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New Words

Words of 2012 The New York Times annually identifies new words of the year. Invariably there are several communication terms: Dox Eastwooding MOOC Nomophobia Sway Unskew Dox = an abeviated form of "documents" or "to document" Eastwooding = talking to a chair MOOC = an acronymn for Massive Open Online Course Nomophobia = fear of being without a cell phone Sway = an attitude of confidence and style Unskew = to rework data to suit particular beliefs