Today’s Top Choice in the “There Outta Be A Word Contest”

johndescending –

(noun) Someone who repeats the phrase “my friends” ad nauseum during debates in an attempt to buddy up to the American people.

What is the Political Addictionary?

The Political Addictionary, an invention of SpectrumDNA Studios, is a linguistic barometer for the country’s political climate. The institutional dictionaries of the English language haven’t yet caught up with the antics of our politicians, or the craziness of the political process. This inventive wiki-like engine allows users to invent and catalogue new words to help keep the lexicon relevant, irreverent and contemporary.

COMEDY CENTRAL has launched the Political Addictionary on its Indecision 2008 site http://www.indecision2008.com. It features the user-generated political “Word of the Day”, as well as weekly “There Oughta Be a Word” challenges from the bloggers at COMEDY CENTRAL. Users can also create their own “There Oughta Be A Word” challenge by providing a definition and daring the community to come up with a word. Politicos, wonks, linguists and the casual political junky can either join in on the conversation, or just browse the clever content for pure entertainment. There are widgets, RSS feeds and games in the works, as the site is constantly growing and changing with new user created words every day.

From a business standpoint, it’s a great model; definitely something that you don’t see in the era of “me-too”s.

Last 5 posts by widro

• Review: Matusalem Rum - August 1st, 2008
• Benny, Escaped Convict [NSFW] - July 24th, 2008
• The Hot Seat: Eric Szulczewski - May 18th, 2007
• Inside Pulse Hiring Extravaganza 2007 - January 19th, 2007
• Am I At Risk? - September 21st, 2003