Not one, but two year end lists

At the end of the year it is traditional for the year-end summaries, lists of popular songs (c'mon how many of you taped the year end countdown off the radio onto cassette - Anyone? Just me? OK, moving on), top movies, big news events (was there one this year?). Herewith is a list that popped up not long ago with a list of the Top 10 Most Annoying Phrases that came into the language this year, seen among others, here, here, here, and here.

1. At the end of the day
2. Fairly unique
3. I personally (It's not personal . . . it's about me, of course it's personal)
4. At this moment in time
5. With all due respect (If you hear that, be prepared for something disrespectful)
6. Absolutely
7. It's a nightmare (not anymore - just three more weeks of the current nightmare)
8. Shouldn't of
9. 24/7
10. It's not rocket science (well sometimes it is)

Following that list is the one promoting the top buzzwords of 2008 seen first on kottke:

1. Fail
2. Malus
3. Change (well, duh)
4. Caribou Barbie
5. Obamanation
6. Frugalista
7. Staycation
8. Digital cliff
9. Skadoosh (from this movie)
10. Phelpsian (was Spitzian ever on the list?)
11. Gas-sipper
    
12. Joe (you know, like that plumber-guy)
13. Greyjing (making it hard to be Phelpsian)
14. Fish pedicure (I would like one of these)
15. Sister wife
16. Lipstick on a pig
17. Photobombing
18. DWT (Driving While Texting)
19. Age-doping
20. Pregorexiz
21. Throwie
22. Hockey Mom
23. Twitt- (and its roots, tw- tweet-)
24. Plutoid
25. Futarchy
26. Maverick (and no, not him or even him)
27. Quake lake
28. Recessionista
29. TBTF (Too Big To Fail - hah!)
30. In the Tank
31. Twi-Hard (rhymes with this movie)
32. Naked Shortselling
33. Nuke the Fridge (the new "Jumping the Shark" from this movie)
    
34. Edupunk
35. Stag-deflation
36. Longphoto
37. Burrowing
38. Terrorist Fist Jab
    

If you want to show off your Internet skills with people, you can always tell them, hey, "Let me Google that for you."