Predictions for word that spread like a rash in 2011

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Here at Prism Towers we have been observing, for literally decades, the amazing ability of journalists everywhere to pick up unusual words when reporting stories and use them invariably instead of normal ones. So for instance the recent Wikileaks story was apparently about a lot of "cables" even though no-one has sent a cable for years, certainly in this country, and whet they were really talking about were emails and possibly some letters. A while ago there was a major story about government secrecy and suddenly everyone came over French and said the documents had been "redacted"- I didn't see or hear a single report that said "edited", which is exactly the same word except, er, English. And suddenly after years of reporting The Troubles in Northern Ireland, people who were doing similar things but further away have to be "insurgents" and they have to live in "enclaves". Cue Spanish and more French.

I really have no idea why they do it. Do they think it makes them sound clever? Or that if they use normal English the story won't sound as important? Or it won't sound as important as it does in some other paper?

Anyway, I invite Pedants' Corner to make suggestions for items from the Museum of Rarely Used Foreign Words that we will suddenly see everywhere in 2011. My personal guess, in this increasingly globalised world, is something beginning with "pan", and I don't mean bread. They got strangely fond of "pandemic" every time there was a whiff of flu in the air.

You heard it here first.

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I predict more inflated language, as when a child pokes yours at school with a pencil it will inflate to a stabbing incident, or wildfires become conflagrations

I heard a word recently, describing someone who can dish it out but can't take it -eleflower - a person with a rhino or elephant hide when it comes to criticising others but comes over all wilting and hurt if they receive criticism in their turn; this amused me immensely

I'm predicting 'outwith'.

I'm already tired of hearing it and it's quite easy to say 'outside' and sound less pompous. Why do so many people hear something and follow like sheep?

Yes, I know it's quite common in Scotland but then saying ' five and twenty' is quite common in parts of Lancashire but hasn't generally caught on.

Yet.

offend and offensive seem to be becoming more and more common; in place of annoying, inconsiderate, embarrassing, or insensitive.

btw OP I have to disagree: Redacted does not mean exactly the same as edited.

No suggestions this late at night but at "literally decades".

I would invite an increase in the use of Pan..fabulous word!!.

as a predction it will be something to do with money/accountancy and debt - or military as more soldiers return, and these things become part of a zeitgeist.

Zeitgeist!