Word Spy - Top 100
The list below shows the top 100 Word Spy words (as measured by page views) from the past seven days (May 14, 2013 to May 21, 2013).
| Rank | Previous | Word | Posted On |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | smartphone face | May 10, 2013 |
| 2 | 2 | austerian | April 23, 2013 |
| 3 | 18 | microblogging | June 7, 2007 |
| 4 | 3 | cli-fi | May 1, 2013 |
| 5 | 4 | Facebook facelift | May 3, 2013 |
| 6 | 5 | get-off-my-lawn | April 30, 2013 |
| 7 | 7 | nanofacture | April 24, 2013 |
| 8 | 6 | glasseslike | May 8, 2013 |
| 9 | 8 | organ recital | April 25, 2013 |
| 10 | 9 | feature nail | April 26, 2013 |
| 11 | 10 | catfishing | May 2, 2013 |
| 12 | 12 | Google bombing | May 21, 2002 |
| 13 | 13 | wet signature | April 10, 2000 |
| 14 | 11 | metrosexual | September 4, 2002 |
| 15 | 15 | type T personality | April 3, 2003 |
| 16 | 14 | greengrocers' apostrophe | August 7, 2000 |
| 17 | 16 | food forest | April 22, 2013 |
| 18 | 17 | amygdala hijack | April 11, 2013 |
| 19 | 20 | Stendhal's syndrome | April 1, 2003 |
| 20 | 21 | T-shaped | October 8, 2003 |
| 21 | 19 | twintern | April 19, 2013 |
| 22 | 22 | sapiosexual | December 7, 2012 |
| 23 | 23 | phishing | August 1, 2003 |
| 24 | 24 | beanpole family | May 23, 2002 |
| 25 | 27 | April 12, 2001 | |
| 26 | 28 | datasexual | March 20, 2013 |
| 27 | 33 | sock puppet | September 25, 2006 |
| 28 | 38 | bookmark | March 16, 1997 |
| 29 | 26 | tweetup | June 11, 2008 |
| 30 | 30 | kitchen pass | April 15, 2004 |
| 31 | 29 | social networking | January 12, 2004 |
| 32 | 40 | thumb culture | January 12, 2001 |
| 33 | 31 | torch-and-pitchfork | March 17, 2009 |
| 34 | 34 | alpha mom | January 19, 1999 |
| 35 | 36 | gaydar | October 11, 1996 |
| 36 | 32 | self-tracker | February 20, 2009 |
| 37 | 35 | liposculpture | July 17, 2002 |
| 38 | 41 | truck roll | April 21, 1999 |
| 39 | 70 | electric-can-opener question | August 23, 1999 |
| 40 | 39 | lifestreaming | November 6, 2007 |
| 41 | 58 | BANANA | February 19, 1999 |
| 42 | 43 | age heaping | April 9, 2003 |
| 43 | 60 | bucket list | November 10, 2010 |
| 44 | 42 | crackberry | May 31, 2004 |
| 45 | 37 | bobo | October 30, 2001 |
| 46 | 46 | mommy porn | January 4, 2013 |
| 47 | 76 | narb | September 27, 2011 |
| 48 | 73 | misophonia | December 19, 2012 |
| 49 | 62 | Cupertino effect | April 18, 2013 |
| 50 | 47 | crime-as-a-service | March 27, 2013 |
| 51 | 44 | BAM | September 27, 2000 |
| 52 | 53 | drink the Kool-Aid | October 27, 1998 |
| 53 | 59 | Humpty Dumpty language | February 25, 1999 |
| 54 | 51 | patent troll | August 13, 2003 |
| 55 | 45 | resistentialism | September 30, 2002 |
| 56 | 56 | grasstops | April 30, 2004 |
| 57 | 63 | irritable male syndrome | February 4, 2003 |
| 58 | 71 | watercooler effect | June 10, 2002 |
| 59 | 52 | earworm | March 12, 2003 |
| 60 | 88 | spam | January 10, 1999 |
| 61 | 54 | undertoad | July 21, 1997 |
| 62 | 78 | zombie lie | April 29, 2011 |
| 63 | 84 | misteress | November 29, 2012 |
| 64 | 48 | flash mob | July 14, 2003 |
| 65 | 69 | Generation D | January 17, 2001 |
| 66 | 74 | cold transfer | July 19, 1997 |
| 67 | 49 | de-extinction | March 29, 2013 |
| 68 | 57 | bluejacking | November 21, 2003 |
| 69 | 64 | precautionary principle | January 23, 2002 |
| 70 | 93 | defensive pessimism | June 12, 2002 |
| 71 | 72 | soft power | July 8, 2002 |
| 72 | 75 | filter bubble | June 30, 2011 |
| 73 | 65 | crowdfunding | July 1, 2008 |
| 74 | 55 | retrosexual | October 6, 2004 |
| 75 | 81 | Lake Wobegon effect | August 15, 2003 |
| 76 | 61 | success theater | January 3, 2013 |
| 77 | 83 | BYOD | February 12, 2013 |
| 78 | 66 | camgirl | October 23, 2002 |
| 79 | 100 | dead cat bounce | August 13, 1999 |
| 80 | 89 | Pierre Salinger syndrome | July 18, 1997 |
| 81 | 79 | pi-ku | March 14, 2013 |
| 82 | 87 | Ctrl-Alt-Delete | February 12, 2004 |
| 83 | 80 | Anglosphere | March 13, 2003 |
| 84 | 77 | post-gay | June 23, 1998 |
| 85 | 57 | spamdexing | July 5, 1996 |
| 86 | 63 | lucrepath | April 23, 2010 |
| 87 | 98 | Googleverse | January 16, 2006 |
| 88 | 85 | retail anthropology | February 11, 2002 |
| 89 | 81 | nomophobia | February 21, 2012 |
| 90 | 50 | Affrilachian | December 12, 2002 |
| 91 | 86 | eat what you kill | June 3, 2003 |
| 92 | 95 | killboard | October 9, 1998 |
| 93 | 91 | wildposting | April 27, 1999 |
| 94 | 82 | cash mob | June 26, 2012 |
| 95 | 83 | Proteus phenomenon | March 22, 2013 |
| 96 | 67 | hurried child syndrome | November 19, 2002 |
| 97 | 96 | information fatigue syndrome | October 17, 1996 |
| 98 | 86 | CXO | July 29, 2002 |
| 99 | 90 | iPod oblivion | August 13, 2010 |
| 100 | 92 | social swearing | February 1, 2013 |


