Trumped-up by the end-of-the-year list phenomenon and the constant need for filler in the news cycle, this year's "word of the year" has been chosen. The word is "podcast".

Last year it was "blog" (posited by Ethan and confirmed).

A sure fire way to become irrelevant is to have your activity named "word-of-the-year". Have you been talking about "metrosexuals", "soccer moms", or "Y2K" lately?

(This is part 112 in my on-going "Podcasting is Disco" series.)