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Tracking Cultural Trends With WordSpy

Tracking Cultural Trends With WordSpy

By Dan Gould on June 9, 2008

Free-range kid, silent disco, CGI fatigue, hecktivity.. wait, what? Confused at this emerging vocabulary? Just ask Wordspy. WordSpy is a website that tracks, defines and cites first usage of new words that appear in popular culture. Studying these new language creations can provide some great insights into emerging cultural trends.

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Dan is an information omnivore, autodidact and creative generalist who has written for publications including the Huffington Post, Jaunted and Time/CNN. Dan has also provided commentary on trends for media outlets such as Wired and Parade magazine.

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