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Name of the Year 2013: Francis

Pope_FrancisFictional Name: Ender Wiggin (character in “Ender’s Game”)

Personal Name: Francis (Roman Catholic Pope)

Place Name: Syria

Trade Name: Obamacare (nickname of Affordable Care Act)

Name of the Year: Francis

Name of the Year 2010: Eyjafjallajökull

volcanoFictional Names: Quinn and Finn (characters in “Glee”)

Personal Name: Lady Gaga

Place Name: Eyjafjallajökull (Icelandic volcano)

Trade Name: Tea Party (political movement)

Name of the Year: Eyjafjallajökull

Name of Year 2008: Barack Hussein Obama

Official portrait of President Barack Obama in the Oval Office, Dec. 6, 2012. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) This official White House photograph is being made available only for publication by news organizations and/or for personal use printing by the subject(s) of the photograph. The photograph may not be manipulated in any way and may not be used in commercial or political materials, advertisements, emails, products, promotions that in any way suggests approval or endorsement of the President, the First Family, or the White House.

Fictional Name: Edward (character in “Twilight”)

Personal Name: Barack Hussein Obama

Place Name: Wasilla (Alaska home town of S. Palin)

Trade Name: Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac

Name of the Year: Barack Hussein Obama