[Ads-l] Word: prebunking

Bonnie Taylor-Blake b.taylorblake at GMAIL.COM
Fri Apr 14 23:16:01 UTC 2023


FWIW, here's Twitter user Bryan Lambert (@Youaredumb) with a "prebunking"
usage on 22 November 2011. (And uses of the verb "prebunk" in 2020 and
2011.) -- Bonnie

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I've got me a Twitter Tuesday topic. A prebunking of the inevitable claim
that The Roots playing "Lyin' Ass Bitch" for Bachmann is sexist.

https://twitter.com/Youaredumb/status/139036402942881793

On Fri, Apr 14, 2023 at 6:41 PM Nancy Friedman <wordworking at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I've been able to trace "prebunking" back to 2021:
>
> https://nancyfriedman.typepad.com/away_with_words/2022/03/word-of-the-week-prebunking.html
>
> (Includes a citation for Ben Zimmer's 2019 WSJ column on "debunk," with a
> comment on "re-bunk.")
>
>
> Nancy Friedman
> Chief Wordworker
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>
> On Fri, Apr 14, 2023 at 3:19 PM ADSGarson O'Toole <
> adsgarsonotoole at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Website: AP News
> > Article: Google to expand misinformation ‘prebunking’ in Europe
> > Author:  DAVID KLEPPER
> > Date: February 13, 2023
> >
> >
> >
> https://apnews.com/article/technology-science-politics-germany-business-a10273eea5a0227c38187cc4f84d8788
> >
> > [Begin excerpt]
> > It’s an approach called prebunking, which involves teaching people how
> > to spot false claims before they encounter them. The strategy is
> > gaining support among researchers and tech companies.
> > [End excerpt]
> >
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> > The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org
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