Hammer's blog: "hammer"

check em out at

http://www.americandialect.org/index.php/amerdial/early_nominations_received_for_the_2009_word_of_the_year_vote/

some include

aporkalypse Undue worry and unnecessary acts in response to swine flu,
including removing non-essential kisses from Mexican telenovelas and the mass
slaughter of pigs in Egypt.

athey An atheist. Usually derogatory.

birther A person who believes Barack Obama was not born in the United States
and, therefore, is disqualified to be president.

death panel Committee (like an insurance benefits review board) empowered to make
life-and-death decisions (NewsBank Access World News: 130 hits before
2009; 3,428 hits for 2009)

he-cession Recession in which job losses affect more men than women

Irrational Disbelief Syndrome Jocular psychological condition of those who do not
believe what other people believe without question

Obamacare Federal system of health care sketched out in broad, ambiguous terms by
Pres. Barack Obama (NewsBank Access World News: 67 hits for 2007-
08; 8,419 hits for 2009)

balloon boy: media label for Falcon Heene, the six-year-old boy whose parents
falsely claimed he had floated away in a home-made balloon.

and

beer summit: Obama's much-watched sit-down with Henry Louis Gates and
James Crowley on July 30. Also: beerestroika.