实验室纯水仪:流行词汇

1. Refugee : Though the word was considered
politically incorrect in the US, 'refugees' were
often considered the lucky ones in streaming
away from a series of global catastrophes
unmatched in recent memory.
2. Tsunami: From the Japanese tsu nami for
'harbor wave', few recognized the word before
disaster struck on Christmas Day, 2004, but the
word subsequently flooded with unprecedented
(and sustained) media coverage.
3. Poppa/Papa/Pope: (Italian, Portuguese,
English, many others). The death of beloved Pope
John Paul II kept the words on the lips of the
faithful around the world.
4. Chinglish: The new second language of China
from the Chinglish formation: CHINese + EngLISH.
5. H5N1: A looming global pandemic that could
dwarf the Boubonic Plague of the Middle Ages
(and AIDS) boggles the comtemporary imagination.
6. Recaille: A quick trip around the Romance
languages (French jargon, scum; Spanish, rabble
or swine; Italian, worthless dregs) illustrates
the full freight of the word used to describe
youthful French rioters of North African and
Muslim descent.
7. Katrina: Name will become synonymous with
natural forces responsible for the total and
utter descruction of a city.
8. Wiki: Internet buzzword (from the Hawai'ian
wiki wiki for 'quick, quick') that describes
collaboration software where anyone can
contribute to the on-going effort.
9. SMS: Short Message Service. The world's
youth sent over a trillion text messages in
2005. Currently being texted are full-length
novels, news, private messages and everything in
between.
10. Insurgent: Politically neutral term used
to describe enemy combatants.

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