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Here is a list of new nouns noted by the American Dialect Society

Anxious class - Middle-class people worried about economic security

Astrotruf - Phony grass-roots movement created by special-interest
advertising

Big box - Large chain store specializing in one kind of merchandise.

Brownfield - Vacant city lot

Drive-through delivery - Shortened hospital stay after childbirth

EQ - Emotional intelligence

Generation Y - Post-post baby boomers

Home meal replacement - takeout

Joe six chip - Ordinary Joe with computer

Karl Schwerin SnailMail: Dept. of Anthropology
Univ. of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM 87131
e-mail: schwerin@unm.edu

There are people who will help you get your basket
on your head because they want to see what is in it.
-- African proverb

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