[Ads-l] Word: prebunking

[Bonnie Taylor-Blake]

(Sorry, I meant that I was able to find uses of forms of the verb "prebunk"
in 2010 and 2011. -- Bonnie)

On Fri, Apr 14, 2023 at 7:16 PM Bonnie Taylor-Blake <b.taylorblake at gmail.com>
wrote:

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.
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> https://twitter.com/Youaredumb/status/139036402942881793
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> On Fri, Apr 14, 2023 at 6:41 PM Nancy Friedman <wordworking at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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>> I've been able to trace "prebunking" back to 2021:
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>> https://nancyfriedman.typepad.com/away_with_words/2022/03/word-of-the-week-prebunking.html
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>> (Includes a citation for Ben Zimmer's 2019 WSJ column on "debunk," with a
>> comment on "re-bunk.")
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>> Nancy Friedman
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>> On Fri, Apr 14, 2023 at 3:19 PM ADSGarson O'Toole <
>> adsgarsonotoole at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
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>> > Website: AP News
>> > Article: Google to expand misinformation ‘prebunking’ in Europe
>> > Author:  DAVID KLEPPER
>> > Date: February 13, 2023
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>> https://apnews.com/article/technology-science-politics-germany-business-a10273eea5a0227c38187cc4f84d8788
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>> > [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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