Fictional Name: Elsa (character in “Frozen”)
Personal Name: Malala (Yousufzai, Nobel Peace prize winner)
Place Name: Ferguson (Missouri town famed for protests over police violence)
Trade Name: Uber (smartphone app-based transportation network)
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Fictional Name: Ender Wiggin (character in “Ender’s Game”)
Personal Name: Francis (Roman Catholic Pope)
Place Name: Syria
Trade Name: Obamacare (nickname of Affordable Care Act)
Name of the Year: Francis
Fictional Name: Downton Abbey (television program title)
Personal Name: Malala (Yousafzai, Pakistani advocate for girls’ education)
Place Name: Gangnam (Seoul, Korea district made famous in video)
Trade Name: Fiscal Cliff (political event)
Name of the Year: Sandy (hurricane)
Special Recognition: Arab Spring (international political event)
Fictional Name: Lisbeth Salander (character in “Girl With the Dragon Tattoo”)
Personal Name: Qaddafi, Kathafi, Khadafy, etc. (multispelled name of Libyan dictator)
Place Name: Fukushima (Japanese nuclear powerplant)
Trade Name: Siri (voice activated digital assistant for IPhone)
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Fictional Names: Quinn and Finn (characters in “Glee”)
Personal Name: Lady Gaga
Place Name: Eyjafjallajökull (Icelandic volcano)
Trade Name: Tea Party (political movement)
Name of the Year: Eyjafjallajökull
Special Recognition: H1N1 (influenza virus)
Fictional Name: Max (character in “Where the Wild Things Are”)
Personal Name: Chesley Burnett “Sully” Sullenberger (airline pilot)
Place Name: Salish Sea
Trade Name: Twitter
Name of the Year: Salish Sea
Fictional Name: Edward (character in “Twilight”)
Personal Name: Barack Hussein Obama
Place Name: Wasilla (Alaska home town of S. Palin)
Trade Name: Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac
Name of the Year: Barack Hussein Obama
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