A term for how the internet affects English?

[Laurence Horn]

Kudzulicious?

LH

At 6:22 PM -0400 8/31/10, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>In a word, kudzuization.
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>That will be $250.
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>JL
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>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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