smeet

[Benjamin Zimmer]

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http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/chi-mxainternet0824aug24,1,2851550.column

Chicago Tribune, August 24, 2007
At conference, Second Life meets real life

The first time members of the leading online virtual world got
together for the face-to-face reality of the Second Life Community
Convention, it was a lexicographer's dream.
"People actually coined a new phrase: 'Nice to "smeet" you.'
S-M-E-E-T," says Randal Moss, executive director of the conference.
"Smeet," Moss explains, is short for "second meeting," the first one
having happened on the Second Life grid.
[etc.]
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--Ben Zimmer

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