November 19. “Button, what are some of the top ten words of 2010?”

“Can’t say. Is Obama there?”

“Obama was there last year.”

“Then tell me.”

“One was Vuvuzela, the noisy horns  with a monotonous droning sound  that became famous during the World Cup soccer tournament in South Africa.”

“And the others?”

“The other was spillcam which was the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.”

“And?”

“Refudiate, a word coined by Sarah Palin also made its way to the top 10 list.”

“What were some of the top words last year?”

“They were Twitter, Obama and the flu virus H1N1.”