangam style

New York Times je objavil listo izrazov, ki so v letu 2012 obogatili angleški besednjak.

BINDERS FULL OF WOMEN 

 In explaining during a debate that he often sought to hire women while he was governor of Massachusetts, Mr. Romney said he was given “whole binders full of women” to consider as candidates for government jobs. The comment was widely ridiculed, since it made it seem as though he knew so few qualified women that others had to find them for him.

DOGA 

 Yoga with a dog.

EASTWOODING 

 Talking to an empty chair as if President Obama were sitting in it, as Clint Eastwood did at the 2012 Republican National Convention.

FISCAL CLIFF 

 The tax increases and spending cuts that will take effect Jan. 1 if Congress does not pass legislation to block them. One worry is that a plunge would stall or reverse the nation’s climb out of the recession.

FRACKING 

 Hydraulic fracturing, a method of extracting natural gas or oil from shale formations. Although the word is not new, it became commonplace as the extraction practice grew more widespread, producing an abundance of natural gas but also raising concerns about possible environmental and health risks.

GANGNAM STYLE 

The manner and attitude ascribed to the affluent Gangnam District of Seoul, South Korea. This term came to the attention of the world when the Korean pop star PSY released the song and video “Gangnam Style.” His signature “galloping pony ride” dance was the macarena of 2012.