Campus incidents push ‘to taze’ into the popular lexicon

Higher education can take a bow for its role in helping to push the runner-up word of the year into the spotlight.

According to The Chronicle of Higher Education‘s news blog, “to taze’ is the runner-up word of the year for the New Oxford American Dictionary. As the news blog points out, the verb’s rise owes much to two controversial campus incidents — one at the University of Florida and another at UCLA.

The dictionary chose “locavore” as its 2007 word of the year. The term “refers to a movement that encourages consumers to buy from farmers’ markets or even to grow or pick their own food.”

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Make today your best day ever

Happy Monday. (Unless you’re reading this on a Sunday.) Here are 10 ways to make today your best day ever.

Yes, this is a link I slapped on to the end of last week’s Friday Five, but I thought it was worth an entry all its own. I hope you agree.

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