And your word of the year is...

Dorcile. Who knew? Apparently of all the new words that could be created for 2007, this was our clear cut winner. I heard this on NPR because I'm a refined urban yuppie poser with my L.L. Bean slippers but still having a pickup truck. This is the gist of what Dorcile means.

Dorcile- (pron. Door-syle) means to move swiftly showing animal like quickness, apparently a reference to any fish but i like to think of dolphins and their cute little dorsal fins.

I blame/attribute this new word to the proliferation of the movie Finding Nemo and more importantly for people like myself not using the word docile correctly. Apparently, as I get corrected by English majors in the room, I never use this word correctly. Docile is someone who is teachable, pliable, instructable and can be derogatory like a whooped husband. Docile sounds like something should be moving quickly, like a docile animal. I am glad to know that the people who cook up words keep up with people like me who think a docile animal moves quickly and can invent words to keep pace with my assault on the English language.

I can now say that the animal is really dorcile or better yet that I am really dorcile (because my slamming calves give me that ability.)

Thanks NPR for giving me such good content in the most boring way possible.