Beating out such worthy contenders as "staycation" and "CarrotMob," "hypermiling" has been crowned the 2008 Word of the Year by the New Oxford American Dictionary.
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‘Hypermiling’ is the word of the year 1
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Posted 6:31 PM on 11 Nov 2008
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Delay And Deny Posted 2:36 pm
11 Nov 2008
Anything word that starts with "Hyper-" is passe ever since the book "Hype" was published back in the 80s.
However, "staycation" is truly original and much more in with the tenor of the Summer of 2008.
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