A nicely designed list of the words of the year. Seems like half are from the election. Can't say I've ever heard of a "fish pedicure," but there it is.

"Almost fifteen years after my mandatory military duty ended, I went back to several Israeli army bases, using the medium of photography as a vehicle to re-enter this world."

"'This rule will make things legally more difficult for them,' she said.'I can't think of a scientifically valid reason — it has to be an issue of discrimination.'"

Former American President George W. Bush is widely known to use nicknames to refer to journalists, fellow politicians, and members of his White House staff.

"The governor used the 'girlie men' reference twice in a 16-minute speech aimed at pressuring the Legislature to pass his budget, now 17 days late."

"The following assertions were collected from public statements made by George W. Bush and his official spokesmen since 1997."

"The George W Bush Public Domain Audio Archive is a public domain database of the speeches of George W. Bush."

The city of Cambridge, Massachusetts was the first in the US to issue marriage license forms to same-sex couples.