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Trans-Atlantic Word Winners

Thu Dec 18 00:00:00 EST 2008

The trans-Atlantic words of the year have been selected on the Separated by a Common Language blog. Best American-to-British import is meh, and the best British-to-American import is vet (the verb). Read all about it here (and read our own discussion of meh here and vet here).

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