Word Spy - Top 100
The list below shows the top 100 Word Spy words (as measured by page views) from the past seven days (February 1, 2010 to February 8, 2010).
 Rank   Previous  WordPosted On
1 2 cosmophobia January 28, 2010
2 1 cyberdisinhibition January 29, 2010
3 3 email apnea January 19, 2010
4 4 phishing August 1, 2003
5 6 wheredunit December 22, 2009
6 5 eco-bling January 21, 2010
7 7 vegangelical January 21, 2010
8 8 mommy card January 15, 2010
9 9 obesogen January 14, 2010
10 10 google April 12, 2001
11 12 flash mob July 14, 2003
12 14 male answer syndrome July 10, 1998
13 11 orphan cancer January 20, 2010
14 13 T-shaped October 8, 2003
15 17 metrosexual September 4, 2002
16 16 Google bombing May 21, 2002
17 15 robocall January 20, 2010
18 20 shovel-ready January 12, 2009
19 19 retrosexual October 6, 2004
20 18 wet signature April 10, 2000
21 22 tweetup June 11, 2008
22 21 jump the shark May 22, 2003
23 23 frugal fatigue December 17, 2009
24 27 candy bar phone February 8, 2006
25 24 buzzword bingo June 11, 1998
26 25 gaydar October 11, 1996
27 29 naked street May 29, 2008
28 26 drink the Kool-Aid October 27, 1998
29 28 earworm March 12, 2003
30 30 nontroversy December 16, 2009
31 31 crackberry May 31, 2004
32 61 germaphobe November 8, 2006
33 32 upgradation December 20, 2000
34 36 Generation Y November 3, 1999
35 40 helicopter parent November 5, 2003
36 34 lifestreaming November 6, 2007
37 39 cyberbalkanization January 27, 2004
38 42 spime April 19, 2006
39 35 bobo October 30, 2001
40 48 spotlight effect January 23, 2003
41 47 rightsizing January 6, 1996
42 41 starve the beast September 16, 2003
43 46 type T personality April 3, 2003
44 44 Lake Wobegon effect August 15, 2003
45 38 put skin in the game August 8, 2000
46 58 pareidolia March 2, 2004
47 50 Wal-Mart effect December 12, 2003
48 62 thumb culture January 12, 2001
49 65 post-gay June 23, 1998
50 43 drive-by porn December 4, 2009
51 71 gadget porn December 13, 2003
52 73 low-hanging fruit October 19, 1996
53 45 climate porn March 2, 2007
54 54 butt call October 17, 2003
55 60 Stendhal's syndrome April 1, 2003
56 57 black fax November 4, 1998
57 52 lipstick lesbian January 12, 2005
58 37 camgirl October 23, 2002
59 55 blog November 17, 2003
60 64 emo June 25, 2002
61 53 joy-to-stuff ratio August 13, 2002
62 49 bridezilla September 20, 2002
63 75 Sabbath mode October 5, 2001
64 - copyright trap November 14, 2000
65 51 CXO July 29, 2002
66 33 wallet neuropathy July 3, 2009
67 56 scam baiting March 31, 2003
68 66 spear-phishing December 5, 2005
69 63 bling-bling August 23, 2003
70 69 wardrobe malfunction February 6, 2004
71 74 social networking fatigue February 16, 2007
72 81 breaking the fourth wall September 23, 1997
73 84 warmist December 11, 2009
74 77 vajayjay January 26, 2007
75 80 upcycling October 11, 2007
76 59 same-sex person April 11, 2005
77 72 soccer mom January 16, 1999
78 76 induhvidual February 19, 2001
79 67 grasstops April 30, 2004
80 70 ape diet July 28, 2003
81 97 tridecaphobia December 13, 1996
82 96 yarn bombing February 3, 2009
83 68 heteroflexible February 11, 2004
84 88 RINO April 14, 2004
85 79 ubersexual December 6, 2005
86 82 cyberchondriac June 9, 2000
87 68 leapling February 29, 2004
88 78 Baracknophobia July 9, 2008
89 92 war chalking July 14, 2002
90 - milkaholic June 9, 1997
91 86 third place October 30, 2002
92 86 sock puppet September 25, 2006
93 90 technosexual May 10, 2004
94 85 logophilia January 2, 1996
95 83 wikiality August 30, 2006
96 92 pomosexual November 11, 2003
97 99 truck roll April 21, 1999
98 94 butt bra July 19, 2007
99 87 micro-expression October 29, 2003
100 100 carnography March 4, 2002