Word of the Year 2013: "because"

[Stephen Goranson]

....because, because of the wonderful things it does

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The Word of the Year for 2013 is "because," used in innovative ways this
year to introduce a noun, adjective, or other part of speech.

Read the press release:
http://www.americandialect.org/because-is-the-2013-word-of-the-year
Shortcut to PDF: http://bit.ly/ADSWOTY13

--bgz

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Ben Zimmer
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