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News and Notes: Hypermiling word of the year

A word coined in 2004 for attempting “to maximize gas mileage by making fuel-conserving adjustments to one’s car and one’s driving techniques” has been named the 2008 Oxford Word of the Year, according to the Oxford University Press USA blog. Hypermiling beat out frugalista (a person who leads a frugal lifestyle, but stays fashionable and […]