Bushisms make word list — OK

DON’T “misunderestimate” Dubya. Those verbal Bushisms are beginning to “resignate” with the American people. Maybe they’ll even “embetter” the English language.

They may have started out as verbal slip-ups but several of President Bush's mangled phrases found their way this week to a list of the top words of 2002.

There are already 11,000 instances of 'misunderestimate' on the Web. The more people use words, whether jocularly or seriously, the more likely they are to enter the language and last for generations," said Paul JJ Payack, chairman of yourDictionary.com, which compiled the list.