IKE THERE’S NOT ENOUGH WORDS ALREADY

LThe Oxford English Dictionary has crowned its word of the year: hypermiling, the attempt to maximize gas mileage by making fuel-conserving adjustments to one’s car and driving techniques. The word comes from a group of hardcore fuel efficiency enthusiasts who meet at events such as the Fuel Economy World Championships in order to show off cars such as the 136 mile per gallon Prius which won the competition this year. Too bad hypermiling is such a stupid word and will never be embraced by the public. So for next year’s contest I’ve invented a much more useful word: unformation, information which may or may not be true. (CNN)