A term for how the internet affects English?

[Jonathan Lighter]

In a word, kudzuization.

That will be $250.

JL

On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 6:12 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:

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> A colleague writes:
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> >(I'm looking for a new word that will compare the effects of the
> >internet on English to the effects of kudzu on Georgia.)
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> Joel
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