'Brokeback' Morphs Into a Lingo

You can call it part of Brokeback Mountain's Oscar campaign. Just two months off from the new year and a group called Global Language Monitor already declared 'Brokeback' as Hollywood's word of the year.

Of course it means gay, fag, or girly-man as Gov. Ahnuld would prefer it.

Paul JJ Payack, the head of Global Language Monitor, said the movie became a cultural phenomenon that generated a million jokes, according to Google. Overall, a Google search shows more than 38 million references to the film, although only about 10 million people saw the movie.

The group placed 'Brangelina' in second place although this hybrid name is soo last year. But we agree it sounds better than TomKat for Tom and Katie, or Vincifer for Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn. Really, Vincifer is already stretching our patience a little too much.

A couple of new lingos also recognized by the GLM are 'tuxedo' in reference to the animated flick March of the Peguins, and 'petronoia' the political argot used in Syriana.

Back to our main word, it does seem too early to name it something of the year considering we haven't even reached mid-year. Then again it did convince Willie Nelson to write a brokeback cowboy song That'll claim a spot on E!'s most outrageous happenings of 2006.

And expect more Brokeback-y press to pepper the news as the countdown to the Oscars continues. In case it already slipped your mind, there are other films nominated for Best Pic, one of them has a brokeback theme too. Plus three actor noms for Best Acting played brokeback roles and are hot to take home the golden statue.

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