Among the New Words, Winter 2011 (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

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> Joel S. Berson
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> Subject: Re: Among the New Words, Winter 2011 (was Re: photo-bomb)
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> At 5/1/2012 08:32 AM, Ben Zimmer wrote:
> > > Membership in the American Dialect Society does include a
subscription
> > > to American Speech, the society's quarterly journal.
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> >Ding ding ding.
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> >http://www.americandialect.org/membership
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> Add the above to the new words list -- the sound of the cash register
> upon intake.
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Actually, "Ding Ding Ding" is the sound of the bell when you correctly
answer a game show question (usually meaning, "You got it right!")

I believe you are looking for "Ka-Ching!"

And they both should be recorded lexicographically.


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