The amorphous black blob, a group of performers huddled underneath stretched black material, makes its way among the Occupy Wall Street West protests in the financial district January 20, 2012 in San Franscico, California. "Occupy" was another contender for German's best English loanword.
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In this photo illustration, the Abbey 3D App is displayed on an iPad device inside Westminster Abbey on April 13, 2011 in London, England. "Tablet" was also considered by German academics as 2011's best English loanword. Apple's iPad has dominated the tablet market since its introduction.
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With the euro zone debt crisis creating bastions of anxiety-ridden Europeans, the word loanword "Stresstest" has become the second most important vernacular in Germany. Pictured here, demonstrators throw fire bombs to riot police during violent protests in central Athens February 12, 2012 as the Greek parliament prepared to vote on a new and deeply unpopular EU/IMF austerity deal, to secure a 130 billion euro bailout. The bailout was aimed at saving Greece from bankruptcy and what Prime Minister Lucas Papademos warned would be 'uncontrollable economic chaos'.
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