A group of academics from the University of the Philippines - Diliman, the country's most prestigious academe, has chosen the word "jejemon" as finalist for the word of the year. Last Friday, ten (10) words were chosen by the Fillipinas Institute of Translation (FIT) as these words had a "strong influence" otoFilipino living for the past two years.
Included in the list of finalists for word of the year are:
- Ampatuan
- unli
- load
- tarpo
- solb
- emo
- namumutbol
- Ondoy
The winning word of the year will be announced on July 29 and 30 (after a two-day national conference) to be held at the Bulwagang Rizal (Faculty Center) in the UP Diliman Campus.
It can be recalled that last 2007 the word "miskol", Tagalog counterpart for the phrase "missed call", won as the word of the year. In 2008 and 2009, no words of the year were chosen because the awarding group believed that no word deserved such title.
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