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Vuvuzela

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Did you spend part of your staycation this year watching the World Cup and tweeting about the infuriating sound of the vuvuzela? A lot of people did. These words are now so familiar that it’s easy to forget how recently they were coined – staycation is first recorded in 2005, while Twitter wasn’t set up [...]

Posted on: August 20 2010 | Posted by: | Comments: 0 | Categories: Word trends and new words | Tags: , , , ,

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