What might be Obama’s impact on the English language?
The new book, “Obamamania,” just out this week, may be a harbinger of the proliferation of words that might be born from Barack Obama’s name: http://www.amazon.com/Obamamania-Language-Barackafied-Editors-Slate/dp/1416596496/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1214015951&sr=8-2 .
I’ll try one right now: Barakenfreud (n). Taking secret pleasure in the misfortune of Barack Obama’s opponents. “Hearing of Cindy McCain’s addiction to painkillers in the 1990s, the man stepped outside alone, looked into the sky, and smiled with barakenfreud.”
