BrE/AmE words of the year

[Victor Steinbok]

Interesting. "Staycation" would have made a fine AmE WOTY back in 2002,
in the midst of travel paranoia that followed 9/11. And, without this
listserv, I certainly would have never realized that "go missing" is an
import.

     VS-)

On 12/20/2009 9:42 AM, Lynne Murphy wrote:
> In case it's of interest, the 2010 Separated by a Common Language words of
> the year are:
>
> AmE to BrE import:  staycation
> BrE to AmE import:  go missing
>
> (Thanks to ADS-L for being a major inspiration for the latter!)
>
> <http://separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com/2009/12/words-of-year-2009-staycation-and-go.html>
>
> Happy holidays,
> Lynne
>
>

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