I can't wait till next year when JPEG overtakes it as word of the year.

Still, some older words have found new linguistic relevance. "Pleb," taken from the Roman word "plebs," has found a modern context in its derogatory usage to describe "a member of the ordinary people or working classes."


Using 'pleb' is so hoi polloi.

omnishambles

I gotta remember that word. We used the phrase Charlie Foxtrot in the army.

Now if the computer world would just come up with a 1-click button solution to create a gif of variable sizes/quality out of any movie clip.

The internet has gone permanently AOL level. So glad you all are here. Really

Is it pronounced with the 'g' in gin or the 'g' in gun?

The gun way annoys the hell out of me. I hope it's not correct.

 

Bashar and Asma's Infinite Playlist: Is it pronounced with the 'g' in gin or the 'g' in gun?

The gun way annoys the hell out of me. I hope it's not correct.

J, like the peanut butter. At least that's what Compuserve peeps used to say about it.

eh, JIF, that is.

Bashar and Asma's Infinite Playlist: Is it pronounced with the 'g' in gin or the 'g' in gun?

The gun way annoys the hell out of me. I hope it's not correct.

Graphics Interchange Format

the "g" in graphics is a hard "g" therefore, it's "g" as in "gun"

GILF has a better ring to it.

/seriously

"Interestingly, the word-of the-year distinction does not guarantee that the chosen words will actually be included in future editions of the Oxford English Dictionary."

Making this just one more meaningless publicity stunt.

impaler
Still, some older words have found new linguistic relevance. "Pleb," taken from the Roman word "plebs," has found a modern context in its derogatory usage to describe "a member of the ordinary people or working classes."


Using 'pleb' is so hoi polloi.

Gives me a frisson of prole-ishness

CognaciousThunk: Bashar and Asma's Infinite Playlist: Is it pronounced with the 'g' in gin or the 'g' in gun?

The gun way annoys the hell out of me. I hope it's not correct.

J, like the peanut butter. At least that's what Compuserve peeps used to say about it.

http://howtopronouncegif.com

I don't know why.

If you ask me, it ought to be pronounced like "graphics." Since, you know, that's what it stands for.

So PNG in 2030?

Snapper Carr: Bashar and Asma's Infinite Playlist: Is it pronounced with the 'g' in gin or the 'g' in gun?

The gun way annoys the hell out of me. I hope it's not correct.

Graphics Interchange Format

the "g" in graphics is a hard "g" therefore, it's "g" as in "gun"

Aaaaaand you'd be wrong.

Sort of.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphic s_Interchange_Format#Pronunciati on

/tomato,tomahtoe,WTF

 

Generation_D: The internet has gone permanently AOL level. So glad you all are here. Really

What part of "eternal" in "eternal September" surprises you?

/old fart

Snapper Carr: Bashar and Asma's Infinite Playlist: Is it pronounced with the 'g' in gin or the 'g' in gun?

The gun way annoys the hell out of me. I hope it's not correct.

Graphics Interchange Format

the "g" in graphics is a hard "g" therefore, it's "g" as in "gun"



Why don't you get back here and chum some of this GIF then?

BTW, the root is probably 'plebeian.'

So question for those of who are cooler and more hip than I (which would be most everyone): What happened this year to make "GIF" particularly noteworthy? Did I miss a breakthrough in 256 color animations?

How about a gif of a Giff?

I predict this thread will become unloadable in an hour, at which point I'll have to come back and save some images.

The British Oxford Dictionaries went a different route, choosing "omnishambles," as their word of the year, which is defined as "a situation that has been comprehensively mismanaged, characterized by a string of blunders and miscalculations."

See also: Mitt Romney's Election Campaign

Snapper Carr: Bashar and Asma's Infinite Playlist: Is it pronounced with the 'g' in gin or the 'g' in gun?

The gun way annoys the hell out of me. I hope it's not correct.

Graphics Interchange Format

the "g" in graphics is a hard "g" therefore, it's "g" as in "gun"

Is NASA "nay sa"?

I say "jif"

Snapper Carr: Bashar and Asma's Infinite Playlist: Is it pronounced with the 'g' in gin or the 'g' in gun?

The gun way annoys the hell out of me. I hope it's not correct.

Graphics Interchange Format

the "g" in graphics is a hard "g" therefore, it's "g" as in "gun"

Also because there is/was a jif format.

dv-ous: http://howtopronouncegif.com

/hot like hot

American word of the year: GIF

British word of the Year: omnishambles:

"Oxford University Press on Tuesday crowned the word - defined as "a situation that has been comprehensively mismanaged, characterized by a string of blunders and miscalculations" - its top term of 2012."

Link

assjuice: Snapper Carr: Bashar and Asma's Infinite Playlist: Is it pronounced with the 'g' in gin or the 'g' in gun?
 
The gun way annoys the hell out of me. I hope it's not correct.
 
Graphics Interchange Format
 
the "g" in graphics is a hard "g" therefore, it's "g" as in "gun"
 
Also because there is/was a jif format.
 

 
HARD G!!!

Bashar and Asma's Infinite Playlist: Is it pronounced with the 'g' in gin or the 'g' in gun?

Oxford wimped out and refused to declare a preferred pronunciation:

"GIF may be pronounced with either a soft g (as in giant) or a hard g (as in graphic). The programmers who developed the format preferred a pronunciation with a soft g (in homage to the commercial tagline of the peanut butter brand Jiff, they supposedly quipped "choosy developers choose GIF"). However, the pronunciation with a hard g is now very widespread and readily understood. Whichever pronunciation you use, it should of course be the same for both the noun and the verb."