This week's theme: newly coined words. commentariat (kom-uhn-TAR-ee-uht) noun
The group of people who provide opinion and analysis of events in the news. [Blend of commentator and proletariat. The term was first noticed in a 1993 article in the Washington Post.] Examples of people who comprise the commentariat: talk show hosts and their guests, newspaper and magazine columnists, and political bloggers. -Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org) "This outcome should not have surprised anyone with the wit to examine the opinion polling. But most of Australia's conservative commentariat refused, until faced with the actual results, to believe that their nation's sagacious voters would be so ungrateful as to throw their favourite overboard." Frank Bongiorno; Rudd Ends Opposition Years; New Statesman (London, UK); Nov 26, 2007. This newsletter is made possible in part by: Think you think as well as you can? Think Again. You can be more creative, more productive, more effective. Read "Think Better": http://tenkaizen.com Always find the right word with the Visual Thesaurus. Wordsmith readers save 10%. Try it free! http://www.visualthesaurus.com/?ad=aw&code=m7r ............................................................................ Society is like a stew. If you don't keep it stirred up you get a lot of scum on the top. -Edward Abbey, naturalist and author (1927-1989) Send your comments to (words AT wordsmith.org). To unsubscribe, update address send gift subscription, etc., visit http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscriber.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/commentariat.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/commentariat.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/commentariat.html This message was sent to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]".
