unfriend/ontvrienden

[Joel S. Berson]

At 1/20/2010 01:45 AM, Benjamin Zimmer wrote:
>My latest Word Routes column is on "unfriend" and the Dutch equivalent
>"ontvrienden": Words of 2009, or 1659?
>
>http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wordroutes/2145/

Love it!

I propose a new category for W'sOTY:  "Rip Van Winkle of the
Year".  Or perhaps someone can suggest a better name.

Joel

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