affluenza

[Jonathan Lighter]

I nominate "awfluenza," the disease that now plagues all of American
society and culture.

JL


On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 2:57 AM, Victor Steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com>wrote:

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> Nevertheless, given the timing and the immediate shitstorm that the case
> created, this may be a good WOTY candidate for one of the categories...
> Not likely to win overall...
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>      VS-)
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> On 12/12/2013 4:56 PM, David Barnhart wrote:
> > For what it's worth, _affluenza_ appeared as an entry in
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> > The Barnhart Dictionary Companion (Vol. 5.3-4, c1989) /
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> > Oxford Dictionary of New Words /
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> > Longman Register of New Words /
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> > Oxford English Dictionary--Additions Series 3 /
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> > Regards,
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> > David
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