And if you’ve been following national news, which I’m sure you have, you’ll be familiar with these catch phrases – wise Latina woman (guess who’s this after?), a mini Madoff (someone who pulled off a mini-version of the Madoff con) and the balloon boy (it was a hoax). Death panel was born as a phrase to criticize a provision in the healthcare bill), and aporkalypse (undue worry about swine flu that results in removing non-essential kisses from Mexican telenovelas and the mass slaughter of pigs in Egypt).

Social gatherings turned disconcerting when they were swine-flu parties, beer summit or jobless parties.

Those indulging in simple gate-crashing might be happy to know they Salahi a party.

Public option may have been taken off the health bill but it’s firmly included in the public word memory.

If you’re dreaming of receiving those obscene bonus checks as an employee of a stimulus-funded bank, stay tuned: you’ll be asked to pay a hefty bonus tax.

Car tone: A sound that needs to be added to electric cars that are too quiet for pedestrian comfort.

Chemerica: America, after its inevitable embrace of the Chinese economy. Together they’re expected to dominate the world economy. Popularized by Niall Ferguson in his book “The Ascent of Money.”

Dracula sneeze: covering the mouth with the crook of the elbow when sneezing, like Dracula hiding his face with a cape.

Government Motors: General Motors, after marrying the federal government.

Heinie: pronunciation for H1N1.

orphan books: Volumes still in copyright but out of print and unavailable for sale, and whose copyright holders cannot be found.

And the phrase that went mega viral on the Net: I’mma let you finish. Remember it?

Part of Kanye West’s interruption of Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech at the MTV Video Music Awards, a widely popular joke meme on the Internet.