What does ADS stand for?

American Dialect Society

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and executive secretary of the American Dialect Society, who compared the selection of a Word of the Year to Time Magazine's Person of the Year.

No rebuke for 'admonish,' 2009 Word of the Year

Allan Metcalf, executive secretary of the American Dialect Society -- which picked "subprime" as its 2007 word of the year -- said "bailout" is a good choice.

''Bailout'' was on everyone's mind

By 2007, the American Dialect Society would call it the most used term of the year.

Origins of the Subprime Scandal

Since every dictionary claims to be authoritative and up-to-date, they proudly add a sprinkling of new words and say they're the best," said Allan Metcalf, the executive secretary of the American Dialect Society.

Talk about snitty! Spoken word not enough for dictionary publisher

Not long afterward, the American Dialect Society named truthiness its 2005 Word of the Year, beating out all Katrina-related words and intelligent design, among others.

Words of the year: lexicographers and word lovers select the words ...

Some are candidates for "Word of the Year" honors in 2006 and previous years from the American Dialect Society (www.

Tech talk: Internet creating new language for digital age

And the American Dialect Society has named 'plutoed' its word of 2006.

Word is, you've been plutoed

org * American Dialect Society Founded more than a century ago, the American Dialect Society still is the only scholarly association dedicated to the study of the English language in North America- and of other languages, or dialects of other languages, influencing it or influenced by it.

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