Palavra do Ano

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2009 = unfriend - verb - To remove someone as a 'friend' on a social networking site such as Facebook

2008
Hypermiling - To attempt to maximize gas mileage by making fuel-conserving adjustments to one's car and one's driving techniques.

2007
Locavore - The "locavore" movement encourages consumers to buy from farmers' markets or even to grow or pick their own food... Locavores also shun supermarket offerings as an environmentally friendly measure, since shipping food over long distances often requires more fuel for transportation.

2006
Carbon Neutral - Being carbon neutral involves calculating your total climate-damaging carbon emissions (your "carbon footprint"), reducing them where possible, and then balancing your remaining emissions, often by purchasing a carbon offset: paying to plant new trees or investing in "green" technologies such as solar and wind power.

2005
Podcast - a digital recording of a radio broadcast or similar
program, made available on the Internet for downloading to a personal audio
player.